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Joshua Dean, who died on Tuesday, had gone public with his concerns about defects and quality-control problems at Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier of parts for Boeing. Here, a Spirit AeroSystems logo is seen on a 737 fuselage sent to Boeing's factory in Renton, Wash., in January.
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A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, northeastern Kenya, April 28. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to dozens of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people, according to the United Nations.
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GOP Indiana gubernatorial candidates Mike Braun, Brad Chambers, Suzanne Crouch, Eric Doden, Curtis Hill and Jamie Reitenour debate during a forum on March 11, 2024.
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Pioneer Natural Resources' office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.
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Ukrainian tank-men are seen on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in the direction of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17, 2024.
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Peloton hit the skids after its pandemic boom, struggling to figure out how to grow beyond sales of luxury fitness equipment.
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President Biden gives remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ordering dairy producers to test cows that produce milk for infections from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) before the animals are transported to a different state following the discovery of the virus in samples of pasteurized milk taken by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Counterprotesters try to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the University of California, Los Angeles campus in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Salvage crews in Baltimore continue to remove wreckage from the Dali on April 26, one month after the cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse.
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Amazon and Target are among the latest big retailers to stop selling weighted infant sleepwear due to concerns about safety. Here, a woman pushes a stroller as the New York skyline is seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University on April 24 to meet with Jewish students and make remarks about concerns that the ongoing demonstrations have become antisemitic.
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Luis Escarraman spent $139 when he picked up some vitamin C and a few items of clothing for himself and his daughter. "I need to work extra to get what I used to have before," he told NPR.
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Dr. Todd Rasmussen stands in his home office in Rochester, Minn. He is a former combat surgeon who did six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Lawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, testifies Tuesday in Manhattan state court during Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records.
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The Department of Justice and a group of 35 states sued Google in 2020 for allegedly using anticompetitive tactics to monopolize online search. The trial is over and closing arguments are under way.
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In this image from a video, Solomon Islands Prime Minister-elect Jeremiah Manele speaks during a press conference in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Thursday.
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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks during a press conference flanked by Colombia's Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, left, and Colombia's Armed Forces Commander, Gen. Helder Giraldo, at the Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday.
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President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Virginia on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election.
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After an alarming spike in 2021, maternal mortality numbers the next year went back down, according to a report released Thursday. CDC Director Mandy Cohen says the rates are still too high.
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Wednesday. A pair of rallies in the pivotal states of Wisconsin and Michigan are his first campaign trail appearances since his trial in New York over alleged campaign finance violations started.
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