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Blue Origin's latest space passengers from left, Laura Shepard Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Michael Strahan, Cameron Bess, Lane Bess, and Evan Dick pose for a photo in front of the booster rocket at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021

Science

Michael Strahan flies to space with astronaut’s daughter

The Amazon founder's space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas.

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G7 foreign ministers, pose in a socially distanced manner for a group photo at the Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, Saturday Dec. 11, 2021. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is hosting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other Group of Seven counterparts for weekend talks in the northwest England port city of Liverpool as the wealthy nations club faces growing tensions with Russia, China and Iran. From left, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell

Politics & Policy

UK seeks unity at G7 meeting over Russia’s ‘malign behavior’

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations were meeting in Liverpool for talks dominated by Russia’s military buildup near its border with Ukraine.

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File photo: Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump riot outside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. For many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, self-incriminating messages, photos and videos that they broadcast on social media before, during and after the Jan. 6 insurrection are influencing even the sentences in their criminal cases. Among the biggest takeaways from the Justice Department’s prosecution of the Jan. 6 insurrection is how large a role social media has played, with much of the most damning evidence coming from rioters own words and videos

Courts & Law

Capitol rioters’ social media posts influencing sentencings

Much of the most damning evidence has come from rioters' own words and videos.

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Dog owner Derrick Starks, left, Chris Buchanan, center and Niki Thompson, right, both from neighboring counties, attempt to rescue Cheyenne, the dog, from a tornado damaged home in Mayfield, Ky., on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states Friday, killing several people overnight

Weather

Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states

Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight.

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Health

COVID-19 boosters on backburner for most U.S. pro sports leagues

Even as cases continue to crop up, the NFL and NHL have no current plans to follow the NBA’s lead of requiring an additional dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 who helped plan Trump rallies

Rep. Bennie Thompson, says some worked to stage the rallies and “some appeared to have had direct communication” with then-President Trump as they were planning.

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File photo: Lydia Winters shows off Microsoft's

Community

‘The internet’s on fire’ as techs race to fix software flaw

Computer security experts around the world are racing to patch one of the worst software vulnerabilities discovered in years.

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George Bochetto is seen in a close-up photo

Politics & Policy

Philly lawyer George Bochetto may join GOP field running for US Senate seat

George Bochetto, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and Republican, says he's seriously considering running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat.

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Courts & Law

Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but OKs clinics’ suit

The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect.

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Injured migrants are cared for on the side of the road next to the overturned truck on which they were traveling near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, Dec. 9, 2021. Mexican authorities say at least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured when the truck carrying the migrants rolled over on the highway in southern Mexico

Politics & Policy

53 migrants dead, 54 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

The crash occurred Thursday on a highway leading toward the Chiapas state capital.

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Trump speaks at the rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection

Courts & Law

Court rejects Trump’s efforts to keep records from Jan. 6 panel

The three-judge panel said there was a “unique legislative need” for documents that the committee has requested.

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FILE- Richard Bensinger, left, who is advising unionization efforts, along with baristas Casey Moore, right, Brian Murray, second from left, and Jaz Brisack, second from right, discuss their efforts to unionize three Buffalo-area stores, inside the movements headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to count ballots Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, from union elections held at three separate Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Around 111 Starbucks workers from the three stores were eligible to vote by mail starting last month.(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)

Community

Starbucks workers vote to unionize at Buffalo, N.Y. store

The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that workers voted 19-8 in favor of a union at one of three locations. The board is still counting votes for two other stores.

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