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‘Disturbing and unnecessary prank’: Body-like object prompts investigation

Click here for updates on this story     BOLLINGER COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A rural Missouri sheriff’s department is investigating a “disturbing and unnecessary prank.” The Bollinger County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible human body on Bollinger County Road 872 at an area known as the Artesian Well Thursday evening. When deputies, North

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Juneteenth by the Numbers 2021

Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. Here’s a look at

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An Arizona student was arrested after threatening to kill medical school classmates and bomb the campus, authorities say

A student in Arizona was arrested after threatening to kill some of their medical school classmates and bomb the school campus, the Glendale Police Department said in a news release. The student faces four felony counts of computer tampering by using a computer in a course of conduct that threatened, terrorized or tormented specific individuals,

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Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, wins Iran’s presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, has won Iran’s controversial presidential election. Raisi, who is currently under US sanctions, emerged as the frontrunner after an election supervisory body barred all of his serious rivals from the race. Analysts described the vote as the country’s most uncompetitive election since the

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