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An Alabama prison official and the inmate she was escorting are missing

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Vicky White left a detention center with an inmate Friday morning and neither has been seen since. White was escorting the inmate, held on capital murder charges, to a courthouse for a hearing.

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'American Idol' winner Laine Hardy is accused of bugging an ex-girlfriend's dorm

Saturday, April 30, 2022

His ex allegedly found a listening device — which resembled a phone charger — under her futon, according to a warrant. Hardy faces a felony charge over the allegation.

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A judge again upholds Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Earlier this month, the judge refused to toss out her conviction after a juror disclosed during deliberations that he had been sexually abused as a child.

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A tornado in Kansas injured several people and damaged multiple buildings

Saturday, April 30, 2022

In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas were killed in a crash. The twister knocked out power for over 15,000 people.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is suspended over sexual assault allegations

Friday, April 29, 2022

Bauer is suspended for two seasons after a San Diego woman alleged that he beat and sexually abused her last year. He denies violating MLB's domestic violence and sexual assault policy.

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19 cannons believed from the Revolutionary War are found in the Savannah River

Friday, April 29, 2022

The mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident as the Georgia riverbed was being dredged. Researchers suspect they came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom in 1779.

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Wimbledon champion Boris Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses

Friday, April 29, 2022

The 54-year-old German tennis great was sentenced for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

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States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks

Friday, April 29, 2022

The lawsuits contend that purchases of thousands of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come. The Postal Service says it conducted a thorough review.

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'Carpool Karaoke' king James Corden will leave his late-night show in 2023

Friday, April 29, 2022

The British actor and writer announced his decision during the taping of Thursday's The Late Late Show, which he began hosting in 2015. Corden will leave next spring, but didn't say what he'd do next.

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U.S. officials arrest British Virgin Islands premier on drug charges

Friday, April 29, 2022

The premier, Andrew Fahie, was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, according to a criminal complaint.

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Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022

Friday, April 29, 2022

Opening for the first time in three years, the festival brings memories of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on after Hurricane Katrina.

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U.S. soldiers 'return' cake to Italian woman for 90th birthday

Friday, April 29, 2022

A woman was 13 years old when U.S. soldiers grabbed her birthday cake from a windowsill.

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A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as economic crisis grows

Thursday, April 28, 2022

The ongoing protests highlight the dramatic fall of Sri Lanka's most powerful political dynasty in decades to a family grasping to retain power.

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A version of Dorothy's dress from 'Oz' goes up for sale

Thursday, April 28, 2022

A version of the dress Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz has a presale estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million.

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New York's top court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

The state's highest court rejected new maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The court largely agreed with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

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A Kansas lawmaker complains about sharing a bathroom with a trans colleague

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

LGBTQ rights advocates call for state Rep. Cheryl Helmer to be formally censured after she publicly said she didn't want to share the women's restrooms at the Statehouse with a transgender colleague.

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Oklahoma bans nonbinary gender identities on birth certificates

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill explicitly prohibiting the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates, a ban experts say is the first of its kind in the nation.

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U.N. takes step to put veto users under global spotlight

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

For the first time, the General Assembly will be required "to hold a debate on the situation" that sparks a veto in the Security Council within 10 working days.

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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Her supporters and independent legal experts consider her prosecution an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and legitimize the military's 2021 seizure of power.

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Singapore executes disabled Malaysian convicted in drug case

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Supporters and lawyers of the man said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of a mentally ill person was prohibited under international human rights law.

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