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Continue Reading 12-year-old drummer born with no hands receives life-changing gift from Tennessee Tech engineering students
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Continue Reading Netanyahu defends decision to go public with complaint about US weapons supplies
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Continue Reading Former first lady Melania Trump stays out of the public eye as Donald Trump runs for president
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Continue Reading Ukraine sends over 30 drones into Russia after bombing of Kharkiv leaves 3 dead and dozens injured
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Continue Reading Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say
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Continue Reading Abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states
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Continue Reading With its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West over Ukraine
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Continue Reading Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago
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Continue Reading A simple recipe for onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, with salted plums
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Continue Reading A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store, police say
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Continue Reading Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump
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Continue Reading Trump will address influential evangelicals who back him but want to see a national abortion ban
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Continue Reading A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny
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