25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
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by Colleen Slevin
5h ago
Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run ..read more
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Tsunami alert issued, thousands evacuated after Indonesia volcano has several big eruptions
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by Edna Tarigan
5h ago
Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area ..read more
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Poland's president becomes the latest leader to visit Trump as allies eye a possible return
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by Jill Colvin and Monika Scislowska
7h ago
Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term ..read more
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Lawyers for Larry Nassar assault survivors reach $100 million deal with Justice Department
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by Ed White
7h ago
The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday ..read more
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New York competition, smoking, internet betting concerns roil U.S. northeast's gambling market
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by Wayne Parry
7h ago
Casinos in the northeastern U.S. are dealing with numerous challenges as they brace for the arrival of new competitors in New York City ..read more
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French police evict hundreds from abandoned Paris warehouse ahead of Olympics
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by Thomas Adamson
7h ago
With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France's biggest squat in the south of the country's capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday ..read more
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Despite security risks, plans to open Paris Olympics on River Seine remain unchanged and on track
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by Jerome Pugmire
7h ago
As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday ..read more
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NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools
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by RALPH D. RUSSO
7h ago
NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer - as long as they meet academic requirements - after the association fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to fall in line with a recent court order ..read more
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Democrats shatter precedent with fast-track dismissal of Mayorkas impeachment
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by Stephen Dinan, Ramsey Touchberry and Ramsey Touchberry, Stephen Dinan
10h ago
The Senate made history on Wednesday as it voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the first time the chamber has exonerated someone without holding a trial or reviewing evidence ..read more
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Biden botches details of his uncle's WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military
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by Zeke Miller
10h ago
President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle's death in World War II as he honored the man's wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief ..read more
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