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Updated 2 years ago
Hiker found 'alive and well' after a month in North Cascades National Park

Robert Schock was found "alive and well" in the Chilliwack Basin a month after he was first reported missing.

Updated 2 years ago
4 dead, at least 9 injured in shooting at high school near Atlanta, authorities say

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that four people were killed and at least nine were injured in a shooting at a high school outside of Atlant…

Updated 2 years ago
At least 7 cars hit and 6 people injured in random gunfire on Interstate 5 near Seattle

At least seven vehicles traveling along Interstate 5 just south of Seattle were hit by gunfire overnight, leaving at least six people injured before a suspect …

Updated 2 years ago
Thousands of US hotel workers strike over Labor Day weekend

More than 10,000 workers at 25 U.S. hotels were on strike Monday after choosing Labor Day weekend to amplify their demands for higher pay, fairer workloads and…

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San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall stable after shooting during attempted robbery, police say

A juvenile suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the chest Saturday afternoon during an attempted …

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NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and brother killed when bicycles hit by car on eve of sister's wedding

Higgins told a responding officer he had five or six beers prior to the crash and admitted to consuming alcohol while driving, according to the criminal compla…

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Travelers are getting a head start on the long Labor Day weekend

Busy, as expected. TSA screened 2.75 million travelers at the nation's airports on Thursday, nearly 130,000 more than it screened on the same day last year.

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High winds, possibly from a tornado, derail 43 train cars in North Dakota

Tornadic winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakot…

Updated 2 years ago
FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday.

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Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of …

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Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the anim…

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As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth

As of February, more than 2,000 dams had been removed in the U.S., the majority in the last 25 years, according to the advocacy group American Rivers.

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Utah mother and children's book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband's death

She faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022.

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Kroger and Albertsons head to court to defend merger plan

Kroger and Albertsons defended their plan to merge – and tried to overcome the U.S. government’s objections – in a federal court hearing that began Monday in O…

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Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages

An apparent cyberattack disrupted internet, phones, email and other systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a third day.