A since-deleted page on the school’s website listed Tailei Qi as part of Zijie Yan’s research group, though police say their ties were still under investigation.
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Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee called Idalia ‘an unprecedented event’ since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend region.
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Trump, 18 others charged in the Georgia election case are set to be arraigned on Sept. 6
All 19 defendants, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, have been scheduled for arraignment on Sept. 6.
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Ceremony marks start of journey home for Indigenous totem pole taken to Scotland a century ago
Carved from red cedar in the 1860s, the pole includes family crests and animal and human figures.
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Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.
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Pope says ‘backward’ U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology
Pope Francis made the comments in a private meeting with Portuguese members of his Jesuit religious order while visiting Lisbon in August.
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Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building
A lockdown Monday paralyzed the campus community for hours as police searched for a suspect.
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HBCU students alerted campus security officer before Jacksonville rampage
The president of the historically Black institution in Jacksonville, Florida, says a campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stopped the killer who fatally shot 3 people.
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Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfall
Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday.
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The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
Similar movies have been box-office disasters. Plus, sociologists say the public interest in following the war has waned.