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Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash. She was 63.
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Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism

Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism

More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence so he could return to the Turtle Mountain Reservation, his tribal homeland in North Dakota. 
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David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75

David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, has died. Johansen, who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, was 75.
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Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth

Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth

A judge has continued to block President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth. U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King in Seattle issued the permanent injunction late Friday. 
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Avalanche beat weary Minnesota 5-2 to pull even with 3rd-place Wild in Central

Avalanche beat weary Minnesota 5-2 to pull even with 3rd-place Wild in Central

Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury scored 52 seconds apart in a three-goal second period and the Colorado Avalanche beat weary Minnesota 5-2 on Friday night to pull even with the third-place Wild in the Central Division. Ross Colton had two goals and an assist and Valeri Nichushkin also scored to help Colorado win its second in a row on coach Jared Bednar’s 53rd birthday. 
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Walker Kessler's late dunk lifts Jazz to 117-116 win over short-handed Timberwolves

Walker Kessler's late dunk lifts Jazz to 117-116 win over short-handed Timberwolves

Walker Kessler had a go-ahead dunk with 9.7 seconds left to help the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-116, snapping a six-game losing streak in the series. John Collins scored a season-high 29 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, Brice Sensabaugh added 17 points ande Isaiah Collier had a career-high 14 assists. 
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USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed

USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed

Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding. Hours after the announcement earlier this week, programs were shuttered, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving care.
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