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    News Chihuahua found with arrow through neck expected to survive

    A chihuahua puppy found shot through the neck with an arrow in Southern California was expected to survive after veterinarians removed the projectile, authorities said. A woman reported to 911 that she found the wounded dog Monday in a neighborhood near the city of Desert Hot Springs after...
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    News Ford pays $19M to settle claims on fuel economy, payload

    Ford Motor Company on Tuesday settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles, violating state consumer protection laws. The company agreed to pay $19.2 million to the states and...
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    News Blood and bricks: Witness paints picture of what led to driver striking several bicyclists

    Video of a violent crash between a driver and several people on bicycles has been shown many times since the incident took place on. It was Saturday in Fort Lauderdale when the car appeared to swerve into a bicycle lane and slam into several cyclists. Police have been investigating and trying...
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    News Hospital: 2 dead after shooting at Uvalde, Texas, school

    Two people were dead and more than a dozen children hospitalized as multiple medical centers cared for people injured in a shooting at a Texas elementary school, hospital officials said Tuesday. Police have said the suspected shooter is in custody. Thirteen children were taken by ambulance or...
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    News Cannes Film Festival, born out of war, grapples with Ukraine

    The war in Ukraine took a starring role on the opening night of the 75th Cannes Film Festival and it has rarely been far out of frame since. The parties have continued nonstop, as has the red-carpet frenzy. But throughout the French Riviera spectacular has run a discourse about the role of...
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    News Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal

    Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed her newly arrived hospital bed on a recent day and worried over how she would maintain independence as she further loses...
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    News Democrats: Google must protect privacy of abortion patients

    More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary collection and retention of people's location data, arguing the information could be used to identify women seeking abortions. In a letter sent Tuesday to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google...
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    News Gas wells leak explosive levels of methane in Bakersfield

    Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days. State and regional inspectors found concentrations of methane in the air around some of the wells at levels considered...
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    News Celestine Chaney, Buffalo supermarket victim, mourned

    Images of Celestine Chaney's shooting death in a hate-fueled attack inside a Buffalo supermarket made their way across the internet in the days that followed. At her funeral Tuesday, images from a treasured life filled the space, showing her smiling and holding her family close. Chaney, 65, was...
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    News Vaccines bring optimism as COVID cases soar in South America

    After a reprieve of months, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are surging in the southern tip of South America. But officials in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay hope high vaccination rates mean this latest wave will not be as deadly as previous ones. At the same time, there is concern that many people...
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    News US to end Russia's ability to pay international investors

    The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay its billions in debt back to international investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable. The Treasury Department said in a notification that does not plan...
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    News Scientists will set 1,000 traps for murder hornets this year

    Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. Scientists believe the hornets, first detected in the Pacific Northwest state in 2019, are confined in Whatcom County, which is...
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    News Moldovan ex-president detained in treason, corruption probe

    A former Moldovan president was ordered detained following a series of police raids Tuesday as part of a judicial investigation into suspected treason, corruption, illicit enrichment and illegal party financing, prosecutors said. Photographs showed members of Moldova’s Information and Security...
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    News Developing story: School district in Texas reports lockdown after shooting

    There was bloodshed outside of Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District reported there was an active shooter and the school was on lockdown. Uvalde Memorial Hospital reported evaluating a child and an adult injured. University...
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    News Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge

    A high school prom in Hawaii where masked dancers weren't allowed to touch. A return to virtual city council meetings in one Colorado town after the mayor and others tested positive following an in-person session. A reinstated mask mandate at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County...
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    News $25,000 reward offered for information years after teen’s disappearance in Fort Lauderdale

    The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to the recovery of Sophie Reeder, who was 15 years old when she disappeared in 2017. According to police, Reeder’s father reported her missing after she was last seen around 10 p.m. on May 19...
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    News Biden to sign policing order on Floyd anniversary: AP source

    President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on policing on Wednesday, the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, according to three people familiar with the matter. The order would require federal law enforcement to review and revise policies on use of force, and it would restrict...
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    News 2 arrested in catalytic converter theft at Miami-Dade medical facility

    Police arrested a man and woman Monday in a catalytic converter theft at a west Miami-Dade County medical center that happened the week prior. The theft arrest comes amid a spike in catalytic converter thefts across South Florida. Daisy Marie Vandeusen and Andrew Martinez, both 32, face...
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    News Stellantis, Samsung plan Indiana electric car battery plant

    A joint venture between Stellantis and Samsung plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Indiana that will employ up to 1,400 workers and become the company’s second such factory in North America. The venture announced Tuesday plans to spend more than $2.5 billion on the plant in...
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    News Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers

    Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. An attorney for the SBC's Executive Committee...
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