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Wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued in 23 US states

Wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued in 23 US states

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There […]

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Three men who funded Trump-acquired social media company charged with insider trading

Three men who funded Trump-acquired social media company charged with insider trading

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three men who funded the company that became Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform have been charged with insider trading. Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman and Bruce Garelick made more than $22 million by trading in shares of Digital World Acquisition Corporation, according to federal prosecutors […]

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University of Idaho murders house to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone

University of Idaho murders house to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone

Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The off-campus University of Idaho house where four students were stabbed to death is set to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone until after the suspect’s trial. The four victims — roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle, as […]

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Experts: SCOTUS affirmative action decision highlights diversity needs in higher ed

Experts: SCOTUS affirmative action decision highlights diversity needs in higher ed

© 2011 Dorann Weber/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court decided Thursday to set new limits on affirmative action, striking down the current race-conscious admissions policies in place at University of North Carolina and Harvard University. The decision sided in part with Students for Fair Admissions, a conservative group that […]

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Mississippi deputies fired after Black man was shot in the face during drug raid

Mississippi deputies fired after Black man was shot in the face during drug raid

amphotora/Getty Images (RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.) — Months after a January drug raid that left a Black man with a gunshot wound to the face, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi announced Tuesday that five of its deputies have been fired or resigned from the department. This announcement comes just […]

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Chinese spy balloon used American-made parts, did not transmit data: Officials

Chinese spy balloon used American-made parts, did not transmit data: Officials

Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean in early February was built — at least partly — using American off-the-shelf parts, a U.S. official has confirmed to ABC News. A second U.S. official was also able […]

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Wildfire smoke live updates: Toxic haze blankets Midwest, rolls into Northeast

Wildfire smoke live updates: Toxic haze blankets Midwest, rolls into Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There […]

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Police board votes to fire two New Haven officers involved in arrest that left Randy Cox paralyzed

Police board votes to fire two New Haven officers involved in arrest that left Randy Cox paralyzed

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — The New Haven Board of Police Commissioners voted on Wednesday to terminate two more police officers charged for their involvement in the arrest of Richard “Randy” Cox – a Black man who was paralyzed while in police custody. The decision to fire officers […]

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Former Missouri lawmaker Jason Kander featured in new documentary about PTSD treatment for veterans

Former Missouri lawmaker Jason Kander featured in new documentary about PTSD treatment for veterans

Greenwich Entertainment (NEW YORK) — Afghanistan War veteran Jason Kander says he was a few months into therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder when he realized, for the first time, that recovery is not only possible, but common. “My therapist had to explain to me that it is normal to get better,” […]

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Dramatic body camera video released as grand jury refuses to indict officer who killed mass shooter at Texas mall

Dramatic body camera video released as grand jury refuses to indict officer who killed mass shooter at Texas mall

Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images (ALLEN, Texas) — As a Texas grand jury declined to indict the police officer who killed a mass shooter at an outlet mall in May, authorities released dramatic body camera video Wednesday of the officer racing toward the gunfire and taking down the assailant accused of shooting 15 […]

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