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Posters seeking information about Sarah Everard appear near Clapham Common in London in March after her disappearance. Her body was later found in Kent in southeast England. Wayne Couzens, a London Metropolitan Police officer, has admitted to kidnapping and raping Everard.

An Officer Admits To Rape And Kidnapping Of Sarah Everard In A Case That Drew Outrage

Police constable Wayne Couzens, 48, also took responsibility for Everard's death but did not enter a formal plea on a murder charge in the 33-year-old marketing executive's killing.

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Kent County tracking toward 70% vaccinated by Fourth of July

June is COVID Vaccine Action Month. President Joe Biden has a set a goal of 70-percent of the nation’s eligible population to be vaccinated by the Fourth…

Whitmer proposes expansion of Great Start preschool program

Governor Gretchen Whitmer today called for a dramatic expansion of the Great Start Readiness pre-school program to cover eligible four-year olds in…

President Biden, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia on May 13 in the Oval Office, has ended talks with a Republican group she led on infrastructure.

Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Senate GOP Group, Saying Its Plan Fell Short

A statement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the counterproposal on one of the president's chief domestic priorities did not "meet the essential needs of our country."

Vaccine doses are in short supply in African countries — and even when they arrive, there may not be a way to get them into people's arms in a timely fashion. Above: People wait to get vaccinated at a hospital in Thika, Kenya, in March.

Why Millions Of Doses (From Biden) And A Billion Bucks (From Mastercard) Aren't Enough

The latest news about donated vaccines and cash aid for low-resource countries seems encouraging. But here's what vaccine experts are saying about supply and demand.

Trillions of cicadas are emerging in the U.S. Scientists say Brood X is one of the biggest for these bugs, which come out only once every 17 years.

A Plane Carrying Biden's Press Corps Was About To Take Off. Then The Cicadas Swarmed

A plane carrying dozens of journalists abroad to follow President Biden's trip to Europe was delayed several hours due to cicadas that filled the plane's engine.

A man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2015, after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide.

A Record Number Of Americans, Including Republicans, Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

The rise in support stems largely from a majority of Republicans, who for the first time back same-sex marriage at 55%, according to Gallup.

Western Michigan gets $550M gift from anonymous alumni

A group of anonymous alumni has gifted $550 million to Western Michigan University.The school in Kalamazoo will receive the funding over 10 years. It will…

The decision by students at Magdalen College, part of Oxford University, to remove a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has touched off anger in the United Kingdom. The college is seen here in May 2020.

Students At An Oxford College Remove The Queen's Portrait, Citing Colonialism

In the students' defense, Magdalen College's president says that being a college student is "sometimes about provoking the older generation. Looks like that isn't so hard to do these days."

America: Volume 1

Mike Bond writes the book America: Volume 1, the first in a 7-volume historical novel series capturing the transformations and heartbreaks of the last 70…

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