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June 14-20, 2024

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Seattle police officer fired for off-duty racist comments

A Seattle police officer has been fired for calling his Chinese American neighbor racist and sexist slurs while off duty in 2022

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California workplace safety board approves heat protections for indoor workers, excluding prisons

California’s workplace regulators passed rules that would protect indoor workers from extreme heat

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Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

The U.N.'s food agency says families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have received an emergency increase in food aid that is needed to help avert looming famine

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The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says

JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press

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Biden administration old growth forest proposal doesn't ban logging, but still angers industry

The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old growth forests on federal lands that are increasingly threatened by climate change

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A German town's referendum on culling pigeons has led to an uproar by animal rights activists

An ongoing fight between residents and animal rights activists over whether to cull pigeons in a small German town has led to an uproar

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Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts

In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing

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NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments from current 68 teams, AP source says

The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative men’s and women’s basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams

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Authorities in North Macedonia urge people to take care amid unusually high June temperatures

North Macedonia is suffering unusually high temperatures for June

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Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect expected to reject 20-year plea deal

He is said to have told his lawyer: ‘What have I got to lose?’

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Bob Good hopes final vote count will put him ahead of Trump-endorsed challenger

Conservative Virginia congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former president Donald Trump

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Hajj pilgrim deaths surge past 1,000 as Saudi Arabia faces extreme temperatures

Around 1.8 million Muslims have taken part in the days-long pilgrimage this year

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Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months

Data from India's Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months

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Train collision in Chile kills at least 2 people and injures several others

At least two people have been killed and nine others injured when a train full of passengers collided head-on with another train on a test run just outside Chile’s capital of Santiago

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The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts

Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx

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Climate crisis made killer US and Mexico heatwave 35 times more likely

Heatwaves like the one baking the US and Mexico are ‘no longer that out of the ordinary anymore’ as climate change dials up the heat worldwide

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A wealthy couple is accused of killing trees to score the ultimate ocean view. Now they’re paying for it

Amelia Bond allegedly applied herbicide to oak trees in front of her neighbor’s waterfront property in 2021 without consent then offered to help with their removal

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Families Of Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims Seek $24.8Bn Fine, Criminal Charges

Boeing's 737 MAX experienced two infamous crashes in 2018 and 2019 that together claimed 346 lives.

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Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN reports says

A new report from the U.N. migration agency says that surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs has displaced nearly 580,000 people since March

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Two US inspectors are attacked in Mexico while checking fresh shipment of avocados

The suspension comes as criminal gangs in the country force growers into paying protection money over their ‘green gold’ crops

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Supporters of Myanmar's jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed protest

Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi have carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday

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Moment petty Republican state Rep is caught dumping water into Democratic rival’s tote bag

The Republican legislator had been dumping cups of water into her colleague’s tote bag for five months

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Ukraine launches a national sexual assault registry for victims of Russian forces

A senior prosecutor in Ukraine says authorities have created a national registry to document cases of sexual violence allegedly committed by Russian forces

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Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims die as temperatures touch 51C in Saudi Arabia

More than 1.83 million Muslims have performed the Hajj this year

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