US AND CANADA

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After more than 30 years behind bars, Lyle and Erik Menendez are expressing cautious optimism about a future outside prison walls. The brothers, convicted in 1996 for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, are now preparing for a parole hearing set for June — their first real shot at release in decades.

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In a historic milestone for commercial space travel, six women — pop icon Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle King among them — will be rocketing into space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket next week. The NS-31 mission will be the first all-female crewed spaceflight since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963.

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Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key Wisconsin race and underperformed in Florida, President Donald Trump followed the playbook that has defined his political career: He doubled down.

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In the early hours of April 8, Santo Domingo was rocked by a catastrophe that turned a night of music into a scene of horror. The roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed during a live performance by celebrated merengue artist Rubby Pérez, killing at least 18 people and injuring over 120 more.

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New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding.