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Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in Atlanta spa shootings
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also filed notice that she intends to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Robert Aaron Long, who is white.
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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
Confidential data obtained by the AP shows that the number of migrant children in government custody has more than doubled in the past two months.
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There have been, on average, 10 mass shootings in the U.S. each week this year
We're just 18 weeks into 2021, and already the U.S. has experienced 194 shootings in which four or more people were shot or killed, excluding the shooter.
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Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ imperils Republicans who don’t embrace it
Republicans are expected to believe the falsehoods, pretend they do or at bare minimum not let it be known that they don’t.
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To bridge the digital divide, Biden administration launches vaccine hotline
It's part of the administration's push to get 70% of adults in the U.S. vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4.
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Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate
Republicans are unyielding in their opposition to the legislation, spurred on by conservative groups who are pushing anti-transgender laws nationwide.
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States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes
From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what's been allocated to them.
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What goes up must come down — including a giant Chinese rocket plunging toward Earth
U.S. Space Command says the exact entry point into Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until hours before its reentry, which is expected sometime around Saturday.
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Weak jobs report could spur, slow Biden’s huge money package
The employment report failed to show that the economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%.
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4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death
All four officers are charged for their failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Chauvin was also charged in a second indictment, stemming from the arrest of a 14-year-old.
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COVID’s US toll projected to drop sharply by the end of July
Experts warn that a “substantial increase” in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people do not follow basic precautions such as wearing a mask.
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Chauvin’s lawyer seeks new trial, impeachment of verdict
Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 25 death of George Floyd.
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Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4
Already more than 56% of adult Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 105 million are fully vaccinated.
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Why lagging COVID vaccine rate at rural hospitals ‘needs to be fixed now’
When it comes to persuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, health care professionals are influential. In some rural communities, hospital staff themselves are hanging back.
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Children now account for 22% of new U.S. COVID cases. Why is that?
A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3% of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4% of new cases.
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