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A crowd of students protests Cornell’s response to gang rape complaint
Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight.
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Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells
Every Monday, Ricky Blanding drives his Ford Ranger pickup truck around Detroit along a carefully planned route.
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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.
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US stocks rise to the edge of an all-time high
U.S. stocks rose to the edge of their all-time high on Monday after a couple buyout announcements helped lift the market.
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Supreme Court weighs local governments’ climate change lawsuits against oil and gas companies
The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether local governments can sue oil and gas companies in state court to help cover costs associated with climate change, an issue with potentially billions of dollars at stake.
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Major oil exporters agree to keep production steady in November
Seven major oil-exporting countries agreed Sunday to keep production steady in November at a time when the Iran war has driven the price of benchmark Brent crude oil above $100 a barrel.
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Tennessee lawmakers mull execution changes amid Christa Pike ordeal
Tennessee legislators are proposing changes to the state's death penalty system after the Department of Correction failed to kill Christa Pike last week, its second botched execution this year.
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Under Trump, immigration arrests and detentions surge in Tennessee
Since Donald Trump was sworn into office for a second time, immigration arrests have surged nationwide as his administration carries out an unprecedented mass detention and deportation agenda.
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Takeaways from AP report on Iranian attack in Kuwait that killed 6 US soldiers and wounded dozens
As the war with Iran enters its eighth month, U.S. soldiers wounded in its deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them.
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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday.
