Nation and World
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20 years after the United States invaded Iraq, Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the US
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the most dangerous days of the Iraq War. But six years after ...
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Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize deteriorated US-China ties, but China rebuffs the main US request
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said they agreed to "stabilize" badly deteriorated U.S.-China t...
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Biden plans 4 fundraisers in San Francisco area as he revs up 2024 campaign
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - PALO ALTO, California (AP) - President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its ...
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UN complains Russia blocks aid workers from area of Ukraine dam collapse; Moscow says it's unsafe
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Kremlin's spokesman said Monday that U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by the recent Kakhovka dam collapse in southern Ukraine ca...
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'It was hell': Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with U.S. response
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Islamic extremists drove up to the American missionary's home in Niger under the cover of evening, gunning down two guards who stood watch. Jeff Woodke ...
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UK lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over 'partygate'
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Britain's House of Commons on Monday resoundingly endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a ...
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Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of Jenin, at least 5 Palestinians killed
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Monday, igniting the fiercest day of fighting in years as...
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Russian opposition leader Navalny urges anti-Kremlin campaign as his new trial begins
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - MELEKHOVO, Russia - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged his supporters Monday to begin a broad campaign against Moscow's actions in Ukraine as he w...
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Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Just six days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Demo...
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The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Amer...