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The Shelby County medical examiner released the report Thursday. It was released months after one of the latest police killings to prompt nationwide protests and an intense public conversation about police brutality.

NEW YORK — U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation’s No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug

Proud Boys found guilty, worsening Donald Trump’s legal woes  MSNBC

Cigarette smoking rates sank to their lowest U.S. level in more than half a century, according to the latest government figures, although tobacco use remained high as consumers pivot to alternative products. Just 11.5% of Americans regularly lit up cigarettes

White House details ‘severe damage’ in debt ceiling crisis  NBC News Scrambling to Avoid Default, White House Weighs Debt-Limit Fallback Options  The Wall Street Journal White House economists warns of recession as debt ceiling fight drags on  PBS NewsHour

Muslim New Jersey Mayor Mohamed Khairullah disinvited from White House  NPR New Jersey mayor says racial profiling prevented him from attending Muslim celebration at White House  CNN Muslim mayor blocked from White House decries “watch list”  The Associated Press

A jury concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” when he created his hit song “Thinking Out Loud.” As the New York jury answered the single

A federal jury in New York concluded Thursday that the British singer didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s 1970s classic “Let’s Get It On” when he created his hit song “Thinking Out Loud.” (Image credit: John Minchillo/AP)

Fox News is opposing an effort by three news organizations to reveal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying that material would do nothing but ‘gratify private spite or promote public scandal.

Hungary’s populist prime minister has likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital on Thursday.