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Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face

Friday, November 10, 2023

The NYU medical team announced Thursday that Aaron James is recovering well from the dual transplant last May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

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FBI offers $10K reward in search for Jan. 6 attack fugitive from New Jersey

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The agency said it and other law enforcement agencies are looking for 47-year-old Gregory Yetman. The FBI was being joined by law enforcement officers from state, county and local police.

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Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.

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Ballot shortages created democracy problems during Mississippi governor's election

Thursday, November 09, 2023

People in Mississippi's largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on election day.

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Man accuses riverboat co-captain of assault during Alabama riverfront brawl

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Court records show one of the white men accused of assaulting the co-captain during the August brawl filed a complaint last month saying the co-captain hit him first during the chaotic melee.

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U.S. launches airstrike in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias

Thursday, November 09, 2023

The U.S. carried out an airstrike on a weapons warehouse in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a number of attacks on U.S. troops in the region.

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Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.

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3 are charged with running sex ring that catered to politicians, military and others

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

DOJ says possibly hundreds of clients include government contractors with security clearances, doctors, lawyers, elected officials, military officers, professors and executives at tech companies.

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An exonerated 'Central Park Five' member will win a seat on the New York City Council

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.

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Portugal's prime minister resigns over a corruption investigation

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

António Costa asserted his innocence but said he must resign amid an investigation implicating members of his government.

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Starbucks increases U.S. hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

The company said Monday unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores.

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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in deadly California boat fire

Monday, November 06, 2023

A federal jury found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.

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The father of a mass shooting suspect stands trial for helping him get a gun license

Monday, November 06, 2023

Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — one for each person his son, Robert Crimo III, is accused of killing in Highland Park, Ill., on Independence Day last year.

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Ex-State Department aide sentenced to nearly 6 years in Capitol riot attacks

Monday, November 06, 2023

Federico Klein joined other Trump supporters in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 siege — a mob's fight with outnumbered police for control of a Capitol tunnel entrance.

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A Philippine radio anchor was shot and killed while on a Facebook livestream

Sunday, November 05, 2023

Juan Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when an uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the current president's father.

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A Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea damages a Russian ship

Sunday, November 05, 2023

The Ukrainian air force says one of Russia's most modern ships was at the shipyard but doesn't say if that ship was hit. Russia acknowledges a vessel was hit, but doesn't say which kind.

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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules

Saturday, November 04, 2023

Lawyers for Newport News Public Schools had tried to block the lawsuit, arguing that Abby Zwerner was eligible only for workers' compensation for the injuries caused by the classroom shooting.

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Nepal rushes aid and rescue operations after strong earthquake kills at least 157

Friday, November 03, 2023

Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.

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A rare Mexican gray wolf is wandering out of bounds. She may be looking for a mate

Friday, November 03, 2023

Experts say the endangered animals have a natural inclination to roam and the female wolf's journey illustrates the species can thrive outside designated boundaries in New Mexico and Arizona.

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Cedar Fair and Six Flags will merge to create a playtime powerhouse in North America

Friday, November 03, 2023

The combined company, worth more than $3.5 billion, will boast 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

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