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3 firefighters die after being trapped in blaze at vacant Baltimore row house

Three firefighters were killed Monday and another was critically injured after part of a vacant Baltimore row house collapsed, trapping them inside as they battled a blaze, authorities said.

Lawyer for ex-officer says Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’ when Floyd was killed

Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights accused the men Monday of standing by as fellow officer Derek Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.”

‘In the end, you’re treated like a spy,’ says MIT scientist

Last week, the government dismissed charges of lying on grant applications against Gang Chen, an MIT professor. But he remains angry and is worried about his reputation, his research, and his future.

Cataract surgery may reduce your dementia risk, study says

Removal surgery for cataracts, when the lens of the eye gets cloudy and causes impaired vision, may have another benefit in addition to restored eyesight: a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, new research suggests.

Cash aid to poor mothers improves brain function in babies, study finds

An experiment that provided poor mothers with cash stipends for the first year of their children’s lives appears to have changed the babies’ brain activity in ways associated with stronger cognitive development, a finding with potential implications for safety net policy.

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This 2015 artist's rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope.

New space telescope reaches final stop one million miles from Earth

The world’s biggest, most powerful space telescope reached its final destination 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe.

This combination of photos shows (L-R) former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao.

Derek Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’ when George Floyd was murdered, defense says in trial of three former officers

Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charge with violating George Floyd’s civil rights accused the men Monday of standing by as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.”

Anti-Semitic flyers distributed in 2 South Florida cities

Anti-Semitic flyers were distributed over the weekend to hundreds of homes in two South Florida cities with large Jewish populations, authorities said.

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1 killed, 1 injured in shooting outside R.I. cigar lounge

One man was killed and another man was injured in a shooting outside a Rhode Island cigar bar early Monday morning, police said.

Police investigate the scene where six people were found dead in a Milwaukee, Wisc., home on Sunday in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said.

Homicide investigation underway after six people are found dead at a Milwaukee home

Six people were found dead in a Milwaukee home in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said.

The Crystal Symphony.

Cruise ship changes course after US judge orders seizure

A cruise ship that was supposed to dock in Miami has instead sailed to the Bahamas, after a US judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over $4 million in unpaid fuel.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

State Department orders diplomats’ families to leave US Embassy in Ukraine, citing ‘threat of Russian military action’

The State Department ordered the departure of all family members of US Embassy personnel serving in Kyiv on Sunday, citing the “threat of Russian military action.”

People at the Lincoln Memorial for the "Defeat the Mandates: An American Homecoming" rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C.

Antivaccine activists march in D.C. to protest mandates

Thousands of protesters from across the country, including some of the biggest names in the antivaccination movement, descended on the nation’s capital Sunday for a rally against vaccine mandates.