The 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff’s deputy charged in her death.
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Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the South
Wood pellet production skyrocketed across the U.S. South. It helped feed demand in the European Union for renewable energy, as those countries sought to replace fossil fuels such as coal.
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Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application
Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy’s approval in doubt.
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Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak
The outbreak was first reported last week. Since late May, 34 people were sickened across 13 states, with all but one hospitalized.
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Trump welcomes Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago, mending his relationship with a key political ally
For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, repairing relations with the Republican presidential candidate is imperative given the prospect that Donald Trump may once again become president of the United States.
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French rail network sabotaged in effort to block trains to Paris before Olympics, PM says
Targeting remote locations far from the capital, the apparently coordinated attacks sought to cut off rail routes into the city from all directions.
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Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris
The Obamas’ endorsement gives the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s 2 most popular Democrats.
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Harris says she’s ready to debate Trump, accuses him of ‘backpedaling’ from Sept. 10 faceoff
The Trump campaign said in a statement late Thursday that debate arrangements ‘cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.’
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Supreme Court immunity ruling has no effect on Trump’s hush money conviction, Manhattan DA says
The former president’s lawyers had asked a judge to overturn his conviction for falsifying records.
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Oldest person in the U.S. turns 115 today: ‘She’s surprised us all’
Francis, who lives in Houston, was the second-oldest person in the U.S. until Feb. 22, when the previous longevity record holder, Edie Ceccarelli, died a few weeks after her 116th birthday in Mendocino County, Calif.