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Families sue over Louisiana Ten Commandments classroom requirement

Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A multifaith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools is suing to challenge Louisiana's new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.HB 71 mandates public schools -- from kindergarten to the collegiate level -- to display the Ten Commandments, a religious set of rules from the Old Testament, in every classroom on “a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches.”The suit, filed in […]

todayJune 26, 2024

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Family sues children’s hospital, Texas officials for ‘unlawful’ removal of their children

Courtesy of Lorina Bourne(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 10 years ago, Lorina Bourne and Jason Troy say their children were taken from them when a flawed investigation by child protective services led Texas state officials to wrongfully accuse them of abusing their youngest son.Now, they are seeking justice. Bourne and Troy have filed a federal lawsuit against several members of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), and Ascension Health, the private health care system that operates Dell Children's […]

todayJune 26, 2024

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NASA astronauts stuck waiting aboard ISS to return to Earth amid issues with Boeing’s Starliner

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images, FILE)(NEW YORK) -- Two NASA astronauts have no set date to return to Earth and are stuck waiting aboard the International Space Station (ISS) due to several mechanical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.Starliner launched on June 5 from the Cape Canaveral Space […]

todayJune 26, 2024

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Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam at risk of ‘failure’ amid severe flooding

High water levels at the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River in Mankato, Minn., June 24, 2024. (Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- As southern Minnesota battles an onslaught of rain and severe flooding, the fate of the Rapidan Dam hangs in the balance, with officials saying the dam is in "imminent failure condition."The Rapidan Dam, built in 1910, is located on the Blue Earth River, which begins in Iowa and runs outside Mankato, Minnesota, about 85 miles […]

todayJune 26, 2024

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Gunman allegedly kills five people, critically injures 13-year-old in shootings at two apartments

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.) -- A gunman allegedly killed five people and critically injured a teenager in shootings at two apartments in Nevada, authorities said.Police launched a manhunt for the suspect, 57-year-old Erick Adams, before North Las Vegas police announced later on Tuesday that Adams died by suicide.The shootings unfolded in North Las Vegas on Monday night. Officers responded to the first apartment just after 10 p.m. and found two women -- one in her 40s and one […]

todayJune 25, 2024

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NTSB reveals cause of 2023 toxic train crash in East Palestine, Ohio

US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) -- Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying tank cars with hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023. Investigators said a series of missteps, faulty track sensors and delayed communications about the train's toxic cargo from the railroad company contributed to the disaster.In its final report on the Feb. 3, […]

todayJune 25, 2024

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Prosecutor accuses Trump’s lawyers of ‘hijacking’ hearing in classified docs case

Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The third and final day of hearings in Donald Trump's classified documents case reached a heated conclusion after prosecutor for special counsel Jack Smith accused the former president's lawyers of "hijacking" the hearings with far-fetched allegations about the case."There is no hijacking going on -- it's about to end," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon responded, cutting off prosecutor David Harbach."It's not fair," Harbach responded, arguing that Trump's lawyers effectively "hijacked" the hearing by raising issues that […]

todayJune 25, 2024

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Man at large after sexually assaulting 21-year-old woman sunbathing in Central Park

WABC-TV(NEW YORK) -- A man is at large after committing a sexual attack on a 21-year-old woman sunbathing in New York City's Central Park, according to police.The young woman was alone and sunbathing in the Great Hill section of the park when a man came toward her exposing himself around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, New York Police Department Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a news conference."She screams and gets up to run," but "he tackles her from behind" […]

todayJune 25, 2024

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Trump expressed concern that returning classified docs after subpoena could result in criminal charges, according to sealed notes

A police car is seen outside former U.S. President Donald Trump's residence in Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida on Aug. 8, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Donald Trump privately expressed concerns that turning over potentially classified documents in his possession after a May 2022 subpoena could result in criminal charges while repeatedly engaging in what prosecutors have described as an effort to enlist his lawyers to lie and destroy documents for his benefit, according to transcripts of audio […]

todayJune 25, 2024

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