Schools to tackle active shooters with pepper-spraying drones that can ram attackers
The drones can hit targets at 70 mph and have speakers to communicate with students and staff
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Trump has launched a new ‘Red Scare’ in the US – a favorite tactic of the right
Anti-communism has huge appeal within American political culture – particularly for the generation of voters who, like…
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Jailhouse calls reveal Georgia school shooter’s obsession with online notoriety after attack
Prosecutors played clips of the recorded conversations between Colt Gray and his mother during the teenager's…
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Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke in the US. But experts say he’s ignoring the bigger problem
Wildfires are burning across several countries, causing evacuations and devastating communities
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Georgia man fights off shark in Florida waters to save his pregnant fiancée
Jacorey High, 21, punched the four-foot animal in the nose after it bit his foot twice and repeatedly lunged at him as…
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Florida executes former police officer in first of two executions Tuesday
James Aren Duckett, 68, was pronounced dead at 1:19 pm following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison
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Chicago-area contractor goes missing in sewer as he is swept away during heavy storms
A Chicago-area contractor working in a sewer pipe was swept away by stormwaters Monday afternoon and still has not been…
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Treasury Secretary parrots Elon Musk’s claim that Americans won’t need to save for retirement because of AI’s abundance
Scott Bessent echoed Elon Musk’s claims that Americans won’t need to save for retirement thanks to the “abundance of…
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Tornado stayed on the ground for over 20 minutes as it carved a path of destruction through Wisconsin
The twister was spun off by a large storm system that moved through the Great Lakes, fueled by a buildup of heat and…
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Suspect who killed wife and their six kids revealed to be American Heart Association VP who lost his job weeks earlier
The family’s pets also died from fire and smoke exposure
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Newsom trolls Trump over his decade-long promise of a new healthcare plan
The president has been promising to usher in a new healthcare plan since 2015
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Kentucky’s Democratic governor calls for Mitch McConnell to reveal health status or resign
In a second letter to McConnell, Beshear asked the Kentucky Republican senator to directly and verbally address…
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Defendant in Salman Rushdie stabbing declines to testify in terrorism trial
The man on trial in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie has chosen not to testify or call any witnesses in the federal…
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Trump, 80, has been musing about his own mortality in the wake of Lindsey Graham’s death: report
President Trump has expressed disbelief at Lindsey Graham’s death, often speaking about the late senator’s energy levels
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Sitting congresswoman Lauren Boebert serves as stand-in host on Matt Gaetz’s OAN show in rare move
MAGA Colorado representative takes the chair on conservative news channel to sound the alarm over election security,…
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40% of Americans are buying fewer fruits and vegetables during cyclospora outbreak
More than 16,000 cases of the parasitic illness that causes severe dehydration and explosive diarrhea have been reported
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White House wants to entice ‘willing states’ to take nation’s nuclear waste with promises of economic boost
The plan could spur construction of ‘advanced reactors, data centers, and manufacturing facilities,’ according to the…
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Gen Z is off the wagon: People in their 20s are now drinking as much as older generations
Gen Z is drinking more cocktails than any other generation
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You can own KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ bow tie, former restaurant and more in upcoming auction
KFC founder Harland Sanders’ pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of his personal items are up for public auction
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The food date labels you can safely ignore — and the ones you can’t, according to experts
Many people throw away food based on confusing expiration labels like “Best By” or “Sell By”
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‘Critical failure’ allowed ODU gunman to attend school despite ISIS link
The university's president said the report also shed new light on the ’extraordinary heroism and bravery‘ shown by a…
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‘Worst aquarium ever’: Museum tries new sales tactic and uses bad reviews for merch
How to turn a negative review into a hit merchandise line
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Trump’s rollback of DEI is transforming who runs America’s biggest companies, study finds
During Trump’s second term, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have dropped to their lowest…
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Anthony Fauci grew increasingly annoyed by ‘obnoxious adolescent’ Trump as Covid pandemic spiraled, diary reveals
Over 1,000 pages of diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and…
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Mass shooter downed by cops seconds after opening fire and injuring nine in Tucson
A suspected mass shooter was taken down by cops after he opened fire and injured nine people in Tucson, Arizona,…
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5 reasons lettuce is often at the root of food-borne illness outbreaks
The average American consumes 25 pounds of lettuce every year
Read at source →HIV funding fell by $2bn last year fuelled by Trump’s aid cuts, new reports find
The fall from $8.3bn to $6.2bn between 2024 and 2025 marks the lowest global funding level since 2007
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Your diarrhea could be more explosive than others - why Cyclospora parasite sickens some people worse
Ultimately, cyclosporiasis shows how important a healthy immune system is for fighting infection
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Trump pressured RFK Jr to slash childhood vaccines over autism fears: report
During a lunch in May, Trump reportedly accused Kennedy of having the ‘yips’
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Cornell student who said he’s ‘not interested in working for a Jew’ claims he faced no disciplinary action
‘I didn’t say anything that could be classified as hateful,’ the student claimed, according to a conservative watchdog…
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Bari Weiss’ CBS Evening News woes worsen as ABC’s David Muir surges past her anchor in ratings
CBS News continues to face a series of setbacks and a decline in viewership since Bari Weiss was named editor-in-chief…
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Smelly seaweed blankets Mexico’s idyllic coastline forcing beach closures amid ‘extremely serious’ drop in tourism
Workers are seen lining many beaches, knee-deep in seaweed shoveling heaps of sargassum off the shoreline
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Lindsey Graham’s political career was defined by one consistent strategy
For more than three decades, Graham repeatedly positioned himself where Republican politics in the South were headed…
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Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger claims he was duped into pleading guilty and now wants a trial
Former criminology student pleaded guilty last year to murdering the four University of Idaho college students in 2022
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Quiet change to Pentagon website adds 142 wounded US service members to Iran war casualty count
A new category called ‘Overseas Operations’ also restores four fatalities that were removed from the Defense Casualty…
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John Thune leads Republican revolt over Trump demanding Senate cancel summer break for him
‘We could stay here ‘til Christmas’, a frustrated Thune tells Trump of chamber’s inability to pass his voter ID law
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