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Kayaker presumed dead after disappearing into frigid water while with fiancée

Kayaker presumed dead after disappearing into frigid water while with fiancée

Heath Korvola/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man who was kayaking with his fiancée is presumed to have died after his vessel began sinking and disappeared into near-freezing water. The kayaker — 37-year-old Travis Valenti from Massapequa, New York — was kayaking on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park in […]

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Heat wave expected to reach parts of Texas, millions at risk for severe weather

Heat wave expected to reach parts of Texas, millions at risk for severe weather

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is possible for 16 million Americans across the Southern U.S. from Texas to South Carolina on Tuesday. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of eastern Texas and northern Louisiana– from Tyler, Texas to Shreveport, Louisiana, through 6 p.m., local time on Tuesday […]

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Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend pending defamation lawsuit against Trump

Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend pending defamation lawsuit against Trump

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As former President Donald Trump was being arraigned in Florida Tuesday on charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving office, a federal judge in New York dealt him another legal blow. Judge Lewis Kaplan allowed writer E. Jean Carroll to amend a […]

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Louisiana’s Fort Polk renamed after African American WWI soldier

Louisiana’s Fort Polk renamed after African American WWI soldier

Villafuerte/Getty Images (LEESVILLE, La.) — As part of the national campaign to change the names of U.S. Army installations to cut ties with Confederate figures in America, Louisiana’s Fort Polk was redesignated to Fort Johnson Tuesday morning. The campaign includes renaming nine U.S. Army bases, including North Carolina’s Fort Bragg changed […]

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DHS extends deportation relief for some immigrants from four Central American countries

DHS extends deportation relief for some immigrants from four Central American countries

Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security has issued an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, the department announced on Tuesday. The extension allows approximately 337,000 immigrants from those countries, who are currently protected from deportation, to temporarily […]

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9 injured in Denver shooting near NBA Finals celebrations, police say

9 injured in Denver shooting near NBA Finals celebrations, police say

kali9/Getty Images (DENVER) — Nine people were injured in a “chaotic” shooting in Denver near the arena where the Nuggets won their first NBA title on Monday night, police said. A suspect in the incident was also shot and taken into custody and is currently hospitalized, police said. The shooting, which […]

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Headed to college? For many, student loan debt remains the only option

Headed to college? For many, student loan debt remains the only option

Courtesy of Trinity Jennings-Pagan (NEW YORK) — For Haley Reyes, there were two questions looming over her senior year in high school at the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School in Manhattan. First, was whether she’d get into her dream school of Syracuse University. Second, was how she’d pay for it […]

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As Trump faces charges in docs case, special counsel is quietly continuing Jan. 6 probe

As Trump faces charges in docs case, special counsel is quietly continuing Jan. 6 probe

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump makes his first court appearance in Florida to face federal charges related to his handling of classified documents, special counsel Jack Smith’s separate investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election appears to be quietly pressing on inside a grand […]

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Nine injured in Denver shooting near NBA Finals celebrations, police say

Nine injured in Denver shooting near NBA Finals celebrations, police say

kali9/Getty Images (DENVER) — Nine people were injured, including three critically, in a shooting in Denver near the arena where the Nuggets won their first NBA title on Monday night, police said. A suspect, who was also shot, was in custody, the Denver Police Department said in a statement. The […]

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Body recovered from Interstate 95 collapse wreckage

Body recovered from Interstate 95 collapse wreckage

A tanker fire caused part of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia to collapse, June 11, 2023. — WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — Officials recovered a body from the wreckage of the Interstate 95 collapse in Philadelphia, which happened on Sunday morning when a tanker caught fire beneath an underpass. Family members of Nathaniel Moody […]

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