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Suspended South Korean pastor challenges church's position on LGBTQ issues

Suspended South Korean pastor challenges church's position on LGBTQ issues

American Airlines cuts hundreds of flights due to labor shortage, other issues

American Airlines cuts hundreds of flights due to labor shortage, other issues

Organizers limit local spectators at Tokyo Olympics to 50% capacity

Organizers limit local spectators at Tokyo Olympics to 50% capacity

'Extremely dangerous' tornado touches down in Chicago suburb

'Extremely dangerous' tornado touches down in Chicago suburb

Jon Rahm wins U.S. Open for first major championship

Jon Rahm wins U.S. Open for first major championship

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Top Chinese counterintelligence official missing amid rumors of U.S. defection

Top Chinese counterintelligence official missing amid rumors of U.S. defection

June 21 (UPI) -- A senior Chinese state security official may be missing, as rumors swirl in Chinese-language social media about his whereabouts.

U.S. extends border closures with Mexico, Canada until at least July 21

U.S. extends border closures with Mexico, Canada until at least July 21

Organizers limit local spectators at Tokyo Olympics to 50% capacity

Organizers limit local spectators at Tokyo Olympics to 50% capacity

China reaches milestone 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses

China reaches milestone 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses

Belgian extremist who threatened top virologist found dead after manhunt

Belgian extremist who threatened top virologist found dead after manhunt

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Apollo 14 recalled as 'back to space' mission that expanded lunar science

Space tourism startup flies test balloon 20 miles high over Florida

Rose Byrne: 'Physical' felt like 'companion piece' to 'Mrs. America'

Claudette again a tropical storm near Carolinas, headed out to sea

Claudette again a tropical storm near Carolinas, headed out to sea

Body of 7-year-old found after group of tubers goes over N.C. dam

Oregon homicide suspect turns himself in to Milwaukee police

U.S. diplomat offers talks with North Korea 'anywhere, anytime'

Swedish PM Stefan Lofven loses no-confidence motion, could resign

Spanish PM Sanchez says he'll seek to pardon 9 imprisoned Catalan separatists

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George Clooney, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle back new film and TV school

Chloe Bailey performs Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' on 'GMA'

Shailene Woodley to star in comedy 'Robots' from 'Borat' writer Anthony Hines

Michigan man's $500,000 lottery ticket nearly ended up in trash

Michigan man's $500,000 lottery ticket nearly ended up in trash

Lumberjack rescues crows from felled tree, teaches them to log roll

Overdue book headed back to California library after 70 years

Study: 10M people in U.S. improperly use daily aspirin therapy

Study: 10M people in U.S. improperly use daily aspirin therapy

Survey: One-quarter of U.S. adults don't want kids, happy without them

'MIND' diet may help preserve brain health in people with MS

Study: Longer wings, smaller bodies, earlier migrations 'new normal' for birds

Study: Longer wings, smaller bodies, earlier migrations 'new normal' for birds

Astronauts install new solar array on 6.5-hour spacewalk

Brain's memory center also key for real-time decision-making

NATO's massive Baltic Sea maritime exercise concludes

NATO's massive Baltic Sea maritime exercise concludes

B-52H bombers fly over the Arctic from Spain to Louisiana

New rule to allow medical malpractice claims against the Defense Dept.

Doc Rivers, Joel Embiid cite Ben Simmons' struggles after 76ers' playoff exit

Doc Rivers, Joel Embiid cite Ben Simmons' struggles after 76ers' playoff exit

Royal Ascot 2021 set the stage for racing around world

NASCAR: Kyle Larson keeps streak alive, wins at Nashville

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Jon Rahm wins golf's U.S. Open, first major title

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Scenes from immersive Van Gogh exhibit in NYC

Scenes from immersive Van Gogh exhibit in NYC

Jerusalem 'SlutWalk' protests violence against women

Jerusalem 'SlutWalk' protests violence against women

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Iran President-elect Raisi says U.S. sanctions must be lifted, won't meet Biden

World News // 2 hours ago

Iran President-elect Raisi says U.S. sanctions must be lifted, won't meet Biden

June 21 (UPI) -- Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi spoke to the press for the first time on Monday since his overwhelming electoral victory, and urged the United States to lift sanctions and return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Google celebrates the arrival of summer, winter with new Doodles

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Google celebrates the arrival of summer, winter with new Doodles

June 21 (UPI) -- Google welcomed the start of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere with new Doodles Monday.

Sullivan: More Navalny-related sanctions targeting Russia coming

U.S. News // 11 hours ago

Sullivan: More Navalny-related sanctions targeting Russia coming

June 20 (UPI) -- A senior White House official said the Biden administration was putting together a second round of sanctions to punish the Kremlin over its poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett says patience with Hamas 'has run out'

World News // 17 hours ago

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett says patience with Hamas 'has run out'

June 20 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned Sunday that Israel's patience for the militant group Hamas "has run out" in his first public statement as head of the government.

Records fall as heat wave continues for Father's Day weekend

U.S. News // 18 hours ago

Records fall as heat wave continues for Father's Day weekend

Last week, dozens and dozens of heat records were shattered across the western half of the United States.

COVID-19 surging in Russia; weekly world deaths drop 10%, cases 5%

World News // 19 hours ago

COVID-19 surging in Russia; weekly world deaths drop 10%, cases 5%

June 20 (UPI) -- As coronavirus subsides through much of the world, the pandemic is surging in Russia with record cases last week and the most deaths in three months.

U.S. on track to miss July 4 vaccine goals as Delta variant looms

U.S. News // 20 hours ago

U.S. on track to miss July 4 vaccine goals as Delta variant looms

June 20 (UPI) -- The United States stands at 65.3% of adults with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose with two weeks until President Joe Biden's goal of 70% by July 4, as the so-called Delta variant becomes more prevalent.

Nine children, one adult killed in Alabama multi-vehicle crash

U.S. News // 21 hours ago

Nine children, one adult killed in Alabama multi-vehicle crash

June 20 (UPI) -- Nine children, including a 9-month-old girl and eight girls from a children's shelter, and one adult were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Alabama on Saturday.

Man accidentally drives into parade in Florida; one dead, one hurt

U.S. News // 1 day ago

Man accidentally drives into parade in Florida; one dead, one hurt

June 20 (UPI) -- A 77-year-old man participating in the Stonewall Pride Parade near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people, killing one man and hospitalizing another, in a crash described as "tragic accident."

Claudette to swipe U.S. Atlantic Coast, Canada after drenching Gulf

U.S. News // 1 day ago

Claudette to swipe U.S. Atlantic Coast, Canada after drenching Gulf

June 20 (UPI) -- The third tropical storm of the season formed along the Louisiana coast early Saturday, but it could go on to impact much of the eastern U.S. and even Canada before dissipating.

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On This Day: Former KKK member convicted of killing 3 civil rights workers

On June 21, 2005, a Mississippi jury convicted 80-year-old former KKK leader Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.

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Space tourism startup flies test balloon 20 miles high over Florida

Space tourism startup flies test balloon 20 miles high over Florida

ORLANDO, Fla., June 18 (UPI) -- Space tourism company Space Perspective successfully flew a prototype of its giant stratospheric balloon 20 miles high over Florida early Friday, the company announced.

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Iran in furtive race to develop a nuclear weapon

Iran in furtive race to develop a nuclear weapon

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