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A copy of the alleged death certificate, including the spelling and font discrepancies that gave the ruse away, according to prosecutors.

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Typos Spell Trouble For Man's Alleged Attempt To Fake His Own Death

1:40pm July 22, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Chalk up another win for spell check. According to prosecutors, a man tried to escape his sentencing by forging a death certificate — but the alleged ruse unraveled with a few misplaced letters.

Colleges' initial plans for fall are now more likely to include hefty virtual options. Some see classes that would be mostly remote, while others are calling for the semester to be entirely online.

Colleges Spent Months Planning For Fall, But A COVID-19 Surge Is Changing Everything

1:05pm July 22, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

More colleges are rolling back their optimistic proclamations of an in-person or hybrid fall. Plans are now more likely to include hefty virtual options, be mostly remote or even entirely online.

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Chicago Police Department officers stand in front of Rhodes Funeral Services as they investigate the scene of a shooting Tuesday night. Gun violence outside a funeral left at least 15 people wounded.

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15 People Wounded In Shooting That Targeted Funeral In Chicago

1:04pm July 22, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The violence exploded outside a funeral home in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, where investigators say they found at least 60 shell casings.

Adam Peri, sound supervisor with the broadcaster Sky UK, mixes recorded fan sounds into a Premier League soccer match.

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Baseball Stadiums May Be Empty, But You Can Still Hear The Crowds

11:15am July 22, 2020

by Melissa Block

The fans can't come back because of the coronavirus pandemic, so Major League Baseball will pump crowd sounds into the empty ballparks when its season begins on July 23.

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Air Force Gen. John Hyten speaks at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska during a change of command ceremony at U.S. Strategic Command in November. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley is behind, listening. Hyten is now vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

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Pentagon's No. 2 Officer Says Military Must Do Better On Diversity

10:01am July 22, 2020

by Tom Bowman

Gen. John Hyten says it's "absolutely not right" that the incoming Air Force chief of staff will be the first African American to sit on the Joint Chiefs since Colin Powell, nearly three decades ago.

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Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act, by Nicholson Baker

Exhausting Effect Of FOIA Requests Evident In 'Baseless'

9:33am July 22, 2020

by Tim Mak

Nicholson Baker's book misses the mark in an aim to take readers on a quest to discover if the U.S. used biological weapons developed in the '50s — and to examine the failings of public records law.

Cities Hard Hit By Coronavirus Crisis Consider Rolling Back Reopenings

7:06am July 22, 2020

COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the country, and that's prompting city leaders in some of the hardest hit places — Seattle, Chicago and Atlanta — to consider closing down again.

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Social Change Leads To Healthy Debate In U.S. Military, Gen. Hyten Says

6:58am July 22, 2020

In a frank phone call with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions about tensions in the military over sexual misconduct and racism.

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Customs And Border Protection Officers Criticized For Being In Portland

6:22am July 22, 2020

by Martin Kaste

The Trump administration is defending its use of federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Ore. But the state is suing, saying the feds have overreached.

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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Off Alaska Coast; No Reports Of Damage Or Injury

6:17am July 22, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The 7.8 magnitude Aleutian temblor triggered a tsunami warning and evacuations from Homer to Unalaska. However reports nearest the epicenter indicated a wave of less than one foot.