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This April 19, 2016, file photo, shows a welcome sign to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. BYU says it has banned a fan that yelled racist slurs at a Duke University volleyball player this weekend.

BYU bans a fan who yelled a racist slur at a Black volleyball player on Duke's team

6:29pm August 28, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The universities are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational. Brigham Young University says the fan is not allowed at any of the athletic venues on campus.

Neighbors stand around a multi-room renting facility after a fatal shooting in Houston on Sunday.

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A man started a fire to lure the neighbors out. Then he shot them — killing 3 people

3:59pm August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

A man evicted from a Houston apartment building shot five other tenants. Two people were dead at the scene, and a third died at a hospital. Officers fatally shot the gunman.

Storm clouds roll in over the NASA moon rocket as it stands ready for launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Lightning strikes aren't stopping the planned Artemis I launch — yet

1:41pm August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

NASA is sending an uncrewed spacecraft to circle the moon and return to Earth. It's set to launch Monday, despite thunderstorms over the weekend.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2016. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Chancellorsville and the USS Antietam warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in the first such transit

The U.S. sails warships through the Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi's visit

10:56am August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. It comes at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

Clark's team strongly recommends you don't poke your fingers through the window of Clark's crate.

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Travelers spotted a bald eagle at the airport — but this isn't his first TSA line

9:58am August 28, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

A bald eagle going through TSA security caught Twitter's attention. Clark, who lives at a sanctuary, travels via plane to fly at events. He's taken over 100 commercial flights

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Inflation fight will take more time, says IMF deputy managing director

7:59am August 28, 2022

by David Gura

David Gura talks with Gita Gopinath of the International Monetary Fund about the role that central banks will play in bringing down inflation.

Politics chat: U.S. intelligence will conduct damage assessment of recovered Mar-a-Lago documents

7:59am August 28, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Both President Biden and former President Trump are headed to Pennsylvania this week as the midterm election campaigns heat up.

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NASA begins countdown for its mission around the moon

7:59am August 28, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Monday, NASA plans to launch a new rocket and capsule to the moon. If all goes well, the next mission will send people back to lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.

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Americans react to Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

7:59am August 28, 2022

The Biden administration is forgiving up to $10,000 in federal student loans and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. What will that mean for future borrowers?

To conserve U.S. lands, ecologists want wolves and beavers to 're-wild' the West

7:59am August 28, 2022

by David Gura

David Gura speaks with William Ripple, professor of ecology at Oregon State University, about his proposal to "re-wild" the American West by reintroducing beavers and wolves to public lands.