The principal of Perry High School was critically injured in Thursday’s school shooting by a teenage gunman.
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Hezbollah leader says his group must retaliate for suspected Israeli strike in Beirut
A presumed Israeli strike hit a Beirut neighborhood this week, killing a senior Hamas official.
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Biden warns against Trump reelection after Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a day ‘we nearly lost America’
The speech, President Biden’s first political event of the election year, was intended to clarify the expected choice for voters this fall.
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Ex-cop gets 14 months in jail in death of Elijah McClain, whose mom calls him ‘bully with a badge’
The 23-year-old’s killing on Aug. 24, 2019, received little attention at the time but gained renewed interest the following year as mass protests swept the nation over the murder of George Floyd.
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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
Justices put a lower court ruling on hold and said they will hear arguments in April on the hospital emergency question.
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Liz Cheney urges New Hampshire primary voters to take a stand against Republican ‘cowardice’
Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, had been a leading Republican voice for years.
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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
Justices put a lower court ruling on hold and said they will hear arguments in April on the hospital emergency question.
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New York seeks $370 million in penalties in Trump’s civil fraud trial. His response: ‘They should pay me’
The state says the new sum reflects windfalls from wrongdoing, chiefly $199 million in profits from property sales and $169 million in savings on interest rates.
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U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots
The court will be considering for the first time the meaning and reach of a provision of the 14th Amendment barring some people who ‘engaged in insurrection’ from holding public office.
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Massachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack
The State Ballot Commission must rule on the challenge, which was filed late Thursday, by Jan. 29.