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Veteran police official Edward Caban becomes first Latino to head the NYPD

Veteran police official Edward Caban becomes first Latino to head the NYPD

NEW YORK (AP) — Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Latino to lead the 178-year-old department.
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Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore

Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s annual summit, many were torn , wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov.
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Officials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker

Officials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker

HARTFORD, Conn.
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Biden still concerned about judicial overhaul as he extends invite to meet with Israel's Netanyahu

Biden still concerned about judicial overhaul as he extends invite to meet with Israel's Netanyahu

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him in the U.S.
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Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers challenged a judge's decision that he remain behind bars, pointing Monday to the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged
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Biden to meet with pope's Ukraine peace envoy, with the plight of children top of cardinal's agenda

Biden to meet with pope's Ukraine peace envoy, with the plight of children top of cardinal's agenda

ROME (AP) — U.S.
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Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries over the weekend and last week.
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Top official in Justice Department's criminal division to depart

Top official in Justice Department's criminal division to depart

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes investigations.
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Boy thrown from carnival ride at Illinois community festival

Boy thrown from carnival ride at Illinois community festival

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — Carnival rides were shut down at an Illinois community festival after a 10-year-old boy was thrown from his seat and seriously injured, authorities said.
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Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases

Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases, according to a judge's ruling Monday.
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