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• Schumer apologizes for using offensive term to describe children with intellectual disabilities
  Schumer apologizes for using offensive term to describe children with intellectual disabilities -

  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer apologized for calling children with intellectual disabilities a term which is considered medically outdated and offensive to many, after receiving criticism for its use.
  

• Clouds return Friday
  Clouds return Friday -

  Storms possible early Father's Day weekend

• What's behind the sweltering heat wave in much of the American West?
  What's behind the sweltering heat wave in much of the American West? -

  Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the triple digits.

• Local NAACP Presidents react to Juneteenth becoming federal holiday
  Local NAACP Presidents react to Juneteenth becoming federal holiday -

  "Hopefully the NAACP in Vermont, in our little corner of the world, was adding to the fight and added to that sentiment and was part of that change."

• 1 dead, 3 shot, 9 others injured after multiple shootings near Phoenix, Arizona
  1 dead, 3 shot, 9 others injured after multiple shootings near Phoenix, Arizona -

  One person was killed and 12 others injured in reported drive-by shootings over a 90-minute span Thursday in three cities west of Phoenix, authorities said.

• VIDEO: Surveillance cameras capture thief stealing car in broad daylight
  VIDEO: Surveillance cameras capture thief stealing car in broad daylight -

  Police in Kentucky are searching for a brazen thief who stole a car from a store in broad daylight.

• Frank Bonner, who played Herb on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' dies at 79
  Frank Bonner, who played Herb on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' dies at 79 -

  Frank Bonner, who played a brash salesman with a love of flashy plaid suits on the TV comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died.

• Police lieutenant sues gunmaker Sig Sauer, Cambridge
  Police lieutenant sues gunmaker Sig Sauer, Cambridge -

  The high-ranking officer filed the lawsuit against gunmaker Sig Sauer and the city over a handgun that allegedly fires on its own without the trigger being pulled.

• A 99-year-old swimmer's passion for the pool helped her through pandemic, now California's heat wave
  A 99-year-old swimmer's passion for the pool helped her through pandemic, now California's heat wave -

  Maurine Kornfield, known by many as Mighty Mo, began swimming competitively in her 60s.

• Baker fined for refusing to make a cake for a transgender woman celebrating her gender transition
  Baker fined for refusing to make a cake for a transgender woman celebrating her gender transition -

  A judge ruled that Autumn Scardina was denied a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside to celebrate her gender transition on her birthday because of her transgender status.

• Black Americans are lauding the new Juneteenth federal holiday. But some say more work is needed
  Black Americans are lauding the new Juneteenth federal holiday. But some say more work is needed -

  Some say that while they appreciate the recognition at a time of racial reckoning in America, more is needed to change policies that disadvantage too many of their brethren.

• Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?
  Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? -

  Is it safe to mix and match two different COVID-19 vaccines? Here's what researchers say.

• TJ Olsen, son of former Carolina Panther Greg Olsen, rings bell after receiving new heart
  TJ Olsen, son of former Carolina Panther Greg Olsen, rings bell after receiving new heart -

  Former Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen says his son, TJ, has now hit a major milestone in his heart health journey.

• Some communities remain at high risk for rapidly increasing, dangerous COVID-19 variants
  Some communities remain at high risk for rapidly increasing, dangerous COVID-19 variants -

  Health officials are raising awareness about the uneven distribution of vaccines in different parts of the country.

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