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Police suspect U.S. couple are dead after their boat was hijacked in the Caribbean
The couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week by three escaped prisoners were presumed dead and likely had been thrown into the ocean, police said.
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Law & Courts
Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
The former president's lawyers filed notices of appeal Monday asking the state's mid-level appeals court to overturn the Feb. 16 verdict and reverse penalties that threaten Trump's cash reserves.
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National
Odysseus moon lander will cease working after sideways landing
Intuitive Machines, the company that built and flew the spacecraft, said it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels, expected to happen Tuesday morning.
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Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teen who died following school fight
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends.
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Sports
Soccer star Dani Alves is found guilty of rape and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison
Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022.
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National
China says it plans to send more pandas to the San Diego Zoo this year
In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping raised hopes his country would start sending pandas to the U.S. again after he and President Joe Biden convened in Northern California.
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National
Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state said the execution would use nitrogen.
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A girl dies after a sand hole on a Florida beach collapses
The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is a danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country.
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Latin America
Death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda should be reinvestigated, court rules
The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court has ruled, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.
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National
YouTube mom Ruby Franke apologizes at sentencing in child abuse case
Franke told the judge that she would not argue for a shorter sentence before she stood to thank local police officers, doctors and social workers for being the "angels" who saved her children.