Nation and World
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Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Lawmakers in Russia set the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation C...
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Israel and U.S. at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly...
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Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitment
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs...
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Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three ...
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Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ira "Ike" Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire res...
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A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state's ban
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday to let her have an abortion, bringing what her attorneys say is the first ...
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A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being trapped. Dozens remain missing
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - A man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were trapped under landslides caused by heavy rain,...
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After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up th...
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At tribal summit, Biden says he's working to 'heal the wrongs of the past' and 'move forward'
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden told Native American nations gathered for a summit Wednesday that his administration was working to heal the wrongs of the past as he si...
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A new Homeland Security guide aims to help houses of worship protect themselves
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security released Wednesday aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect thems...