Nation and World
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Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up by about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset large increases in the...
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Prosecutors: Guardsman in leak case wanted to kill a 'ton of people'
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - WORCESTER, Mass. - The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that...
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Montana lawmaker fights on during 1st day of exile
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - HELENA, Mont. - Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr spent her first day in legislative exile Thursday relegated to a bench in a noisy hallway across from a snack b...
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Fighters rampage in Darfur despite fragile Sudan truce
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO - Armed fighters rampaged through a main city in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said....
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Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy - drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds - an even more powerful obesity medi...
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Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis - a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread - to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctan...
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Turkey's Erdogan appears via video link after health scare
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a nuclear power plant via video Thursday in his first public appearance since falling ill on live TV ...
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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...