Nation and World
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Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conference
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - MONTREAL - Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world's lan...
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Loved or hated, Fauci's parting advice: Stick to the science
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases - and "stick with the science" remain...
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Jury selection begins in major 1/6 Proud Boys sedition trial
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Jury selection in the seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four others charged in the attack on the U.S....
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U.S. border cities strained ahead of expected migrant surge
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - EL PASO, Texas - Along the U.S. southern border, two cities - El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico - prepared Sunday for a surge of as many as 5,000 new migrants ...
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Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Several Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism center in northwestern Pakistan overnight, snatching police weap...
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Putin visits Belarus as he eyes next steps in Ukraine war
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare trip Monday to Moscow's ally Belarus as his forces pursued their campaign to bombard Ukraine from the air am...
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Saudi-Iran talks said to have stalled over protests in Iran
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Baghdad-mediated diplomatic talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to a halt, largely because of Tehran claims the Sunni kingdom ha...
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Elon Musk Twitter poll ends with users seeking his departure
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But Monday afternoon there was ...
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Court: UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - LONDON - Britain's High Court ruled Monday that a plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal but the government must consider the circumstances of ...
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U.S. homeless numbers stay about the same as before pandemic
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - President Joe Biden's administration announced Monday that it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars ...