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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January.

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Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors

Link found in Texas between rising infant mortality and state’s abortion restrictions

Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US

Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement is grappling with heightened violent crime

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College president accused of sexting former student at Coast Guard Academy resigns

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Her son was an accused cult leader. She says he was a victim, too.

Retired US Coast Guard captain and Nichols College president, Glenn M. Sulmasy

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Coast Guard Academy banned a retired captain from its grounds after CNN reported he sexted a student. Now more allegations are surfacing.

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He was investigated for sexting a student at the Coast Guard Academy. He’s now a college president.

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Senate launches inquiry into Coast Guard sexual assault coverups exposed by CNN report

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Arkansas hospital sued thousands of patients over medical bills during the pandemic, including hundreds of its own employees

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A mariner accused of raping college student loses ability to work at sea, but escapes criminal charges

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Hope Hicks, a student at the US Merchant Marine Academy, was raped at sea. After two years she discovered that nine other female classmates — representing nearly 10% of the female part of her class — had been raped during their Sea Year as well.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks as she welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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A poll worker wears an "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker at the Metropolitan Library polling location on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Voters across Georgia will be voting on several positions, including U.S. Senate seats, Georgia Secretary of State, and the Governor position.

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Matthew DePerno, who is running for the Michigan Republican party's nomination for state attorney general, speaks at a rally hosted by former President Donald Trump on April 02, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. Trump is in Michigan to promote his America First agenda and is expected to voice his support of DePerno, and Kristina Karamo, who is running for the party's nomination for secretary of state.

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Newly obtained surveillance video shows a Republican county official and a team of operatives working for Trump 2020 attorney Sidney Powell inside a restricted area of the elections office in Coffee County Georgia. Portions of this image were obscured to protect the identity of people unnamed in the report.

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10 October 2023, Israel, Sa'ad: Israeli forces patrol areas along the Israeli-Gaza border as fighting between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants continues. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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How volunteer guards foiled a carefully planned Hamas attack on one kibbutz

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 16, 2023. The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to around 2,750 since Hamas's deadly attack on southern Israel last week, the Gaza health ministry said October 16. Some 9,700 people have also been injured as Israel continued its withering air campaign on targets in the Palestinian coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled ministry added. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

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They followed evacuation orders. An Israeli airstrike killed them the next day.

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Homemade rockets and modified AK-47s: An annotated look at Hamas’ deadly arsenal

What remains of Maisara Baroud's building after Israeli airstrikes turned it to rubble.

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In Gaza, Palestinians have no safe place from Israel’s bombs

Palestinian fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip on July 19, 2023.

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‘They’re opportunistic and adaptive’: How Hamas is using cryptocurrency to raise funds

An aerial image taken on August 10, 2023 shows a person walking down Front Street past destroyed buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii.

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How a devastating combination of conditions triggered America’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century

An aerial image taken on August 10 shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii.

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Hawaii underestimated the deadly threat of wildfire, records show

In this May 2021 photo, Adm. Karl Schultz arrives at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

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Former Coast Guard head covered up secret investigation into sexual assaults at the Coast Guard Academy

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Exclusive: A Baltimore musician was hired to organize a protest. He says he never knew his client had links to pro-China operatives

Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022.

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Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying

This booking image provided by Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, shows Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect who was charged Friday, July 14, 2023, with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office via AP0

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Long Island murders suspect had history of tax issues and lawsuits

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Senator demands IG inspection into Coast Guard’s failure to respond to sex assault claims at academy

Hats are displayed on a table during the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, on May 19, 2021.

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CNN uncovered a damning, secret investigation into sexual assault at the US Coast Guard Academy. This woman’s case triggered that probe

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Nobody told her about this gun-safety measure in her state. Now, she wonders if it could have saved her daughter’s life

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Criminal investigation into Coast Guard Academy revealed years of sexual assault cover-ups, but findings were kept secret

OceanGate Expedition's Titan imploded this week during a descent to the Titanic wreckage.

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OceanGate marketed its vessel as safe. But experts say it used materials that ‘simply didn’t work’

FILE - Javier Castellano, atop Mage, third from left, is seen behind with others behind the pack as they make the first turn while competing in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Churchill Downs will limit horses to four starts during a rolling eight-week period and impose ineligibility standards for continued poor performance in the wake of the recent deaths of 12 horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe

Gov. Jim Justice holds a lump of coal at a bill-signing ceremony for new coal-related legislation at John Amos Power Plant in Putnam County, West Virginia, in March.

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Republican lawmakers are making it harder for power companies to pivot away from coal. Their constituents may be paying the price

A Tyson plant is seen in Hope, Arkansas, on March 28, 2023. The Tyson plant in Hope experienced an ammonia leak in 2016.

Dangerous chemical leaks have injured workers at one of America’s largest meat processors

In this image from video from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Matthew Kacsmaryk listens during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017. Kacsmaryk, a Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation's most common method of abortion, Friday, April 7, 2023, is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes.

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Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge’s financial disclosures

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The Coast Guard renewed a mariner’s ability to work at sea after he was accused of rape. Now, the agency is trying to keep him off ships

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Bailed out, arrested again: These charities boomed after the murder of George Floyd. They’re under fire for bailing out violent offenders

Hope Hicks, a midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy stands outside the academy's gate in Kings Point, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (John Paraskevas/Newsday via AP)

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Failed oversight, lax punishments: How the Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba watches as lawmakers debate House Bill 1020 on Tuesday, February 7, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson.

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A proposed ‘takeover’ has sparked a battle for power in one of America’s Blackest big cities

U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden depart from Holy Spirit Catholic Church after attending Mass on St. Johns Island, South Carolina, U.S., August 13, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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A famous last name, business deals and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family

Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60

Law enforcement, including the FBI, work at the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va.

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Coworkers say Walmart shooter had exhibited odd and threatening behavior in the past

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Details are coming to light about the alleged gunman who killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub

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Shipping giant Maersk settles lawsuit filed by student allegedly raped at sea

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Retired detective and Kansas City drug kingpin charged with conspiring to run an underage sex-trafficking operation

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Law enforcement ratchets up presence in voting process as some sheriffs push election conspiracy theories

Police tape blocks a street outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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‘Absolutely no evidence:’ Police, FBI affidavit debunk salacious conspiracy about Pelosi attack pushed by conservatives

A police car blocks the street below the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker posted multiple conspiracy theories

A Planned Parenthood and Pregnancy Decision Health Center share a building near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus.

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The crisis pregnancy center next door: How taxpayer money intended for poor families is funding a growing anti-abortion movement

Voters line up for the first day of early voting outside of the High Museum polling station on December 14, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgians are headed to the polls to vote in a run off election for two U.S. Senate seats.

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Election deniers in charge of some county election offices are continuing to sow mistrust in the electoral system

Vehicles and homes submerged in water in a flooded neighborhood following Hurricane Ian in Orlando, Florida, on September 30, 2022.

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Lack of flood insurance in hard-hit Central Florida leaves families struggling after Hurricane Ian

Captain John Merrone allegedly drugged two students from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, pictured above.

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Ship captain allegedly drugged two students at sea, raped one of them

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How political candidates are targeting you on social media based on your music tastes, shopping habits and favorite TV shows

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Trump-backed GOP pick for Michigan AG has been a vocal supporter of election lies. Emails show just how far he’s gone for the cause

Louisiana Rep. Danny McCormick's anti-abortion legislation, which would charge women who receive abortions with murder, was the first of its kind to move out of a legislative committee to the full house floor.

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These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time

Federal authorities have arrested retired Kansas City, Kansas police detective Roger Golubski.

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Former Kansas City detective charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting two women

President Joe Biden stops and speaks to members of the media as he walks on the beach with his granddaughter Natalie Biden and daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Monday, June 20, 2022.

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Biden’s Delaware vacation home faces ‘extreme’ flood risk as climate change leads to rising seas

Former Michigan state Senator Patrick Colbeck speaks at a rally on February 8, 2022 outside the state Capitol.

Michigan GOP leaders encourage rule breaking at poll worker training session

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Republicans have unlikely allies in their fight to restrict abortion at the state level: Democrats

Assault rifles hang on the wall for sale at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, on October 6, 2017.

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A device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun in moments is wreaking havoc on American streets

Shipping giant Maersk is the subject of two new lawsuits, filed by students from the US Merchant Marine Academy who say they were victims of sexual misconduct on one of the company's ships.

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Two students sue shipping giant Maersk, alleging sexual assault and harassment

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Americans have rushed to rescue Ukrainian orphans. One mission led to a child trafficking probe

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Fake CPA who bought a new home using money he got through federal Covid-19 relief funding sentenced to four years

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This Colorado steel mill ‘built the American west,’ but its ownership has ties to Russia

Taras Ostapchuk, formerly chief engineer of the Russia-linked yacht Lady Anastasia, which he tried to sink, now works on military equipment for the Ukrainian army.

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Ukrainian crew member who tried to sink a yacht linked to an oligarch: ‘It was my first step for the war with Russia’

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting to discuss the Ukrainian peace process at the German federal Chancellery on October 19, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany, known as the Normandy Four, met in Berlin to discuss implementation of the peace plan known as the Minsk Protocol, a roadmap for resolving the conflict in Ukraine after Russian forces invaded in 2014 and annexed the peninsula of Crimea. The United States has threatened renewed sanctions on Russia if the country did not either implement the plan in the coming months or arrive at a plan on how to do so. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

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‘There is literally no paper trail’: How Russia experts say Putin hides a fortune

A pilot boat passes the Solaris superyacht, right, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, in Barcelona, Spain, on March 1, 2022. The Russian billionaire handed direct control of Chelsea F.C. to the trustees of its charitable foundation and he's also selling his London properties, British lawmaker Chris Bryant said in Parliament. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Biden is vowing to seize Russian oligarchs’ yachts. Here’s where they are right now

The US Merchant Marine Academy is a training ground for future military officers, ship engineers and captains aboard the country's fleet of government and commercial vessels.

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Culture of fear at Merchant Marine Academy silences students who say they were sexually harassed and assaulted

Feb. 17, 2012 - Kings Point, NY, United States - Shown is an aerial photo taken February 18, 2012 of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. The federal government shutdown has given hundreds of students at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point an early break. Unlike the other U.S. service academies, the Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island is operated by the Department of Transportation. Because of the government shutdown, officials at the academy decided to start an annual fall break on Friday October 4, 2013 instead of Nov. 1. (Credit Image: © Kevin Coughlin/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Government reforms training at sea program after alleged rape of 19-year-old student

Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it

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Government suspends training at sea program after college student says she and others were raped

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‘I was trapped’: Shipping giant investigates alleged rape of 19-year-old during federal training program

Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission collects the count from absentee ballots from a voting machine on November 4, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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In the wake of Trump’s attack on democracy, election officials fear for the future of American elections