Nation and World
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China’s Xi in Moscow for Putin’s parade amid close ties, despite US hopes
May 07, 2025 8:49 pm - When Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin for a pomp-filled summit two years ago, he had a special message: Together, he and Putin were driv...
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House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
May 07, 2025 8:38 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they r...
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Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warnsMay 07, 2025 8:35 pm - An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...
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Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent
May 07, 2025 8:32 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November’s election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, tw...
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Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive
May 07, 2025 3:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 92 people, including women, children and two journalists, officials said Wednesday, as Israel prep...
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3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
May 07, 2025 3:38 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ra...
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Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment
May 07, 2025 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the...
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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote
May 07, 2025 6:48 am - Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.
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Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes
May 07, 2025 6:46 am - India fired missiles at Pakistan early Wednesday, in what it said was retaliation for last month's massacre of Indian tourists. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and said more than two dozen people, including children, were killed.
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GOP senators buck Trump’s pick for D.C. U.S. attorney, imperiling bid
May 06, 2025 8:06 pm - Republican senators balked Tuesday at confirming Ed Martin before a key May 20 deadline, triggering a possible showdown with the White House over President Donald Trump’s...