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Kansas City Chiefs receiver surrenders to police on assault charge

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                                A F-18E fighter jet prepares to take off from USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Thursday.

U.S., Japan and South Korea hold drills in disputed sea

A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a three-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. Read more

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                                South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol takes an oath during his inauguration in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2022.

 Why did Yoon’s party lose in South Korea’s elections?

South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Read more

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                                A Russian soldier in Astana, Kazakhstan who goes by the nickname Sparrow sketches the route he took to escape his military barracks in Russia in 2022, at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023.

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad

If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. Read more

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                                LSU forward Angel Reese drives around Iowa forward Addison O’Grady on April 1.

Clark, Reese headline list of 15 players invited to WNBA draft

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese headline a list of 15 college players who have been invited to the WNBA draft on Monday, the league announced today. Read more

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Boy, 12, on e-bike critical after being struck in Ewa Beach

A boy is in critical condition after being struck while riding an e-bike at a major intersection in Ewa Beach, according to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. Read more

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                                The lifeguard tower at Queen’s Beach in Waikiki is seen before damage, left, and after large, south swells caused structural damage, right.

City relocating Waikiki lifeguard tower due to erosion

Officials said a permanent tower will be installed near the temporary one when the replacement structure arrives. Read more

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                                Ippei Mizuhara stands next to Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani and translates during an interview at Dodger Stadium on Feb. 3.

Here’s how investigators allege Ippei Mizuhara stole from Shohei Ohtani

Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole more than $16 million from the two-way baseball sensation to cover his gambling debts. Read more

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                                Bryson DeChambeau hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

DeChambeau puts on a Masters clinic on opening day

The third iteration of Bryson DeChambeau might be the most daunting at the Masters. Read more

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                                Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

Tiger Woods off to rousing start in pursuit of more Masters history

Tiger Woods can still draw a crowd. And the way he started the Masters today, there seems a good chance the patrons will get to cheer him on through the weekend. Read more

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                                An unidentified couple wade through flood waters along the sidewalk of Dodecanese Boulevard in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Severe weather hits parts of Ohio Valley after battering the South

The storm system, which has already been blamed for at least one death in Mississippi, demolished buildings and flooded streets in the New Orleans area Wednesday. It continued to spawn flash flood and tornado warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Thursday. Read more

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                                Waves crash around a dead humpback whale that washed ashore on Long Beach Township in New Jersey’s Long Beach Island. There was no immediate indication of what killed the whale.

Dead whale on New Jersey beach is 1st of the year, group says

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                                Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, today.

Putin mocks Ukraine talks, insists on Russian interests

Putin charged that Russia hadn’t been invited to join June’s talks, while pointing at Swiss recognition that a peace process can’t happen without Russia. Read more

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                                Drake poses for a photograph at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Hip-hop artist Drake, who had been sued for his participation in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed, has been dismissed from the case, a judge ruled.

Lawsuits against Drake dismissed over deadly Astroworld concert

The families of the 10 people who died during the concert, as well as hundreds who were injured, sued Drake, Scott and Live Nation — the festival’s promoter — as well as dozens of other individuals and entities. Read more

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                                Workers cross an unpaved street adjacent to Citi Field, home to the New York Mets baseball team in the Willets Point section of the Queens borough of New York. New York City officials approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a 23-acre redevelopment project in the neighborhood known as Willets Point that will also include housing, a new public school, retail stores and a hotel.

New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium

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                                Shakeel Taiyab, an independent repair technician, replaces the battery on an iPhone 12 using Apple’s certified repair equipment, in South San Francisco, in May 2022. Apple said today that it would relax limits on repairing newer iPhones with used parts including screens, batteries and cameras, a reversal from its previous practice of using software to encourage people to work with new and more expensive Apple-approved parts.

Apple lifts some restrictions on iPhone repairs

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                                A new home under construction is seen in southeast Denver. Freddie Mac reports on this week’s average U.S. mortgage rates.

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                                Cars drive down an eroded Kamehameha Highway, in May 2023, in Hauula. The federal government is awarding Hawaii more than $5.2 million to protect and strengthen Kamehameha Highway from rockfalls and erosion, according to U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz.

Over $5M in federal grants awarded to protect Kamehameha Highway

The funding comes in the form of two grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Discretionary Grant Program. Read more

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                                Columbia High School, where principal Frank Sanchez has been charged with assault for an encounter that he had with a student a year ago. The run-in the white and Latino principal of Columbia High School had with a Black female student at the high-achieving racially diverse school in a liberal New Jersey suburb has divided neighbors across two towns, spawned two investigations and set off a legal process that could end with the principal in prison.

Principal who confronted teenage girl is facing prison time

The student filed an affirmative action complaint against the principal, saying he had grabbed her and “slammed” her against a wall. Read more

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Harvard again requiring standardized test scores for admission

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