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An education board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names had been removed
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Third week of testimony in Trump's hush money trial draws to a close, with Michael Cohen yet to come
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are narrowing in on checks and phone records as they lay the groundwork for jurors to hear eventually from their star witness: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney
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UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and has called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations
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Top Indian opposition leader released on bail by court enabling him to campaign in elections
A top Indian opposition leader has been freed from jail on interim bail by the Supreme Court nearly seven weeks after his arrest in a bribery case
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US consumer sentiment drops to 6-month low on inflation, unemployment fears
Consumer sentiment fell sharply in May to the lowest level in six months as Americans cited concerns about stubbornly high inflation and interest rates and fears that unemployment could rise
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Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 110,000 civilians fleeing
The U.N. says heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 110,000 people to flee north
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Stock market today: Wall Street coasts toward the close of another winning week
U.S. stocks are coasting toward the close of another winning week
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Police arrest over 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian protest camps at Penn, MIT and Arizona
Police have made more than 40 arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues
Powerful storms bringing damaging high winds threatened several southern states early Friday as residents cleared debris from deadly severe weather that produced twisters in Michigan, Tennessee and other states
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Inside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from floods in southern Brazil
Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the Brazilian city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state
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