Nation and World Politics
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Iran says at least 95 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honoring slain generalJan 03, 2024 5:44 pm - TEHRAN, Iran — Two bombs exploded and killed at least 95 people Wednesday at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Ira...
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Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimonyJan 02, 2024 4:10 pm - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where sh...
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Buffalo Grove ready to pass ordinance restricting migrant drop-offsJan 02, 2024 11:46 am - Buffalo Grove is ready to join other suburbs in passing an ordinance to deter unscheduled drop-offs of migrants from the southern border. The village board is expected to...
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States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilitiesJan 02, 2024 11:24 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had out...
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Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blastJan 02, 2024 1:30 pm - BEIRUT — An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Le...
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South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autographJan 02, 2024 4:23 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to...
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Russian ballistic missiles strike Ukraine's largest cities, killing at least 4 and injuring over 100Jan 02, 2024 7:09 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's two largest cities came under attack from Russian hypersonic ballistic missiles on Tuesday morning, killing at least four people and injuring al...
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Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politicsJan 02, 2024 7:01 am - LACONIA, N.H. — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, stunning gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all the tumult th...
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Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expandJan 02, 2024 4:39 pm - BEIRUT — An apparent Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed Hamas' second-highest ranking political leader Tuesday, marking a potential escalation of Isr...
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More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll findsJan 01, 2024 3:35 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing interna...