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Federal report lays out historic effort to dismantle Indian families and culture
It's the first step in addressing 'intergenerational trauma' caused by placement of children in the Indian school system.
Nation
Met's new 'Hamlet': To be or not to be true to the text
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, all right, but not as Shakespeare imagined. No Norwegian prince arrives to seize the Danish throne. And to be or not to be is not the question.
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U.S. drivers bemoan gas prices with no relief in sight
Drivers were paying $4.37 for a gallon of regular Tuesday, on average, according to AAA.
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$1.5M bail for Minnesota woman accused in deaths of 2 babies
Unconditional bail was set at $1.5 million Tuesday for the Minnesota woman charged with leaving her newborn son to die beside a lake nearly 20 years ago and who authorities say abandoned another infant in the Mississippi River years earlier.
Federal judge dismisses Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to reinstate his Twitter account
Judge James Donato wrote that he was not convinced that Twitter had infringed on Trump's free speech rights.
Politics
Justices' views on abortion in their own words and votes
When the Supreme Court heard arguments in a major abortion case from Mississippi in December, it was clear to observers that there was substantial support among the court's conservative majority for overruling two landmark decisions that established and reaffirmed a woman's right to an abortion.
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U.S. Supreme Court investigates leak of draft ruling
Chief Justice John Roberts tasked a relatively unknown court official to carry out what could be one of the most high-profile investigations in decades.
Nation
The vanishing COVID-19 variants: Lessons from gamma, iota and mu
"This virus has no incentive to stop adapting and evolving."
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Biden: 'Radical' draft ruling threatens 'range of rights'
President Joe Biden blasted the "radical" draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court may be be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
Business
Get ready for another energy price spike: High electric bills
National average utility rates have jumped because of a surge in natural gas prices and could keep rising rapidly for years as utilities invest in electric grids.
Supreme Court appears poised to overturn landmark Roe v. Wade
A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report.
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Marine veteran killed in Ukraine remembered for his selflessness
Willy Joseph Cancel was killed Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine. Cancel worked as a volunteer firefighter in Walden, New York and had a 7-month-old son.
Politics
Likelihood fades of a Trump indictment in Manhattan
The Manhattan district attorney is continuing to investigate Donald Trump, but knowledgeable people say charges are unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future, if ever.
Business
Live updates | US official: Ukraine resistance slows Russia
WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. defense official said Friday the Russian offensive is going much slower than planned in part because of the strength of the Ukrainian resistance.
Politics
Trump says he feared being pelted with 'very dangerous' fruit at rallies
Trump's comments about the potentially lethal effects of projectile produce were made public Tuesday with the release of excerpts of four and a half hours of videotaped testimony in a lawsuit filed by a group of protesters who allege that Trump's security guards assaulted them in 2015.
World
From king cobras to geckos, 20% of reptiles risk extinction
The research, published Wednesday in Nature, adds another dimension to a substantial body of scientific evidence that points to a human-caused biodiversity crisis similar to climate change in the vast effect it could have on life on Earth.
Politics
Madeleine Albright honored by Biden, other world leaders
A veritable who's who of Washington's political and foreign policy elite gathered Wednesday to pay their last respects to the late Madeleine Albright, a child of conflict-ravaged Europe who arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year old girl and became America's first female secretary of state.
Nation
State turns to court after ex-House aide refuses subpoenas
Tennessee's attorney general is taking the one-time chief of staff of a former House speaker to court after he refused to comply with subpoenas in the investigation of a shadowy political action committee.
Business
Millennial Money: Kick-start your online clothing resale gig
With the recent rise of resale apps like Depop and Poshmark, the idea of selling old clothes online is becoming more fashionable. Many people have turned clothing resale into a lucrative side gig or even a full-time job, gaining thousands of followers and making dozens of sales per week.
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