Jasmine Hartin: Socialite spared jail after killing Belize police chief

Jasmin Hartin pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter of a police chief in Belize with his own gun.

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One dead, 10 injured including children ages 3 to 8, after car crashes into tree in California

The single-vehicle wreck in Sacramento sent 10 people to hospitals, including nine children between the ages of 3 and 8.       

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Donald Trump recorded saying he kept classified file after leaving office

Prosecutors investigating the former president’s handling of classified files obtain an audio tape.

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AI dominates London Robot Show

AI dominates London Robot Show       

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The House Passed the Bill. Who Won?

President Biden both won and lost the debt-ceiling negotiation.President Biden both won and lost the debt-ceiling negotiation.

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Are National Spelling Bee participants s-m-a-r-t-e-r than us? It’s a fascinating question.

As this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee races towards a winner, we can’t help but wonder if are they smarter than we are?       

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Tupac Shakur: Rapper 2Pac to get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The hip-hop star will be honoured with a ceremony on the prestigious Los Angeles walkway on 7 June.

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The Nonstop Work of Ukrainian Air Defenses: ‘We Have No Days Off’

Russian air attacks on Kyiv have come in relentless waves. Yet very little has penetrated the patched-together but increasingly sophisticated air defense network. Here’s why.Russian air attacks…

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McCarthy Emerges From Debt-Limit Fight With Victories, and Some Wounds

The speaker defied expectations and delivered a debt limit agreement that few thought he could manage, but left some of his Republican colleagues feeling betrayed.The speaker defied…

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AP Top Stories June 1 A

Here’s the latest for Thursday June 1: House passes debt ceiling bill; Fatal missile attack in Kyiv; 3 shot dead in in eastern Pennsylvania; NASA holds public…

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New Zealand police charge man with five murders after hostel fire

A man accused of arson over a deadly hostel fire in New Zealand has had his charges upgraded to include five counts of murder.

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Loafers Lodge fire: Man charged with NZ hostel fire murders

Police allege the man deliberately started the blaze at the emergency housing hostel in Wellington.

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The stakes were high as judgment day came in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Australia’s second longest-running defamation case was finalised on Thursday when the judgment in the case brought by Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers was delivered.

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The West Coast has a powerful protection from hurricanes. Could climate change weaken it?

The familiar foreboding of hurricane season has begun on East Coast. So why don’t residents from San Diego to Seattle also fear hurricanes?       

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Polluting Chile state-owned copper smelter closes

The Ventanas copper smelter in Chile’s Quintero Bay has been shut down after decades of polluting. (1 June 2023) (AP video: Mauricio Cuevas)       

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Jane doesn’t expect to pay off her student debt until she’s 65. Could the system be fairer?

Jane Body is among millions that have been hit by the highest increase to student loan indexation in decades. She thinks the system could be fairer, and…

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