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June 4, 2024

1 dead, 1 charged in pair of Alaska shootings

Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are investigating two separate shootings that left one man dead and a second injured and charged with first- and second-degree murder.

June 4, 2024

Michigan kills 31,000 salmon after they contracted disease at hatchery

Over 31,000 Atlantic salmon raised at the Harrietta hatchery in Wexford County, Michigan, have been euthanized after contracting a disease.

June 4, 2024

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won't become another migrant route

Nikos Christodoulides, the president of Cyprus, said he will not open another migrant route by letting through 27 asylum-seekers stranded in a buffer zone that bisects the island nation.

June 4, 2024

India's popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?

Narendra Modi, who has served as India's prime minister since 2014, is a polarizing but popular leader who has advanced Hindu nationalism while presiding over a growing economy.

June 4, 2024

The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right. What's next for voters?

A ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court has found that voting is not listed as a fundamental right in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights, drawing criticism from dissenting judges.

June 4, 2024

Arizona lawmakers to vote on ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests

Under a new proposal that's up for a final vote by Arizona lawmakers, the state would make it a crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border from anywhere except for a legal port of entry.

June 4, 2024

Hollywood and Broadway star Janis Paige dead at 101

Janis Paige, a popular actress in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies, has died at the age of 101, according to her longtime friend Stuart Lampert.

June 4, 2024

A bullet-riddled gold wall, fountain of a man urinating comprise artist Cattelan's latest piece

Artist Maurizio Cattelan's newest installation, "Sunday," is on display at the Gagosian gallery. The artwork is a massive wall of gold-panels, scarred by 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

June 4, 2024

2 pilots confirmed dead after military training plane crashes in central Turkey

Turkey's defense ministry has confirmed the death of two pilots after a military plane crashed during training on Tuesday. The crash is under investigation.

June 4, 2024

New Orleans student graduates as valedictorian after living in homeless shelter

Elijah Hogan graduated from Walter L. Cohen charter high school in New Orleans as one of two valedictorians after living in a homeless shelter for youth for more than a year.