The Moscow concert hall attack wasn’t the first during Putin’s 25-year rule
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Continue Reading A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station
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Continue Reading What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide?
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Continue Reading Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
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Continue Reading Worldwide support pours in for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after shocking cancer reveal
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Continue Reading Russia says suspects in Crocus concert hall attack detained as death toll rises to 137
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Continue Reading Slovaks elect successor to first female president. An ally of populist premier is expected to win
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Continue Reading Russian detains suspects after deadly Moscow concert hall attack that killed 93 people
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin Saturday that 11 people have been detained after gunmen…
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Continue Reading US had warned Russia ISIS was determined to attack
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Continue Reading ISIS claims responsibility for attack at Moscow-area concert venue that left at least 60 dead
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Continue Reading For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
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Continue Reading Finding money: How the Pentagon dug down and found $300M for Ukraine but is still deep in the red
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Continue Reading Chinese coast guard blasts Philippine boat with water cannon in disputed sea for 2nd time this month
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Continue Reading United Airlines says federal regulators will increase oversight of the company following issues
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Continue Reading ISIS claims responsibility for attack at Moscow-area concert venue that left at least 60 dead
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Continue Reading The Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis: What we know
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Continue Reading Read the transcript of Kate’s video announcement about her cancer diagnosis
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