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A trans girl will miss graduation because school officials told her to dress as a boy

Saturday, May 20, 2023

The Mississippi 17-year-old is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials' decision.

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Nebraska passes 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care

Saturday, May 20, 2023

The state's Legislature passed a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for people under 19. The state's Republican governor has promised to sign it into law.

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American Airlines and JetBlue must end partnership in the northeast U.S., judge rules

Saturday, May 20, 2023

The ruling is a major victory for the Biden administration, which has used aggressive enforcement of antitrust laws to fight against mergers and other arrangements between large corporations.

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PEN America gala honors Salman Rushdie, his first in-person appearance since stabbing

Friday, May 19, 2023

Rushdie, whose attendance had not been announced beforehand, spoke briefly, and dedicated some of his remarks to those who came to his help last August while on stage at a New York literary festival.

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A Hebrew Bible that is 1,100 years old sells for $38 million at an auction

Thursday, May 18, 2023

The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased by former U.S. Ambassador to Romania.

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The Texas Legislature approves a ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

The bill cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature after a final vote in the Senate over the objections of Democrats. Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.

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5 go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to topple the government

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

The four men, aged 44 to 56, and a 75-year-old woman are accused of founding or being members of a terrorist organization and treason.

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Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

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Gunmen attacked a U.S. convoy in Nigeria, killing 2 consulate staff and 2 policemen

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

No U.S. citizen was on the trip, but two locals who worked for the U.S. consulate and two policemen were killed, police said.

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Biden administration announces nearly $11B for renewable energy in rural communities

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Agriculture Secretary Tom said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936.

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A fire at a New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, the prime minister says

Monday, May 15, 2023

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand's capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas.

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Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children

Monday, May 15, 2023

A two-year effort is underway to preserve 8,000 children's shoes at the former concentration and extermination camp where German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II.

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Guns, grenades and rocket launchers are among 13,500 weapons surrendered in Serbia

Monday, May 15, 2023

The government declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to surrender unregistered weapons as part of a crackdown on guns following the two shootings this month that left 17 people dead.

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A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, tying the all-time record

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

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North Carolina's governor vetoed a 12-week abortion ban, setting up an override fight

Sunday, May 14, 2023

The veto by Gov. Roy Cooper launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt an override vote after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

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A powerful cyclone has made landfall in Myanmar, killing at least three

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

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Turkey moves closer toward a presidential election runoff

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was locked in a tight election race, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted.

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An unusually early heat wave in the Pacific Northwest is testing records

Sunday, May 14, 2023

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy is in Germany for the first time since Russia invaded

Sunday, May 14, 2023

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin on his first visit to the country since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Tornado hits south Texas, damaging dozens of homes

Saturday, May 13, 2023

At least one person was killed and 10 others hospitalized after a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast, authorities said.

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