Nation and World
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Tense face-off: Philippines confronts China over sea claims
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO - A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-co...
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U.S. economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and...
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Iran says senior cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Shiite cleric in Iran was shot and killed Wednesday in an attack in a northern province along the Caspian Sea, authorities said. An attacker shot...
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Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars f...
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House Republicans pass debt bill, push Biden on spending
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government's legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep...
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U.S., South Korea unveil new nuclear deterrence plan
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea's nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a bl...
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Mississippi jail escapee surrounded, believed dead
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. - Authorities hunted Wednesday for four inmates, including one suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck, who escaped over the weekend from...
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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, a historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greate...
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Cosmetic to critical: Blue states help trans health coverage
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - For most of her life in New Mexico, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. So six years ago she moved to Oregon, ...
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Sudanese crowd at borders to escape amid shaky truce
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO - Sudanese families were massing Wednesday at a border crossing with Egypt and at a port city on the Red Sea, desperately trying to escape their country's violence...