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April 1, 2026
DNA Confirms Ted Bundy Killed Utah Teen in 1974, Investigators Say
Mr. Bundy had confessed to killing Laura Ann Aime before he was executed in 1989. Investigators said DNA testing provided conclusive proof.
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March 30, 2026
Woman Spent Five Months in Jail After A.I. Linked Her to Bank Fraud Case
The police chief in Fargo, N.D., acknowledged “missteps” but stopped short of apologizing to Angela Lipps, a Tennessee resident who said she had never been to North Dakota before she was arrested.
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March 24, 2026
Epic Games Lays Off Over 1,000 Employees, Citing Fortnite Slump
The cut represents about 20 percent of the video game company’s work force, a spokeswoman said.
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March 13, 2026
Read Some of John F. Burns’s Reporting From Around the World
In a 40-year career as an international correspondent for The New York Times, Mr. Burns had a talent for capturing the sweep of history in intricate detail.
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March 12, 2026
F.B.I. Joins Search for Air Force General Missing for 2 Weeks
Before he retired, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland oversaw a research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
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March 10, 2026
‘Don’t Worry About It’: NASA Satellite to Burn Up in Fall to Earth
Most of the Van Allen Probe A, in orbit since 2012, will incinerate in Earth’s atmosphere, NASA said. But some pieces are expected to survive, posing a small risk to people on the ground.
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March 5, 2026
Senator Tim Sheehy Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing
The physical struggle, involving Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, said on social media that his arm was broken.
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February 27, 2026
Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells
Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer.
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February 19, 2026
British Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Amid Scrutiny Over Epstein Ties
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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February 18, 2026
Bald Eagle, Marooned on Ice Chunk in Hudson, Is Rescued by Police
The authorities took the injured bird to a rehabilitation center in New Jersey, which is working to stabilize it to allow for further testing and treatment.
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February 13, 2026
Four Killed in Plane Crash Near Steamboat Springs, Colo.
The plane crashed in remote mountain terrain at about 12:20 a.m. on Friday “under unknown circumstances,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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February 11, 2026
Andrew Ranken, Whose Drumming Powered the Pogues, Dies at 72
Known as “The Clobberer,” he pounded out driving rhythms that fueled the band’s boisterous blend of traditional Irish music, rock and punk.
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February 6, 2026
Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance Rekindles Kidnapping Fears
High-profile abductions, like those of Patty Hearst and J. Paul Getty III, have captured the nation’s attention, but experts say kidnappings by strangers are exceedingly rare.
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February 3, 2026
Court Orders New Trial for Former U.C.L.A. Gynecologist James Heaps
James M. Heaps was sentenced to 11 years in prison in April 2023. A note from the jury to the judge during deliberations was never disclosed, and an appeals court said the case must be retried.
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January 23, 2026
Couple Receive $200,000 Settlement After ‘Pungent’ Indian Food Complaint
The University of Colorado, Boulder, denied liability in the civil rights lawsuit, which the couple filed after a comment about a dish that one of them was heating in an office microwave.
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January 16, 2026
Deported Student Hopes to Return After U.S. Acknowledges Error
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
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