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Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain

Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants , but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.
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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
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Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600

Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600

BANGKOK (AP) — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity.
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US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts

US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts

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Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid across the Middle East

Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid across the Middle East

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners that it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a U.S. official and a U.N.
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Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court

Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two board members fired by President Donald Trump can go back to their jobs, a split appeals court ruled Monday ahead of a likely Supreme Court showdown on the president’s power over independent agencies.
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UConn returns to top of women's basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title

UConn returns to top of women's basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points.
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Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500

Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr . traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second unvaccinated school-aged child died from a measles-related illness. Ahead of a “Make America Healthy Again” tour across southwestern U.S.
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