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QUEEN, ELIZABETH, FUNERAL, II
(CNN) The State Gun Carriage which was being used to carry the Queen's coffin for its processions through the center of London has a fascinating history.
In the care of the Royal Navy since 1901, the gun carriage was removed from active service for Queen Victoria's
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MARTHA, VINEYARD, MIGRANTS, DESANTIS
Martha’s Vineyard residents are claiming that a “housing crisis” prevents them from properly housing illegal aliens on the elite coastal island. At the same time, tons of sprawling summer estates, owned by the wealthy, sit empty and are readily available as
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ADNAN, SYED, CONVICTION, SERIAL
Adnan Syed, subject of 'Serial' podcast, is released after his conviction is vacated
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A Baltimore judge vacated the conviction of Adnan Syed, who at 18 years old was sentenced to
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AMERICAN, TALIBAN, SWAP, FREED
Last winter, Taliban forces stormed a home in Kabul, Afghanistan, and discovered an ISIS terror cell with plans to bomb the city’s presidential palace occupied by Taliban militants.
“Often the Taliban would just start searching houses. So they’d smash into
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MAYOR, MIGRANTS, NYC, ADAMS
As New York struggles to find housing for a wave of migrants arriving in the city, Mayor Eric Adams is seriously considering housing them on cruise ships.
Mr. Adams said for the first time on Friday that the city was weighing the idea.
“We’re examining everything,
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Former President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he would return to his Mar-a-Lago residence to evaluate the scene of the FBI's raid last month, which included the seizure of documents taken from the White House.
"I'll soon be heading to the scene of the
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PLANT, NUCLEAR, UKRAINE, STRIKE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant Monday in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian authorities denounced as an act of “nuclear terrorism.”
The missile
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HUNTER, BIDEN, COUNSEL, SPECIAL
Hunter Biden looks on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 18, 2022.
More than 30 Senate Republicans asked Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to give the federal prosecutor who has been investigating
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INFLATION, BIDEN, CONTROL, UNDER
Jared Bernstein, the chief economist to President Biden, joined ‘The Story’ Monday to defend the administration's actions in combating inflation, including the controversial Inflation Reduction Act.
JARED BERNSTEIN: So you want to be careful not to conflate
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GENERAL, ASSEMBLY, IRAN, PLAN
The war in Ukraine is expected to dominate the U.N. General Assembly meeting this week, The Hill reports.
As members gather at U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States its allies who have condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine will meet with those
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EARTHQUAKE, MEXICO, SHAKES, DEAD
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico on the anniversary of two previous quakes
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MEXICO CITY — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least
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NOSE, BITING, MEAT, GAME
A food executive was arrested over the weekend for allegedly biting a man's nose during a fight after a college football game.
Doug Ramsey, 53, the chief operations officer of Beyond Meat, was taken into police custody Saturday on charges of terroristic
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A plane crashed on Sunday at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday afternoon, leaving one person dead.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office said it is responding to a plane crash that is related to the air race and asked people to avoid the area of
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FED, AHEAD, RATE, HIKES
A for sale sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento, California, March 3, 2022. The Federal reserve is expected at its meeting this week to raise its key interest rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point for the third consecutive time. Another
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ELECTIONS, VOTERS, GOP, MIDTERM
Voters favor Republicans on issues of the economy, crime, and border security, but back Democrats on abortion and healthcare issues, a new poll shows.
The NBC News survey released Monday covered 12 issues.
Here’s how the parties were viewed on those subjects:
•Border
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FRANKEN, ADVANCES, MANAGER, CAMPAIGN
The former campaign manager for Iowa’s Democrat U.S. Senate nominee, Mike Franken, alleged in a police report that he has made “several” unwanted advances toward women, including her.
A police report showed the alleged assailant’s name blacked out. However,
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A bus transporting people to a COVID-19 quarantine center in China overturned, killing at least 27 people, Chinese state media reported.
Another 20 people were injured in the crash in the pre-dawn hours Sunday near Guiyang, the capital of the southwestern
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WARSHIP, NAVY, START, TRIAL
SAN DIEGO — According to prosecutors, Ryan Sawyer Mays was a young, arrogant sailor angry about being assigned to deck duty after failing to become a Navy SEAL - and he made the Navy pay in a big way.
But the prosecution has presented no physical evidence
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DEATHS, TRAFFIC, SLIGHTLY, Q2
Deaths from car crashes are anticipated to decline for the first time since 2020, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
While the agency estimates that traffic fatalities overall are up 0.5% in the first half of this year (20,175)
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PACKERS, BEARS, AARON, SHINES
This could be the most competitive NFL season, as Week 2 brought another week of one-possession games. I wrote about the scores, stat leaders, and more Week 2 news on Sunday. You can read that here. Aaron Rodgers on Sunday Night Football did what he does best:
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