Nation and World
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Kim's sister warns North Korea ready to act against U.S., South Korea
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The influential sister of North Korea's leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take "quick, overwhelming action" against the United...
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Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica went from having one of the world's highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism, luring world travelers...
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Two survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to the U.S.
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two d...
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Zelenskyy vows not to retreat from Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - CHASIV YAR, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they h...
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1 dead, 8 hurt in stampede at GloRilla concert in New York
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - False fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, killing one person and injuring eight others,...
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Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some Democrats
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - LACONIA, N.H. - Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden's side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across ...
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South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ever-worsening power crisis - in which homes and businesses go without electricity for up to 10 hours per day - is strangling Africa's most...
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Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charg...
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A month after quake, survivors need shelter, sanitation
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need adequate shelter and sanitation, and a...
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23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta-area 'Cop City' protest
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks over the weekend attacked the site of a police ...