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What We Know About the Escape From a New Orleans Jail

New Orleans police arrested Emmitt Weber for allegedly helping inmates escape. Five fugitives, including those with serious charges, are still on the run.

FOX · 5 sources

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Top Stories 354 stories

  1. Republican Tax Plan Could Hurt at Least 58 Colleges

    CBS · 5 outlets

  2. U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump

    NYT · 4 outlets

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  1. NTSB gives first update on Brooklyn Bridge ship crash

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Drummer and Music Agent Among 6 Killed in San Diego Plane Crash

    ABC · 4 outlets

  3. America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 206 stories

  1. Companies turn to AI to navigate Trump tariff turbulence

    CNBC · 2 outlets

    Businesses are turning to artificial intelligence tools ranging from intelligent agents to predictive systems that can simulate changes in U.S. tariff policies.

  2. Yes, You Have Too Much Money in That One Hot Stock

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Bitcoin surges to new record high above $111,000: CNBC Crypto World

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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  1. Nuclear stocks rally as Trump signs executive orders to support industry

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Oil Falls, Dragged by Fears of Rising Supply

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. Firm tapped to modify Qatar jet for Trump admin agrees to $62 million settlement in false claims case

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  4. Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Sports 305 stories

  1. Sources: Tempers flare in tense tush push debate

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Everything you need to bet Monaco, Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600

    ESPN · 2 outlets

  2. Colts owner Jim Irsay dies at 65

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Fever win in Clark's first 3-less game since '22

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 180 stories

  1. Here’s the TV shows and movies coming in June on Apple TV+

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. What is Samsung’s iPhone 17 Air competitor like?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. The 13 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  2. Kioxia's new 61.44TB SSD uses surprising tech that almost doubles write performance compared to previous gen

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Marks & Spencer faces $402 million profit hit after cyberattack

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

  4. OpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI product slated for 2027 launch, per Kuo report

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Apple @ Work Podcast: Getting out of the Apple bubble

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 152 stories

  1. A Complete Timeline of Allegations in the Diddy Trial: Freak Offs and More

    USMag · 1 outlets

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  1. Justin Bieber Cozies Up to Wife Hailey In 1st Outing Since Diddy Address

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Cozy New York City Home

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. Pro Boxer Dies of Cancer at 25, 2 Weeks After Getting Married

    USMag · 2 outlets

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