Nation and World
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'We will find you:' Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (- Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and beg...
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China limits how it defines COVID deaths in official count
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - ZHUOZHOU, China - China only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a Chinese health official said, a narrow definition...
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U.S. sending Patriots to Ukraine under $1.85 billion aid package
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, rolling out funding for a Patriot missile batter...
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Afghan women weep as Taliban fighters enforce university ban
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban security forces in the Afghan capital on Wednesday enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access to universities, with ...
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Franco Harris, Steeler who caught Immaculate Reception, dies
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - PITTSBURGH - Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored the "Immaculate Reception," considered the most iconic play in NFL history, ha...
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Man pleads guilty in Florida woman's unsolved 1991 slaying
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - DELAND, Fla. - A man already imprisoned in Florida for another killing pleaded guilty Tuesday to the long-unsolved 1991 slaying of a woman he met at a bar. Michael Towns...
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EXPLAINER: Arctic blast sweeps US, bomb cyclone possible
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this week - just in time for the holidays. The weather system, w...
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Zelenskyy to Congress: 'Your money is not charity; it is an investment' in democracy
Dec 21, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to the nation's capital on Wednesday that against all odds his c...
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Amazon to make big business changes in EU settlement
Dec 20, 2022 12:00 am - Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible choices when buying products and, for Prime...
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Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion over consumer law violations
Dec 20, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges that it harmed customers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans...