A state judge has temporarily blocked Oklahoma from enforcing its ban on using so-called “woke banks” for state business.
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The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers.
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Sen. Robert Menendez, a powerful Democrat from New Jersey, goes on trial in Manhattan on federal corruption charges. Two New Jersey businessmen accused of bribing him are his co-defendants.
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At Bear Divide, just outside Los Angeles, you can see a rare spectacle of nature. This is one of the only places in the western United States where you can see bird migration during daylight hours.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by recent tornadoes.
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Two Oklahoma tribal nation leaders were on Capitol Hill this week to stress the importance of public safety funding almost four years after the McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling.
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A recent community meeting in the city of Bend, was disrupted by racist and homophobic slurs from critics of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Josephine Dusabimana smuggled ethnic Tutsis out of the country as neighbors attacked neighbors and almost a million people died.
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He is expected to bolster the prosecutors case that Trump falsified business records to pay off Stormy Daniels, the adult film star, with whom he is alleged to have had an affair
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Almost half of the illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement last year was pills made to look like prescription opioids, a new study says. The trend suggests a growing supply of illicit fentanyl.
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Joy Diaz and her parents were dedicated to helping others. Then, they received some life-changing help themselves.
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Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every day, are less likely to develop the condition.
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Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama start voting this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Last month, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to unionize.
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Prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for the man who broke into ex-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband.