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Man accused of stabbing two people in NYC's Central Park yelled 'Allahu Akbar,' witnesses say
An Asian male and a Jewish male were victims in the attack. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said detectives are working the case to determine a motive.
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Mortgage rates rise to the highest level this year
The rates are closely related to the 10-year Treasury yield, which is facing upward pressure from rising oil prices and reached an 18-month high on Thursday.
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Election watchdog weighs future of party spending limits at state level after SCOTUS ruling
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is raising questions about whether Washington can continue enforcing state laws that limit spending that political parties coordinate with their candidates.
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Trump critic, comedian Bill Maher to receive Mark Twain Prize at Trump Kennedy Center
“I’d just like to say that it is indeed humbling to get anything named for a man who’s been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain,” Bill Maher said
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Church of England installs first female archbishop at Canterbury
The Anglican Communion includes around 85 million people in 160 countries, including Episcopalians in the U.S.
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Hegseth orders military chaplains to wear insignia displaying religious affiliation instead of rank
The Pentagon will now use 31 faith codes for the insignia, instead of the over 200 that currently exist
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'Big freaking deal': Trump axes Biden censorship machine in 'unprecedented' consent decree
10-year agreement binds surgeon general, CDC, DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Feds agree not to stop Louisiana, Missouri and individual plaintiffs from seeking attorney's fees as "prevailing parties."
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Wisconsin man convicted of election fraud, ID theft for requesting ballots of others without consent
He now faces up to six years in prison for the felony charge and up to one year in jail for each misdemeanor conviction.
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Two arrested over DC shooting of US Park Police officer
If convicted, the two men arrested face up to 20 years in prison
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Texas Gov Abbott criticizes Paxton in Texas Supreme Court brief, citing missteps in a lawsuit
Gov. Greg Abbott criticiized Attorney General Ken Paxton in a brief filed with the Texas Supreme Court related to a lawsuit Paxton filed challenging a legal aid program in Harris County.
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NASA changes plans, will build $20 billion base on the Moon
NASA has abandoned its plans to build a lunar-orbiting space station and will instead use those resources to construct a $20 billion permanent base on the moon, scheduled for completion within seven years.
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Supreme Court appears to side with Trump's policy on asylum at US-Mexican border
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared in favor of the Trump administration's policy to prevent immigrants making asylum claims from being processed if they are on the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Minnesota ban on election 'deepfakes' doesn't exempt parody, groups ask appeals court to clarify
The ruling against satirist "Mr Reagan" shows trend of courts "narrowing state law to avoid a constitutional conflict," in this case that "the law does not criminalize constitutional parody despite no written parody exception," brief says.