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Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK
Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.
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Omicron is now the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., making up 73% of new infections
Underscoring its high transmissibility, in a week, omicron went from a 12.6% share of the variants circulating in the U.S. to a dominant 73.2%, according to the CDC's latest estimates.
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Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed as both predator and innocent woman at closing arguments
Federal prosecutors argued Monday that Jeffrey Epstein could not have preyed on teenage girls without the help of the British socialite. Defense attorneys, meanwhile, said she was wrongfully accused.
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Donald Trump is suing the N.Y. attorney general, in a bid to end her investigation
The former president filed suit on Monday against Letitia James, seeking to short circuit her civil investigation into his business practices.
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New legal battle over predator killing in Nevada wilderness
Conservationists are suing three federal agencies over an environmental review the government says satisfies requirements to resume killing wildlife in federally protected wilderness areas in Nevada.
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McDonald's fired CEO returns $105 million after misconduct
Steve Easterbrook has paid back equity awards and cash to the burger giant after it learned that he had lied about the extent of his misconduct while he was its top executive.
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She refused to move bus seats months before Rosa Parks. At 82, her arrest is expunged
Claudette Colvin was 15 when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955. After 66 years, a judge has approved her request to clear her record.
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San Francisco moves to require paid sick leave for nannies and gardeners
The measure would affect 10,000 people in the city who work in private homes cleaning, cooking and tending children, among other duties. The proposed law would be the first of its kind in the U.S.
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2 artists have been charged with faking Native American heritage
Two men who falsely claimed to be tribal members sold counterfeit Native American art at galleries in downtown Seattle, officials said. Both are separately facing federal charges.
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Security experts race to fix critical software flaw threatening industries worldwide
Bad actors have been quick to exploit one of the worst computer vulnerabilities discovered in years. Experts are scrambling to fix the flaw in an open-source code that's widely used in cloud services.