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Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

06/12/2023 10:27pm
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's plans to visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park on Sunday were derailed when protesters blocked the entrance to the northwestern New Mexico site.

2 active-duty Marines plead guilty to Capitol riot charges

06/12/2023 10:02pm
Two men who were active-duty members of the Marines Corps when they stormed the U.S. Capitol have pleaded guilty to riot-related criminal charges. Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen are scheduled to be sentenced in September.

7-Eleven’s Slurpee is about to look a lot different

06/12/2023 9:07pm
(cnn) — The Slurpee, an iconic 7-Eleven frozen drink, is getting a makeover. Don’t worry, the recipe isn’t changing.

Report: Gen Z and Millennials are scraping by. Boomers? Living it up

06/12/2023 8:59pm
New York (cnn Business) — Baby Boomers are living it up, splurging on cruises and restaurants. Younger Americans are

Body recovered from rubble of Philadelphia I-95 highway collapse

06/12/2023 8:36pm
Human remains were recovered on Monday from a fallen overpass on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia as crews removed concrete debris from the site of a fiery weekend highway collapse that closed a stretch of one of the busiest traffic corridors along the East Coast.

Suspect in Idaho student killings wants more time to respond to prosecutor's request for alibi

06/12/2023 7:44pm
Bryan Kohberger — charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year — is asking a judge for more time to decide whether to offer a formal alibi in the case.

Boat capsizes in cave along the Erie Canal in upstate New York, leaving one dead

06/12/2023 5:13pm
(cnn) — A tour boat capsized in an underground cave along the Erie Canal in upstate New York on Monday, leaving one

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center, AP sources say

06/12/2023 4:53pm
Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the Unabomber who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide. Four people familiar with the matter confirmed the cause of death to the Associated Press.

Australia's having an intense flu season. Could it signal what's to come in the US?

06/12/2023 1:38pm
It's only June, but scientists in the U.S. are already thinking about flu season. As always at this time of year, they're keeping a close eye on Australia, which saw an early start to its flu season.

The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

06/12/2023 1:07pm
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID relief aid.

Want to see next year's total solar eclipse? Make plans now

06/12/2023 10:08am
The path of totality. That's where you'll want to be on April 8, 2024, to take advantage of the last opportunity for decades to see a total solar eclipse over the contiguous United States.

Billionaire George Soros hands control of empire to son Alex

06/12/2023 8:39am
Billionaire financier George Soros is handing control of his massive empire to his son Alexander Soros, a Soros spokesperson said on Sunday.