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The Latest: WH: US reaching 50% of adults fully vaccinated

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The Latest: WH: US reaching 50% of adults fully vaccinated Admin123 Tue, 05/25/2021 - 02:40 AM

WASHINGTON — The White House says the United States on Tuesday will reach 50% of American adults fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

President Joe Biden previously set a goal of having 70% of all adults receiving at least one dose of the vaccine by July 4th.

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Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued

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Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued Admin123 Tue, 05/25/2021 - 02:35 AM

ROME (AP) — One night in early 2019, Rome street artist Alessia Babrow glued a stylized image of Christ she had made onto a bridge near the Vatican.

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Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings

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Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 06:25 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Parents and siblings of Black men killed by police urged people during a discussion in the city where George Floyd was killed a year ago to join them in pursuing legal changes they say can make similar deaths less likely in the futur

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Nonpartisan budget report says future nuke costs are rising

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Nonpartisan budget report says future nuke costs are rising Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 04:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The projected cost of modernizing the U.S. nuclear force is escalating, including billions of dollars more to operate nuclear-armed submarines and to update Energy Department nuclear weapons laboratories and production facilities, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

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Middle school yearbook invited students to mock peers

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Middle school yearbook invited students to mock peers Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 04:20 PM

KILN, Miss. (AP) — Parents in a Mississippi Gulf Coast community are outraged after they say a middle school yearbook was turned into a “burn book” where students were invited to mock and criticize their classmates.

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Jackson Mayor Updates Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order

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Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba updated his Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order on Monday, May 24 to include a provision that restaurants, bars and retail establishments seeking to expand business services also contact Alcoholic Beverage Control.

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State, Ole Miss split C Spire Awards

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Mississippi State and Ole Miss split the C Spire Outstanding Player Awards announced Monday in a virtual awards program co-sponsored by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and C Spire.

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Blinken off to Mideast to push peace talks after Gaza truce

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Blinken off to Mideast to push peace talks after Gaza truce Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 06:15 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East to press the Israelis, Palestinians and regional players to build on last week’s Gaza cease-fire by laying the groundwork for an eventual resumption in lon

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 05:30 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1.

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The Latest: WHO considers ways to strengthen urgent response

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The Latest: WHO considers ways to strengthen urgent response Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 04:45 AM

GENEVA — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among those rallying around efforts to strengthen the World Health Organization and the fight against pandemics as the U.N. agency opened its annual assembly with a draft resolution in the works that acknowledges missteps in the response to COVID-19.

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West condemns plane's diversion to arrest Belarus journalist

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West condemns plane's diversion to arrest Belarus journalist Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 03:10 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Western outrage grew and the European Union threatened more sanctions Monday over the forced diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist. The dramatic gambit apparently ordered by the country’s authoritarian president was denounced as piracy, a hijacking and terrorism.

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Iran agrees to extend deal on cameras at its nuclear sites

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Iran agrees to extend deal on cameras at its nuclear sites Admin123 Mon, 05/24/2021 - 02:25 AM

VIENNA (AP) — Iran and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agreed on Monday to a one-month extension to a deal on surveillance cameras at Tehran's atomic sites, buying more time for ongoing negotiations seeking to save the country's tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

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With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters

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With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 04:40 PM

LE PECQ, France (AP) — True or false: When he was the U.S. president, Donald Trump called French leader Emmanuel Macron from the White House to wish him happy birthday, but got the day wrong.

With great relish and a straight face, the French president told that story in a YouTube video that quickly went viral Sunday.

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Gaza fishermen take to water again after cease-fire

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Gaza fishermen take to water again after cease-fire Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 03:30 PM

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The frenzied shouts of an auctioneer at Gaza City’s main fishing port brought a welcome reprieve from the din of gunfire and explosions as life begins slowly returning to normal following 11 days of hostilities between Hamas and Israel.

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AP FACT CHECK: Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel

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AP FACT CHECK: Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 03:20 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a showdown vote looming, Senate Republicans are misrepresenting the timeline of a proposed independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

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US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in

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US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 02:30 PM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving those two countries a chance to fill the gap and expand their influence around the Gulf, the top U.S. commander for the region said Sunday.

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Viral video drew hundreds to California party; 149 arrested

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Viral video drew hundreds to California party; 149 arrested Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 02:21 PM

A birthday party invitation that went viral on TikTok brought hundreds of people to a raucous celebration on a Southern California beach Saturday night, prompting police to declare an unlawful assembly and arrest nearly 150 people after they refused orders to disperse.

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Israeli police allow Jews to visit flashpoint Jerusalem site

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Israeli police allow Jews to visit flashpoint Jerusalem site Admin123 Sun, 05/23/2021 - 02:50 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday escorted more than 120 Jewish visitors to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where police actions in recent weeks had ignited protests and violence that triggered war in Gaza, according to the Islamic authority overseeing the site.