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Man faces attempted murder charge after California deputy is shot during hit-and-run investigation

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A 34-year-old man faces attempted murder charges after a sheriff’s deputy was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a hit-and-run investigation last week in Southern California, authorities said. Deputies searching for a hit-and-run suspect Wednesday evening in Palm Desert, near Palm Springs, came upon a vehicle with two people inside,

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Blinken, Austin say US is ready to respond if US personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces

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Do manmade noise and light harm songbirds in New Mexico’s oil fields? These researchers want to know

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A California research team is conducting a five-year ecological study of six songbird species in northwestern New Mexico oil fields to see how sensory intrusions affect the birds’ survival, reproduction and general health. The Santa Fe New Mexican says the study by avian researchers from California Polytechnic State University will

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House GOP Whip Tom Emmer moves to lock in support for speakership amid crowded field

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — House speaker candidate Tom Emmer, the GOP whip, has moved to lock in support across the ideological and geographic spectrum in the conference, giving him what many House Republicans believe is an advantage heading into a secret-ballot election to nominate their candidate Tuesday, according to Republican

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