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US & Canada · ArlingtonAs Aaron Judge hit his record-breaking 62nd home run, one fan struck the jackpot. The New York Yankees slugger moved clear of Roger Maris’ single-season American League record with his 62nd home run Tuesday, and Cory Youmans – sitting in left field with a front-row seat – was the lucky fan who caught the historic souvenir at Globe Life Field.See the Story
Fan unsure what to do with Aaron Judge’s home-run ball worth $2m
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Europe · New YorkThis summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere was at least 20 times more likely due to climate change. The three months from June-August were the hottest in Europe since records began. The exceptionally high temperatures led to the worst drought the continent has witnessed since the Middle Ages. China and North America also experienced unusually high temperatures and exceptionally low rainfall.See the Story
Summer drought made at least 20 times more likely by climate breakdown, study finds
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Business · DenverThe Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a gay couple’s wedding cake a decade ago is challenging a separate ruling he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. A lawyer for Jack Phillips on Wednesday urged Colorado’s appeals court — largely on procedural grounds — to overturn last year’s ruling in a lawsuit brought by a transgender woman.See the Story
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake
74% Center coverage: 19 sources
Europe · RomeThe German Catholic Church’s reform process is again under fire from the Holy See, with a Vatican cardinal seemingly comparing its proposals for theological development to the thinking that sustained Germany’s Nazi era. The furor launched by Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, who heads the Holy See’s office for Christian unity, marks the latest criticism of the German attempt to pursue reforms as a response to the clergy sex abuse scandal and the hemorrhaging of Catholic faithful.See the Story
Vatican cardinal cites Nazi theology in German reform
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Europe · Athens At least 15 people have died as two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters late Wednesday, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday. The coast guard said 15 bodies had been recovered near the eastern island of Lesbos after a dinghy carrying about 40 people sank. Five people were rescued and three had been located on a rocky outcrop near the site of the sinking. A second rescue effort was launched several hundred kilometers (miles) to the west, near the island of Kythira, where a sailboat carrying about 100 migrants hit rocks and sank late Wednesday.See the Story
At 15 least dead as 2 migrant boats sink in Greek waters
60% Center coverage: 15 sources
Business · DallasChristine Janning is suing the company, her union and a former colleague. Michael Haak pleaded guilty last year to committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act. Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported Haak. She also alleges that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conspired with the airline.See the Story
Pilot sues Southwest after colleague exposes himself
63% Center coverage: 27 sources
Crime · Merced CountyThe search for a family of four kidnapped in California continues Wednesday as relatives appealed for the public's help. Authorities said they have a person of interest in custody and held a news conference in which they showed surveillance video of the family being forced into a truck by an armed man.See the Story
Surveillance video released as search continues for kidnapped California family
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Business · AustinMusk proposed to Twitter late Monday he would change course and abide by his April agreement to buy the company for $54.20 per share. Twitter's legal team and lawyers for Musk updated the judge on Tuesday with their attempts to try to overcome mutual distrust. Musk is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday in Austin, Texas.See the Story
Elon Musk, Twitter have yet to reach deal to end litigation
45% Center coverage: 20 sources
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Oct 06, 2022
Business · AustinMusk proposed to Twitter late Monday he would change course and abide by his April agreement to buy the company for $54.20 per share. Twitter's legal team and lawyers for Musk updated the judge on Tuesday with their attempts to try to overcome mutual distrust. Musk is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday in Austin, Texas.See the Story
Elon Musk, Twitter have yet to reach deal to end litigation
45% Center coverage: 20 sources
Crime · JacksonJurors in the trial of three men charged in connection with a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were told Wednesday about the formation and actions of a paramilitary group the government says trained as part of the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Bill Rollstin presented the Wolverine Watchmen as a gang and said in his opening statements in Jackson County Circuit Court that its purpose “was to target law enforcement for violent action.”See the Story
3 accused of assisting governor kidnapping plot stand trial
67% Center coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonMore than 600,000 immigrants brought into the US illegally as children face yet another restart in their long-running legal battle to decide if the program that keeps them from being kicked out of the country was created legally. A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled a challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects certain young immigrants from deportation and provides them work permits, must go back for a new review by a lower court. Critics claim then-President Barack Obama overstepped his authority when he created the program in 2012 out of frustration with Congressional inaction.See the Story
US court ruling leaves over 600,000 children of immigrants in jeopardy
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DACA · WashingtonThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal district judge in Texas should take another look at the program. The ruling leaves the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals up in the air. Current DACA recipients are protected for now, but new applicants are barred.See the Story
U.S. appeals court sends DACA case back to lower court to consider new rules
59% Center coverage: 59 sources
Alec Baldwin · Santa FeThe family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the “Rust” movie set in 2021, and Alec Baldwin have reached an undisclosed settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the actor and others, according to a statement released by the actor’s attorney.
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Alec Baldwin reaches settlement with Haylna Hutchins’ family
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Crime · ArlingtonD.C. Deputy Mayor Chris Geldart has been charged with assault and battery over a parking lot dispute on Saturday, according to police. Geldart is accused of assaulting a man outside of a Gold’s Gym in Arlington, Va., the Arlington County Police Department said in a summary of the incident. After Geldart allegedly struck the man’s car with his car door, the two argued and Geldart allegedly grabbed the man by the throat.See the Story
DC deputy mayor charged with assault, battery
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