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National

The latest on the shooting outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.

6:06pm May 22, 2025

Authorities are piecing together the circumstances about Wednesday's fatal shootings outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The suspect shouted "free free Palestine" as he was taken into custody.

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Alieu P. Manor, 18, survived Ebola. He gazes into the room of his cousin, Varlee Kanneh, who was not so lucky.

In Liberia's Hard-Hit Lofa County, Ebola Continues To Take A Toll

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

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Elijah, the Woodford Reserve Distillery mascot cat in Versailles, Ky., in 2013. He kept the workplace mouse-free for more than 20 years before dying this summer, the distillery said.

World News

Behind Every Good Whisky Is A Trusty Distillery Cat

by Ari Shapiro

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"The State of the Birds" 2014 report found that red knots (above) and other shorebirds are among the most threatened groups in the U.S. More than half of U.S. shorebird species are on the report's Watch List — species that are currently endangered or at

U.S. Gets Middling Marks On 2014 'State Of Birds' Report Card

by Christopher Joyce

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Ferguson City Council Weighs Changes To Court System

by Jason Rosenbaum

The city council in Ferguson, Mo., is proposing big changes to its police department and municipal court system.

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National

McCaskill Criticizes Programs That Supply Military Equipment To Police

by David Welna

Federal programs that give or pay for military-grade equipment for local police departments are coming under new scrutiny from the Senate Homeland Security panel.

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Chicks in the Perdue hatchery in Salisbury, Md. The company says an increasing number of its chickens are now raised using "no antibiotics, ever."

Perdue Says Its Hatching Chicks Are Off Antibiotics

by Dan Charles

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Lisa Schlager of Chevy Chase, Md., demonstrates outside of the Supreme Court as arguments were made in a case seeking to determine whether the BRCA breast cancer genes can be patented. The court ruled in 2013 that individual genes can't be patented.

Researcher Urges Wider Genetic Screening For Breast Cancer

by Rob Stein

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National

Chick-Fil-A Founder Credited His Success To Christian Principles

by John Lorinc

The founder of the popular Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, S. Truett Cathy, died on Monday at the age of 93. Cathy was as well-known for his chicken sandwich as for his Christian values.

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Dale Conour with his son Quinn, 2. Conour's two children from a previous marriage were already young men when Quinn was born.

Making Fatherhood An Insider's Game: Becoming A Dad, Again, At 49

by Richard Gonzales

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Books
Arts

James Ellroy's 'Perfidia' Is A Brutal, Beautiful Police Procedural

by Jason Sheehan

Perfidia is a sprawling novel that takes place in 1940s LA. There are Pearl Harbor, internment camps, schemes within schemes. Ellroy weaves an epic tale that evokes an ugly time and an awful place.

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Opponents of Michigan fish farms say there is no room for them in the lakes because of sport fishing and other recreational activities.

Could Great Lakes Fisheries Be Revived Through Fish Farms?

by Peter Payette

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Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor is fighting for his seat in a state that's grown more Republican. He's campaigning hard at events like this University of Arkansas Razorbacks game.

Politics & Government

Pryor Sticks To The Middle In Close Arkansas Senate Race

by Ailsa Chang

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