Muhammad Yunus arrived in Bangladesh from an overseas trip as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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NASA delays next crew launch to buy time at the space station for troubled Starliner
Starliner’s test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, should have returned by mid-June. NASA is weighing its options for returning the two, including a ride home in a rival SpaceX capsule.
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Trial set for Monday for an ex-politician accused of killing a Las Vegas reporter
Jury selection is to begin Monday and the judge is expected to rule on a motion that would dismiss the case against a former county official accused of killing investigative journalist Jeff German.
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Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M
French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023.
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Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack
Barracuda Music said tickets will be refunded for the three canceled concerts, after officials announced arrests in an apparent plot to attack an event in the area. A sold-out crowd was expected.
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A federal appeals court has upheld Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons
The law, which was passed after the Sandy Hook school shooting, bans dozens of firearms — including AR-15s, AK-47s and the Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle — and puts a 10-round limit on magazines.
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Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player, dies at 60
Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60.
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has died at age 97
The Chinese American physicist, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, died on Sunday at his home in San Francisco.
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U.N. fires 9 more staffers over potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel
The secretary-general’s office did not elaborate on the UNRWA staffers’ likely role in the attack or on the evidence that prompted its decision.
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Prosecutors say they plan to charge former police chief over Kansas newspaper raid
Prosecutors concluded that the staff at the Marion County Record committed no crimes before former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody led a raid on its offices and the home of its publisher.
