Atheists, humanists sue over Mississippi’s license plates

Four words on Mississippi’s license plates have sparked a federal lawsuit

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Chicago woman dies days after shooting that killed boyfriend

A Chicago woman has died days after she was dragged from a car and shot during an attack captured on video that killed her boyfriend and drew more attention to the city’s particularly violent year

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Injuries, arrests mar 5-day 'Redneck Rave' at Kentucky park

Dozens of people face criminal charges or suffered injuries during a five-day party in south central Kentucky billed as a “Redneck Rave."

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Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, dies

The first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, Merle Smith Jr. has died

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High court rejects defendant's vindictive-prosecution claim

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Virginia drug dealer serving a 41-year murder sentence that he claims is the result of vindictive prosecution

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Hit-and-run death reopened in mother and son shooting deaths

State police say information gathered by agents investigating the death of a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family has led them to review a nearby unsolved hit-and-run death from six years ago

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Surprise 5.9% drop in new home sales; prices hit record high

Sales of new homes fell 5.9% in May, the second monthly decline, while median home prices kept soaring, hitting an all-time high

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North Korea's foreign minister says no interest in US talks

North Korea’s foreign minister says his country is not even considering a resumption of stalled nuclear talks with the United States, dismissing hopes expressed by U.S. and South Korean officials for a quick resumption of negotiations

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Bodies of two young girls pulled from South Florida canal

The bodies of two young girls were found, hours apart, in a South Florida canal behind a condominium complex

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Texas grand jury issues no indictments in Black inmate death

A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict eight jailers over the in-custody death of a Black man who died after struggling with detention officers

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