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Baltimore police searching for suspects after 2 killed, 28 wounded at weekend block party shooting

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police are searching for suspects who opened fire during a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore that killed two people, wounded 28 others and prompted one resident to jump into action when a wounded teenage girl showed up on her doorstep. Authorities said many of the shooting victims were under 18. Charlene…
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Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. Two cases involving the abuse were on a list of many cases the court said it would not hear. Ohio…
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Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking at a gathering of evangelical Christians, former Vice President Mike Pence urged his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to support a 15-week federal abortion ban at minimum. The exhortation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference on Friday came a day before the first anniversary of Roe v. Wade’s…
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Explosion hits a building in Paris, injuring 16. Police are trying to determine the cause

PARIS (AP) — Police say a strong explosion has hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank, leaving at least 16 people injured. The blast ignited a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted the evacuation of buildings in the neighborhood. Paris police said that the facade of a building in…
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Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions

Donald Trump’s attacks on the justice system after his indictment on federal charges this week are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies against the traditions and institutions that have helped maintain American democracy. He went through a familiar routine of mounting a victimhood defense in the…
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