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What to know about Turks and Caicos' strict gun laws after US tourists charged with possessing ammunition
The plight of multiple Americans charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos has drawn attention to the islands' strict gun laws. Several American tourists who recently traveled to the popular tropical destination have been charged after inadvertently bringing ammunition, according to a coalition of U.S. Congress members advocating on their behalf. Turks and Caicos prohibits anyone from keeping, carrying, discharging or using an unlicensed firearm or ammunition.
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Justice Department to announce lawsuit against Live Nation over ticket prices: Sources
The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are expected to announce an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation as soon as Thursday over Ticketmaster's dominance over the concert ticket sales market, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News on Wednesday. The Justice Department's antitrust suit follows a more than two-year investigation that probed whether the company created a monopoly over the concert ticket market through its exclusive contracts with venues. The Jus
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Nikki Haley says she 'will be voting for Trump'
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she will vote for former President Donald Trump in November -- despite her disappointments with him. During a question and answer session after delivering a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Haley was asked who she thinks would do a better job in the White House with national security issues: Joe Biden or Donald Trump. The former United Nations ambassador said she prioritizes a president who will hold
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Will RFK Jr. qualify for the June presidential debate?
Donald Trump is a convention away from becoming the first former president since 1892 to win a party’s nomination after leaving office, while his contest against President Joe Biden is the first presidential rematch since 1956. So how close is Kennedy to making it?
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Uvalde families reach settlement with city ahead of 2-year mark: Can 'begin rebuilding trust'
Nineteen families whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting announced they've reached a settlement with the city and county of Uvalde. "For two long years, we have languished in pain and without any accountability from the law enforcement agencies and officers who allowed our families to be destroyed that day," Veronica Luevanos, whose daughter, Jailah, and nephew, Jayce, were killed, said in a statement Wednesday. "This settlement reflects a first good faith eff
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UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing 'insecurity, lack of supplies' amid Israel-Hamas war
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the southern border city of Rafah due to security concerns amid ongoing hostilities and a lack of supplies. The agency also said just seven out of its 24 health centers are operational and that those centers had not received any medical supplies in the last 10 days to "closures" and "disruptions" at the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings, according to an
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Special counsel plans to use infamous laptop as evidence in Hunter Biden's firearm trial
Prosecutors plan to use Hunter Biden's infamous laptop as evidence in an upcoming trial to help them prove that the president's son unlawfully obtained a firearm in 2018. Special counsel David Weiss wrote Wednesday that "the defendant's laptop is real (it will be introduced as a trial exhibit) and it contains significant evidence of the defendant's guilt." Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty in October to federal gun charges after prosecutors say he obtained a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver and lied on
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US says Israel has made 'refinements' to Rafah assault strategy to reduce risks of civilian harm after Biden demands
President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Wednesday that Israel has made "refinements" to its military operations in and around Rafah following pushback from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the president's demands. Jake Sullivan, just back from a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, noted to reporters at the White House press briefing that Israel's assault on Rafah in southern Gaza has been "more targeted and limited."
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Why Louisiana is pushing to classify abortion pills in the same category as opioids
Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen -- mifepristone and misoprostol -- as a "controlled dangerous substance," putting them in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. A federal case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court also seeks to revoke Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, the first pill taken in a two-drug regimen for a medication abortion. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in the case by the end of
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26 tornadoes in 4 states wreak havoc, kill multiple people in Iowa
For the fourth straight day, residents of the Midwest and the Great Plains were bracing for dangerous tornado weather, a day after at least 26 twisters tore through three states, killing multiple people in Iowa, officials said. As severe weather is forecast to move into the south and east and stretch from New York state to Texas on Wednesday, the town of Greenfield, Iowa, was left ripped to shreds with about half the town destroyed, officials said. A "devastating" tornado hit Greenfield, south
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House grinds to a standstill due to quarrel over remarks about Trump's legal woes
The House of Representatives came to standstill on Wednesday as lawmakers quibbled about criticism of Donald Trump and his legal woes. Legislative business was paused on the floor for an hour as Republicans demanded the words of Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, be taken down from the Congressional Record. McGovern's statements were focused on the four criminal cases against Trump.
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2nd human case of bird flu confirmed in Michigan: Health officials
A second person in the United States has been infected with bird flu, health officials said Wednesday. The case was identified in a Michigan farmworker who had regular exposure to livestock-infected bird flu, or avian influenza, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the Michigan dairy worker was being monitored because of their work exposure to infected cattle and reported symptoms to local health officials.
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Biden's military pier to deliver aid to Gaza off to slow start
With the crisis in Gaza worsening, a private humanitarian group staffed with former military and intelligence officials stumbled upon a surprising hurdle in its efforts to help the United States government rush supplies to Palestinian residents by boat: For several weeks, there was little to no aid ready to move. Fogbow, an independent outfit, said it had expected there would be large-scale donations of food, medicine and other supplies piling up at a port in Cyprus, where aid was supposed to b
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Vials of blood found in package addressed to Trump at RNC's DC headquarters: Sources
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a package found at the Republican National Committee's Washington, D.C., headquarters Wednesday. The package was addressed to former President Donald Trump and allegedly contained vials of blood, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The U.S. Capitol Police said they temporarily locked down the location around 7:45 a.m. after they received a call about the package.
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Facing backlash, Trump walks back comments on restricting contraceptives
Facing backlash, former President Donald Trump has tried to walk back comments he made suggesting he's open to restricting contraceptives. During an interview with Pittsburgh TV station KDKA-TV, Trump was asked if he supports any restrictions on a person's right to contraceptives. "Well, we're looking at that and we're going to have a policy on that very shortly," Trump responded with.
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Trump falsely claims Biden, FBI had plan to assassinate him during Mar-a-Lago search
The FBI has issued a rare statement after former President Donald Trump and several GOP lawmakers spread false claims suggesting President Joe Biden authorized his assassination during the search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022. In a fundraising email responding to right-wing media reports that offered a distorted reading of a newly-unsealed court filing in Trump's classified documents case, Trump falsely claimed Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take me out." In a separate post on his Trut
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Tennessee judge blocks effort to sell Elvis Presley's Graceland
Elvis Presley's home of Graceland will not be hitting the auction block on Thursday after all. During a hearing Wednesday in Memphis that lasted around eight minutes, Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins adjourned the sale of Graceland, saying, "The notary has sworn that the notary did not notarize the signature of Lisa Marie Presley on the deed of trust, which brings in the question as to the authenticity of the signature and indeed the deed of trust as being a fraud." The Tennessee hearin
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How extreme heat will disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities
The health effects from extreme heat will soon take an even bigger toll on disadvantaged communities, according to a new report. As global temperatures continue to climb, a growing number of people living in disadvantaged communities will be impacted by health-threatening heatwaves, a report released Wednesday by the ICF Climate Center, an environmental research firm, found. As many as 54 million people in at-risk communities could be threatened by extreme heatwaves by 2050 under a high-emissi
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Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week
The United States has assessed that Russia launched what is likely a counter space weapon last week that's now in the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed Tuesday. "What I'm tracking here is on May 16, as you highlighted, Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we that we assess is likely a counter space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit," Ryder said when questioned by ABC News about th
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Vince Fong to take Kevin McCarthy's seat in Congress, bolstering GOP majority
ABC News reports that Vince Fong is projected to win the special general election in California’s 20th House district for the rest of the unexpired term. Fong will fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the former House speaker who was ousted from the position by a faction of his own party in Dec. 2023. Once Fong is sworn into Congress, Republicans will bolster their razor-thin majority in the House.
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MVP Nikola Jokić headlines All-NBA teams alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić
The All-NBA selection was the sixth for Jokić, who was awarded his third MVP trophy in four seasons on May 8.
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'Demand is just so strong': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Yahoo Finance supply can't keep up
Nvidia's quarterly results blew away estimates again on Wednesday, and as the company moves to its next-generation chips its CEO sees supply, not demand, serving as its biggest challenge.
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The Cheap Seats: How much should fantasy baseball managers worry about struggling stars?
Scott Pianowski covers some big names not delivering what was expected and more in his latest mailbag.
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How to watch the Doctor Who season 14 finale in cinemas
Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson end their first season as the Fifteenth Doctor and his companion in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death.
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Nvidia stock pops 7% to top $1,000 after earnings beat forecasts, it announces stock split and dividend hike
Nvidia reported its fiscal first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines while raising its dividend and announcing a 10-to-1 stock split.
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This flattering Old Navy frock is the 'dress of the year,' a shopping expert says — and it's just $40
Toss it on every day this summer, whether you're heading to the beach, the office or a fancy dinner.
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Orioles lose 3rd straight to Cardinals for 1st sweep in 107 series; John Means leaves with elbow discomfort
Means lasted just three innings and is undergoing testing for elbow soreness.
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Vicky McClure says Line Of Duty cast ‘all want to go again’
The BBC police drama actor has said she and her co-stars would all be up for a possible season seven.
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Sous vide machines aren't haute cuisine, they're Millennial crockpots — and that's why they're perfect
I was visibly confused when I received the Anova Precision Cooker Nano as a gift. I associated sous vide cooking methods with the sort of intimidating, molecular gastronomy-style cuisine that is typically a fool's errand for home cooks. But I quickly found out that a sous vide machine is the perfect tool for someone like me who cooks herself a huge batch of something on Sunday and grazes on it through the workweek.
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Remark puts thousands of human product experts into AI form
The two-year-old startup is helping shoppers buy with more confidence, said Theo Satloff, co-founder and CEO of Remark. It does this by pairing shoppers with high-quality product experts via an asynchronous live chat with one of 50,000 human experts — artists, musicians, stylists, golfers, ski instructors — who can discuss items just like a retail staffer would do. Remark also gives the human experts a cut of each sale made through the platform.
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'Sharp (and safe) knives': Grab a set of Henckels for $125 (a 65% price chop) — plus other incredible deals today
Also on our cheat sheet: Spring savings on Rubbermaid, Nemo, Dr. Scholl's and more early Memorial Day deals.
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ZeroPoint's nanosecond-scale memory compression could tame power-hungry AI infrastructure
AI is only the latest and hungriest market for high-performance computing, and system architects are working around the clock to wring every drop of performance out of every watt. Swedish startup ZeroPoint, armed with €5 million ($5.5M USD) in new funding, wants to help them out with a novel memory compression technique at the nanosecond scale — and yes, it's exactly as complicated as it sounds. The concept is this: losslessly compress data just before it enters RAM, and decompress it afterwar
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Mark Davis: 'Nothing wrong' with Aces sponsorship that sparked WNBA probe, points to Caitlin Clark shoe deal
Davis wants to know why there's a problem with $100K sponsorships for Aces players while Caitlin Clark reportedly has an 8-figure deal with Nike.
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Emma Stone’s gory new movie sparks walkouts and divides critics at Cannes
Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos' third collaboration with Emma Stone, shocked audiences at Cannes 2024 and not in a good way.
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Snap up Ninja's 'genius' combined oven and air fryer at the cheapest price ever
Don't hang around, QVC is selling this brand-new multi-cooker from Ninja for a lot less than anywhere else right now. Plus, it comes with two extra cooking functions.
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What is a manifesto?
Political parties are preparing their manifestos to let voters know what they will do in government.
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The Morning After: Starliner’s launch pushed back again
The biggest news stories this morning: Panasonic's new Fujifilm-killer, Starliner's scrubbed launch and another twist in the ScarJo / OpenAI tale.
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What does the UK general election mean for your finances?
Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July. Here is how it could impact your mortgage, pension, savings and investments.
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Phillies improve record to 36-14, MLB's best 50-game start since 2001 Mariners
Yes, the Phillies have faced a soft schedule. There's still plenty of reason to think they're for real.
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The new Kia EV3 will have an AI assistant with ChatGPT DNA
The Kia EV3 — the new all-electric compact SUV revealed Thursday — illustrates a growing appetite among global automakers to bring generative AI into their vehicles. The automaker said the Kia EV3 will feature a new voice assistant that is built off ChatGPT, the text-generating AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. The Kia EV3, and its AI assistant, will first come to market in Korea in July 2024, followed by Europe in the second half of the year.
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The wildly popular Ring video doorbell is 'a snap to set up' — and it's $60 (that's 40% off) for Memorial Day
Score some pre-holiday deals on camera systems, floodlights and this smart gizmo that boasts over 160,000 five-star fans.
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Israel releases film of women soldiers being taken by Hamas on Oct. 7
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. The captives' families hoped the footage would increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a truce with Hamas and secure the hostages' release. The Netanyahu government saw the release of the subtitled three-minute clip to national and international media as an oppor
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The "Bridgerton" Carriage Scene Is Going Viral, And Here's The Moment From It That Nicola Coughlan Found The Most Important
"It's the first time that they completely see each other, and they’re on a level, and it's like, Let's go."
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American Airlines claimed a child was at fault for being secretly recorded in a restroom. It’s now changing its response
After American Airlines in a legal response blamed a 9-year-old girl for using an airplane bathroom that had a recording device allegedly placed there by a former employee, the airline now says it has requested that its law firm change its response.
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Star of 90s Pop-Rock Band Dies After Slipping in the Shower
Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic via Getty ImagesOne of the founding members of Train, the 90s pop-rock band behind hits like “Drops of Jupiter” and “Hey, Soul Sister,” has died after slipping in the shower, his mother said.Charlie Colin, 58, had moved to Belgium recently to teach music and was house-sitting for friends in Brussels when tragedy struck, TMZ reported. He fell in the shower but no one realized until the friends arrived home five days ago to find his body, Colin’s mom told the outlet.Colin, a
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Virginia man detained in Turks and Caicos recalls moment he knew 'things were going sideways'
Tyler Wenrich, a Virginia father, is speaking out before facing a potential 12-year prison sentence for having two stray bullets in his backpack in Turks and Caicos.
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Sunny Hostin laments Caitlin Clark's popularity is part of White, and 'pretty' privilege
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin argued Tuesday that "White privilege" and "pretty privilege" had played a role in WNBA star Caitlin Clark's popularity.
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Families of female Israeli hostages taken by Hamas release graphic video of their capture
Families of the hostages requested that the video be released
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Ex-FBI director James Comey begs voters to re-elect Joe Biden: ‘You must vote for him!’
Former FBI director James Comey called upon voters to elect Joe Biden in November and defeat Trump, regardless of how they feel about the current incumbent president.
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Cate Blanchett slammed for describing herself as 'middle class' despite massive reported net worth
Australian actress Cate Blanchett came under fire for recent comments she made at the Cannes Film Festival, labeling herself a part of the "middle class," despite having a reported massive net worth.
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