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Using the stars and paddles, indigenous Taiwanese recreate risky sea journey of Great Pacific Migration

By Wayne Chang, Chris Lau, CNN Taipei (CNN) — A group of indigenous Taiwanese seafarers have completed a daring quest, braving choppy waters and using the stars for navigation as they paddled a traditional wooden canoe to the Philippines –– in a journey that highlights the astonishing feat of human migration across the Pacific. Taiwan’s

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Federal judge disciplined for having sex in chambers and lying to investigators apologizes for ‘offensive’ behavior

By Associated Press Atlanta (AP) — A federal judge who was disciplined after an investigation found that she had sex with a police officer in her chambers and then lied about it wrote a letter to a former law clerk apologizing for her “harmful, offensive, and unprofessional behavior.” An investigation initiated last year by the

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Teen pleads not guilty to hate crime in killing of O’Shae Sibley, who was stabbed while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station

By Sabrina Souza, Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note (6/15/26): Since this story was published, Popov was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, second-degree menacing, second-degree aggravated harassment and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The jury acquitted him of murder as a hate crime, according to The Associated Press. Popov

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