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Today in History: April 28, Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title

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Host Colin Jost, from left, President Joe Biden and Kelly O'Donnell, WHCA vice president and Senior White House correspondent for NBC News, stand duri

Chants of 'shame on you' greet guests at White House correspondents' dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden's handling of the conflict and the Western news' media coverage of it.

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Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity

As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity.

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Body of climber recovered after 1,000-foot fatal fall on Alaska peak

A helicopter crew recovered on Saturday the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000 feet (300 meters) while on a steep, technical route in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, park officials said in a statement.

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Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics

The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state's top prize in their events.

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Crews plan to extinguish fire Saturday night from train derailment near Arizona-New Mexico line

Crews plan to extinguish a fire on Saturday night from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line that forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 40.

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David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, is remembered

Former Arkansas Gov. and U.S. Sen. David Pryor was remembered during a Saturday funeral service by family, friends and colleagues, including former President Bill Clinton.

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Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms

On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women's lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach mounted above the chalkboard beer menu.

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Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say

A retrial in New York of disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein won't be coming to a courtroom anytime soon, if ever, legal experts said on a day when one of two women considered crucial to his rape trial said she wasn't sure she would testify again.

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Massachusetts police bust burglary ring that stole $4 million in jewels over six years

A burglary ring that allegedly stole more than $4 million worth of jewelry mostly from the homes of South Asians in over two dozen communities has been broken up, the Massachusetts State Police said.

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3 children in minivan hurt when it rolled down hill, into baseball dugout wall in Illinois

Three children were hurt when the minivan they were in rolled down a hill Saturday morning into a concrete baseball dugout in northern Illinois' Woodstock.

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FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles, Oct. 4 2022. New York’s highest court has overturned Weinstein’s 202

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.

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Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began more than six months ago, the State Department said Saturday.

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Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in killing, sexual assault of 20-month-old girl

A Wisconsin man has been convicted in the sexual assault and killing of a 20-month-old girl and abusing the child's mother who then was his girlfriend.

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How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form?

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Teen accidentally kills his younger brother with a gun found in an alley

A 14-year-old Florida boy told police he accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old brother after finding a gun in an alley near their home, authorities said.

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Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them

Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by flipping Democratic constituencies.

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