Nation and World
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Justice Department charges Russian founder of cryptocurrency firm
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A Russian national who founded a cryptocurrency exchange that evaded U.S. regulations and became a haven for the proceeds of criminal activity has been arre...
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December retail sales fall 1.1% as inflation takes a toll
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Americans cut back on spending in December, the second consecutive month they've done so, underscoring how inflation and the rising cost of using credit cards...
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UK nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the U.K.'s o...
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EU lawmakers replace disgraced VP as suspect cuts plea deal
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - STRASBOURG, France (AP) - European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to replace a disgraced former parliament vice president after a key suspect in a the cash-for-influenc...
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Police in Georgia arrest suspect in Mall of America shooting
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday, police said. Bloomington...
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Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes' abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients....
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Cohen meets Trump prosecutors amid renewed hush money probe
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours Tuesday with Manhattan prosecutors who have revived a years-old investigation into payme...
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India's 'RRR' an unlikely underdog in Hollywood awards race
Jan 17, 2023 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's awards season has found an unlikely underdog in "RRR." S.S. Rajamouli's three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India's most expensive and ...
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Families mourn Nepal plane victims, data box sent to France
Jan 17, 2023 12:00 am - POKHARA, Nepal (AP) - Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and were sending the aircraft's data recorder to Fran...
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China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
Jan 17, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - China's population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to k...