Aid worker back in Belgium after Iranian diplomat prisoner swap
By Marine Strauss and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) -A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night
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Court monitor warned of medical care issues at Border Patrol stations before girl’s death
A court-appointed monitor said in January that child migrants held in medical isolation may be overlooked when Border Patrol stations are too crowded
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X marks the spot: Yellen tells Congress US could run out of money to pay all its bills by June 5
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told Congress that the U.S. could default on its debt obligations by June 5 if lawmakers do not act in time to raise the federal debt ceiling
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EU to send human rights envoy to Cuba, but will not 'impose' demands
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA The European Union will send a special human rights envoy to Cuba this year
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New York man indicted on murder charge after 20-year-old woman was shot and killed when car turned in wrong driveway
A man accused of shooting and killing a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in rural New York has been indicted on a murder charge.
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Student sues to wear Mexican and American flag sash at high school graduation
A federal judge is weighing whether to let a high school student wear a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend in Colorado
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Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampage
Police in New Mexico have released hours of officer body and dash camera videos and 911 recordings showing the chaos that unfolded when a gunman opened fire on a busy street in Farmington on May 15, killing three before police shot him dead
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Presidential hopeful DeSantis inspires push to make book bans easier in Republican-controlled states
As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states
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Yellen pushes back forecast of potential US default date
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday extended the deadline for raising the federal debt limit, saying
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Biden celebrates LSU women's basketball team, UConn men's team due next at White House
President Joe Biden has appealed for more support for female athletes during a White House event celebrating Louisiana State's championship women's basketball team
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New York City mayor signs ban on weight and height discrimination
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion
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After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders at the height of the opioid crisis
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