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Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?

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Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023. Tony Leys/KFF Health News hide caption

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With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap

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The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.

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Nation's first publicly funded religious school has been approved in Oklahoma

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Oklahoma's Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved an application from the Oklahoma City's Catholic Archdiocese for a K-12 virtual school that's publicly funded. Critics say the move is unconstitutional and will likely face legal challenges.

In this artist depiction, U.S. Attorney Randy Bellows, right, addresses the court during the sentencing of convicted spy Robert Hanssen, center, seen with his attorney Plato Cacheris, left, at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., May 10, 2002. William Hennessy Jr./AP hide caption

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Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

The 79-year-old Hanssen was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal prison in Colorado and later pronounced dead, prison officials said. He is believed to have died of natural causes.

Hundreds of people gathered on Monday, June 5, 2023 to give public comment before Atlanta City Council votes on funding for a controversial public safety training center opponents have dubbed "Cop City." Matthew Pearson/WABE hide caption

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Protesters fill Atlanta's city hall for controversial vote on police training facility

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On Monday, Atlanta City Council plans to vote on additional funding for a controversial public safety training center that opponents have dubbed "Cop City."
Hundreds of people filed into Atlanta City Hall to give public comment and urge the council not to fund the center.

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If you want to fix your own clothes, try this easy style of mending

There's no need to give up on a sweater with a hole in the elbow or a shirt with a tear in the collar. Visible mending is beginner friendly, highly creative and helps extend the life of your clothes.

If you want to fix your own clothes, try this easy style of mending

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Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of The Addams Family. Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton hide caption

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These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year

The Addams Family, Clue and Frozen JR were among the most popular shows, according to a new survey. But the report also showed that drama teachers are nervous about censorship.

These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year

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The new book, 'The Red Hotel,' by British journalist and author Alan Philips tells the story of how Soviet dictator Josef Stalin kept Western reporters in a 'gilded cage' at the Metropol Hotel as they attempted to cover World War II from Moscow. Randall Quan hide caption

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'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

When Russia's Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he clamped down on the media. In his new book, author Alan Philps sees parallels to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin who confined reporters in World War II.

'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

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Binance Co-Founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, speaks during a press conference at the Europe's largest tech conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon on Nov. 2, 2022. The SEC sued Binance and CZ on Monday, saying the company misled customers among other charges. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The SEC sues Binance and unveils 13 charges against crypto exchange in sweeping lawsuit

U.S. regulators sued Binance, saying the world's largest crypto trading platform misled investors and regulators. The accusations were part of 13 charges unveiled by the SEC.

This February 2016 photo from a remote camera set by biologist Chris Stermer, a mountain wolverine is seen in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, Calif. Chris Stermer/California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP hide caption

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A wolverine made a rare apparance in California. Here's why it's so unusual

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Experts believe some 300 wolverines live across the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Rocky Mountains. An environmental scientist says heavy snow from this year's winter storms could be what lured the creature south.

Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

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Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

Journalists at 24 Gannett newspapers decimated by financial cuts are protesting the failure of contract negotiations to resolve what they say is low pay and increasingly stressful working conditions.

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

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Compartments in the shiny blue device on the corner of Decatur Street and Broadway are stocked with naloxone kits, fentanyl test strips, birth control packs and baggies containing tools for safer smoking of substances like crack cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Brittany Kriegstein/Gothamist hide caption

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A free vending machine for birth control and overdose prevention debuts in NYC

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The machine is the first of its kind in New York City, designed to help reduce drug overdose deaths and mitigate other crises by giving residents free, 24/7 access to lifesaving equipment, resources and information.

San Diego police patrol outside of the San Diego Convention Center on Preview Night of the 2018 Comic-Con International. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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Not just driving while Black: This city's data shows more tickets while walking or biking too

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Black people are more than four times as likely as white people to be stopped for biking and walking infractions in San Diego, police data shows. In some neighborhoods, they were 10 times more likely to be stopped.

Oregon State University Masters student Joussy Hidrobo tends to a strawberry test plot in June 2022 at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, Ore. Arya Surowidjojo/OPB hide caption

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Why Oregon's obsessed with the strawberry, and what it takes to get a new breed to market

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For decades, Oregon has been an epicenter for all things berry, including a one-of-a-kind research center is dedicated to them. Strawberries have a particularly long history in the state, and a high-profile home in the nation's ice cream cones.

Kelly Reum holds a printed Missing Indigenous Person Alert bulletin on May 6 for her daughter, Rakel Morigeau-Reum. Reum drove from her home in Montana to conduct a search party for Rakel in Littleton, Colo., after she went missing this spring. Matt Bloom/CPR News hide caption

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A new alert system is helping track down missing indigenous people in Denver

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Through May, the six-month-old system had helped resolve 16 out of 17 cases in which it was used. The Indigenous community sees a disproportionately high rate of missing people and homicide cases compared to other racial or ethnic groups.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in May. He is suing the publishers of The Daily Mirror, which he says behaved unlawfully to gain access to his private life for stories. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Prince Harry to be 1st royal ever to testify in a phone-hacking tabloid trial

Prince Harry is doing something British royals have rarely done before: He's going to court. The Duke of Sussex is set to testify this week in a phone-hacking trial against British tabloids.

In this image made from video provided by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Sunday, a Ukrainian soldier poses for the camera with his finger to his lips. The video shows troops gesturing for silence suggesting that no formal announcement of a possible counteroffensive against Russia will be made. Text appears in the video saying: "Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start." Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP hide caption

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This week in the Russia-Ukraine war: Watching for a counteroffensive

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Railway workers help to restore services at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, India, on Sunday. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A man searches desperately for his nephew, who is missing after India's train crash

Nitam Roy, a construction worker and a father of two, was on one of the trains that crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha. His uncle is hoping he can at least find some trace of his nephew.

From Moscow, former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden addresses a technology conference in Portugal in 2019. Snowden fled the U.S. in 2013 and revealed highly classified U.S. surveillance programs. He's been living in Russia for the past decade, and received Russian citizenship last year. Armando Franca/AP hide caption

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A decade on, Edward Snowden remains in Russia, though U.S. laws have changed

A decade ago, we were still exploring the technological wonders of cellphones and other electronic devices. Few were thinking about how they could be used to monitor us. Then came Edward Snowden.

A decade on, Edward Snowden remains in Russia, though U.S. laws have changed

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