Tennessee high schooler dead after firing at officer
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George Floyd's brother gives emotional testimony
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Tennessee high schooler dead after firing at officer
There's no active threat to the public and the Austin-East Magnet High School has been secured, officials said.
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Michigan officials request help as COVID-19 cases surge
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Software fix planned for Mars helicopter
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Britt Reid charged with DWI in crash that injured girl
Prosecutors say Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was driving nearly 84 miles per hour just seconds before the crash.
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Afghan's female negotiators push for more representation
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Second night of unrest after police shooting outside Minneapolis
Police chief of Brooklyn Center said earlier that the officer who killed 20-year-old Duante Wright, a Black man, meant to use her Taser but instead grabbed her gun.
Tennessee high schooler dead after firing at officer
There's no active threat to the public and the Austin-East Magnet High School has been secured, officials said.
Software fix planned for Mars helicopter
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George Floyd's brother gives emotional testimony
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Michigan officials request help as COVID-19 cases surge
"What's happening in Michigan today can be happening in other states or other parts of the country tomorrow," Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned.
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Biden to nominate the first woman to serve as Army Secretary
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Michigan officials request help as COVID-19 cases surge
"What's happening in Michigan today can be happening in other states or other parts of the country tomorrow," Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned.
Biden meets with bipartisan group of lawmakers on infrastructure
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Will Smith pulls film production from Georgia over law
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Software fix planned for Mars helicopter
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Software fix planned for Mars helicopter
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Gottlieb urges federal government to surge vaccines to Michigan
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Pelosi says "the door is open" for bipartisan infrastructure bill
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The DEA is taking back meds to save lives
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Michigan officials request help as COVID-19 cases surge
"What's happening in Michigan today can be happening in other states or other parts of the country tomorrow," Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned.
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Here's how Trump could return to Facebook
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More than 100 corporate leaders meet to discuss state voting laws
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Tennessee high schooler dead after firing at officer
There's no active threat to the public and the Austin-East Magnet High School has been secured, officials said.
George Floyd's brother gives emotional testimony
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Prosecutors say Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was driving nearly 84 miles per hour just seconds before the crash.
Virginia cop who pepper-sprayed Black Army lieutenant is fired
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Software fix planned for Mars helicopter
A new date for the helicopter's maiden flight will be set after updated software is tested.
Soyuz launches crew to space station
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from Kazakhstan carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Watch NASA's live coverage of the launch.
Soyuz launch kicks off space station crew rotation
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Tennessee high schooler dead after firing at officer
A police officer was wounded in a shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday. Officials said the person who shot the officer, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School, died at the scene when police returned fire. CBS News' Nancy Chen reports. Read more here.
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