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Inmates had complained for weeks they were being threatened by gang members at a women’s prison in Honduras. The gang fulfilled those threats, slaughtering 41 women, many of them burned, shot or stabbed to death. (June 21) (AP video/Elmer Martinez, pro…
Advocates say schools across the U.S. are removing students with disabilities from classrooms, often in response to challenging behavior, by cutting the days they’re allowed to attend. Parents and advocates argue the move amounts to discrimination. (Ju…
A Louisiana woman who was 16 when her adult boss sexually assaulted her was aghast when a judge granted the man probation — and she blames a prosecutor who she says misled her and the judge prior to the sentencing. (June 21) (AP Video: Stephen Smith)
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Tina Marshall, the founder of the Black Abortion Defense League, talks about her organization’s mission to assist women in getting abortions in Charlotte, N.C. as a recently passed state bill taking effect on July 1 will ban most abortions after 12 wee…
President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have developed a relationship based on mutual respect of their scrappy backgrounds and a pragmatism about their shared challenges. Biden is welcoming Modi for a state visit Thursday. (June 21)…
A seemingly curious alliance of druids, pagans, hippies, local residents, tourists and costumed witches and wizards are gathering around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some com…
Turkey’s central bank is set to announce its decision on interest rates Thursday. It will be a crucial test: will the country’s economic policy shift to more conventional methods to combat soaring inflation, which peaked at 85% last year? (June 20)
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0621 Today in History
Texas’ power grid operator asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave kept large swaths of the state and southern U.S. in triple-digit temperatures. (June 20)
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Here’s the latest for Tuesday, June 20th: Coast Guard says search has yielded no sign of missing submersible; Hunter Biden charged in tax and gun investigation; Palestinian gunman kills four in West Bank; Jonathan Majors makes court appearance.
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