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Wanda Palmer spent two years in a coma, but she recently emerged and identified her brother as the person who viciously attacked her in 2020.

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Emerging from a 2-year coma, a West Virginia woman says her brother attacked her

4:52pm July 18, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Wanda Palmer barely survived the ordeal in June of 2020, when an assailant used what is believed to be a machete or hatchet to attack her in her home.

Arizona cities respond to the worst drought in over a thousand years with a new plan

4:50pm July 18, 2022

by Katherine Davis-Young

Cities in Arizona have started implementing state-required drought plans in response to the crisis on the Colorado River. The current drought is the worst in 1,200 years.

Lia Thomas nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year

4:50pm July 18, 2022

Lia Thomas was nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award by the University of Pennsylvania. In March, Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division 1 history.

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The trial for the Parkland high school shooting begins

4:50pm July 18, 2022

by Greg Allen

The trial began Monday for the admitted gunman of the 2018 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead and 17 others injured. He faces the death penalty or life in prison.

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Key buildings the first Black Marines used will be restored thanks to a new project

4:41pm July 18, 2022

by Jay Price

Key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, which were used by the first Black Marines, trained roughly 20,000 men.

The Atlantic cod is coming back after strict catch limits greatly decreased numbers

4:41pm July 18, 2022

by Ben Berke

Atlantic cod, a fish that was foundational to New England's economy, is being caught at historically low levels. But a research scientist says cod is in the early stages of a comeback.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical adviser and director of the NIAID, says he will leave his current position before the end of President Biden's first term, but he has not decided on an exact date.

Fauci says he is not retiring yet and will make an announcement when the time comes

3:32pm July 18, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he will step down before the end of President Biden's first term, but he has not chosen an exact date and is not sure what he will do after he leaves his position.

People stand in the parking lot of the Tops Friendly Market last week in Buffalo, N.Y., last week.

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The Buffalo supermarket shooter pleads not guilty to federal charges

12:16pm July 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting was arraigned Monday on federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty.

Texas state Rep. Joe Moody (right) speaks at a Sunday news conference after the Texas House investigative committee released its report on the Uvalde school shooting.

The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report

11:10am July 18, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Texas State Rep. Joe Moody, who helped write the report on the shooting, says he hopes the investigation helps lawmakers improve policy going forward — particularly when it comes to gun control.

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Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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These are the 4 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting investigation report

10:27am July 18, 2022

The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.