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Unsealed court filing details election interference case against Trump
by A Martínez
The Justice Department, in a new court filing, says former President Donald Trump needs to stand trial for alleged election interference just like any other citizen.
A GOP misinformation campaign targets Democrats' climate spending packages
by Laura Benshoff
The Biden administration's renewable energy and climate policies face pushback from a misinformation campaign that some Republicans tap when the power grid is strained.
2 Atlanta police officers won't face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting
by Rahul Bali
A prosecutor in Atlanta says he is dropping charges against two white police officers because he believes race was not a factor in the deadly 2020 shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man.
NASA says there is a misconception that there is no sound in space
NASA released a sound from the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. What you'll hear is pressure waves emitted from the black hole causing ripples in the star cluster's hot gas.
In Florida, Democrat Crist to face incumbent DeSantis in quest for governor
by Greg Allen
Charlie Crist won Florida's Democratic primary for governor and will challenge GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. DeSantis has an edge when it comes to fundraising, incumbency and registered voters.
Over months, the U.S. and allies delivered weapons and other support to Ukraine
The U.S. and NATO are supplying Ukraine with increasingly powerful and sophisticated weapons. Will the West sustain this level of military support as the war grinds on?
Ex-cop pleads guilty to federal charge related to Breonna Taylor's killing
NPR's Rachel Martin talks Billy Kobin of the Courier Journal in Louisville about a former detective pleading guilty to a federal charge for her role in the deadly police shooting of Breonna Taylor.
News brief: Russia-Ukraine war, Florida governor's race, Breonna Taylor case
It's been six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Florida Democrat Charlie Crist will face GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. A former Louisville detective pleads guilty in the Breonna Taylor case.
Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash
Microsoft's chief software engineer blogged about it. Raymond Chen says a specific frequency, like the one in "Rhythm Nation," makes Windows XP hard drives go black.
6 months of war: The realities in Ukraine
It's been six months since Russia launched its full scale invasion on Ukraine. Now it's a war of attrition that has led to a global food crisis, inflation across the world and devastation in Ukraine.
American Airlines paid tribute to the aviation pioneer known as Brave Bessie
Bessie Coleman was the first Black woman to hold a pilot's license. A hundred years after her first public flight in 1922, an all-Black, all-female crew flew from Dallas to Phoenix in her honor.
8-year-old girl in Kent, England, has an out of this world story to tell her friends
Isabella Payne used her father's ham radio to talk to astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space Station. Her dad had been listening for weeks to Lindgren use his amateur radio equipment.