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Continue Reading Grandparents and a grandchild are among those killed in a police chase in Canada
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Continue Reading The Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out an indictment charging an ex-police chief with misconduct
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Continue Reading Trump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill
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Continue Reading Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it
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Continue Reading A Utah couple accidentally shipped their cat with an Amazon return. A week – and 3 ‘miracles’ later – they were on a plane to meet a stranger
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Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s ZiG is the world’s newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis
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Continue Reading Number of FBI intelligence database searches on Americans has dropped in last year, report says
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Continue Reading Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises
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Continue Reading Alicia Keys, Brian d’Arcy James, Daniel Radcliffe and more react to earning Tony Award nominations
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Continue Reading Hamas to consider ceasefire-hostage release proposal that Israeli sources say could avert Rafah invasion
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Continue Reading G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility
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Continue Reading Walmart will close all of its health care clinics
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Continue Reading Donald Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order in hush money case
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Continue Reading Walmart to close its 51 health centers and virtual care service
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Continue Reading Nigerians struggle with fuel shortages as queues form across major cities
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Continue Reading Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job if Republicans try to oust him
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Continue Reading To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji
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Continue Reading Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms
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Continue Reading The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here’s how it would work
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Continue Reading ‘Shardlake’ is a Tudor-era mystery series. It’s also a win for disabled characters, its star says
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Continue Reading H.R. McMaster writes about his time in Trump administration in upcoming ‘At War with Ourselves’
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Continue Reading Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in northwest Pakistan
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Continue Reading Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue
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Continue Reading Abu Dhabi-backed fund pulls out of deal to take over UK’s Telegraph newspaper group
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Continue Reading The Latest | Trump’s hush money trial resumes with second week of testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial will resume with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped…
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Continue Reading First British royal visits Ukraine since Russian invasion began
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s new government will include a former intelligence chief who has fostered close ties with Russia and is…
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Continue Reading China says rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah made ‘encouraging progress’ in talks in Beijing
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Continue Reading King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity
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Continue Reading UK police say man with sword under arrest after attacking people in east London
LONDON (AP) — London police say a man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and two police officers on Tuesday in the east London…
Continue Reading Ahead of the Paris Olympics, police clear a migrant camp near City Hall
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Continue Reading Chinese water cannon damages ship in new South China Sea flare-up, Philippines says
By Kathleen Magramo, Dhruv Tikekar and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on…
Continue Reading The Latest | Hamas officials leave Cairo after talks with Egypt officials over cease-fire proposal
By The Associated Press Officials from Hamas have left Cairo after talks with Egyptian officials on a new cease-fire proposal in Gaza, Egypt’s…
Continue Reading A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a gunman opened fire inside a mosque in western Afghanistan, killing at least six people as they were…
Continue Reading Chinese scientist who published first sequence of COVID virus protests after being evicted from lab
SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him…
Continue Reading These cities raised taxes — for child care. Parents say the free day care ‘changed my life’
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Continue Reading Nearly 47 child migrants a day vanished in Europe since 2021, research reveals
By Carlotta Dotto, CNN (CNN) — Around 47 children vanish every day in Europe, according to new research by cross-border journalism collective…
Continue Reading Hong Kong transgender activist gets new male ID after yearslong legal battle
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Continue Reading Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals
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