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Pair of identical twins in California do everything together — even motherhood
Sisters Jill and Erin each gave birth to baby boys on the same day in the same hospital. They were just down the hall from each other when they delivered their newborns — five hours apart.
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Phil Mickelson skips PGA championship after he made controversial comments
Golf's PGA Championship gets underway Thursday in Tula, Okla., but defending champ Phil Mickelson won't be there after he made inflammatory comments about a new Saudi-backed golf tour.
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Nurses have had an up-close view of the pandemic deaths in the U.S.
The one million U.S. deaths from COVID-19 happened out of sight for most Americans. It was often nurses who were caring for these patients and bearing witness to their deaths.
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The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo will be back in court
A court hearing will be held Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y., for the white man accused of going on a deadly, racist rampage at a supermarket in a mostly Black neighborhood.
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The first war crimes trial is underway in a Ukrainian court
A Russian soldier has pleaded guilty in a Kyiv courtroom to killing an unarmed Ukrainian a few days after the war began.
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The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will now be paid equally
The U.S. Soccer Federation said it has agreed with its men's and women's national teams to pay them the same amounts for all games and competitions and split prize money from World Cup appearances.
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A prominent conference of American conservatives is taking place in Hungary
The Conservative Political Action Conference is in Hungary this week, with a keynote from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has clamped down on democratic institutions and targeted minority groups.
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5 states went to the polls Tuesday to pick candidates in primary elections
A key U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania is too close to call. North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican who's been beset by scandal, has been ousted in a heated primary.
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Rapper J. Cole helps to inspire a superfan to finish college
In 2013, Cierra Bosarge asked Cole to attend her high school graduation. He did and said he would be at her college graduation if she got into a 4-year school. She graduated last week; he was there.
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Johns Hopkins' students solve a modern-day problem: messy lunches
The engineering students invented something called "Tastee Tape" — possibly the world's first edible tape that can stick to food. Gone are the days of burritos, gyros and wraps falling apart.
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The number of people reported as disappeared in Mexico is at a record high
Mexico this week marked a grim milestone: The number of people officially listed as disappeared now exceeds 100,000. Many are innocent victims of organized gangs involved in the drug trade.
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New York has tough gun laws, but that didn't prevent Buffalo's mass shooting
There have been two mass shootings in New York since April. NPR's Rachel Martin asks gun control advocate Nick Suplina, if tougher gun laws would have made a difference.