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Attorneys tweak $2.78B college settlement, remove the word 'booster' from NIL language

Attorneys tweak $2.78B college settlement, remove the word 'booster' from NIL language

Three weeks after being asked to modify a $2.
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Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting

Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Moscow as “dangerous and unacceptable.
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Netanyahu vows to use 'full force' against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire

Netanyahu vows to use 'full force' against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire

NEW YORK (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out “full force” strikes against Hezbollah until it ceases firing rockets across the border, dimming hopes for a cease-fire proposal put forth by U.S.
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X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, source says

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, source says

SAO PAULO (AP) — In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked.
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Gunfire erupts near Guinea's presidential palace and the military locks down the area

Gunfire erupts near Guinea's presidential palace and the military locks down the area

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry, and the army locked down the city center and evacuated it. It wasn’t immediately clear who was shooting or why.
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Gunfire erupts near Guinea's presidential palace and the military locks down the area

Gunfire erupts near Guinea's presidential palace and the military locks down the area

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry, and the army locked down the city center and evacuated it. It wasn’t immediately clear who was shooting or why.
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Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, dropping a negligent homicide count against a veteran trooper seen on body-camera video dragging the Black motorist by his ankle
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Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing findings of an investigation i
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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor again rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare a death row inmate's life.
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill at least 20 in Lebanon

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill at least 20 in Lebanon

Nineteen Syrian refugees and a Lebanese national were killed in northeast Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building housing workers , Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Thursday.
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