Nation and World Politics
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A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He's finally being posthumously honored
Jun 03, 2024 2:15 pm - WASHINGTON — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumous...
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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
Jun 03, 2024 8:00 am - HONG KONG — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China's history, was b...
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A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum?
Jun 03, 2024 7:13 am - MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation's more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continu...
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Zelenskyy in Manila to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermine
Jun 03, 2024 7:05 am - MANILA, Philippines — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Philippine president on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-...
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In a swing county, Trump’s faithful are angry. But they believe he’ll get even.
Jun 02, 2024 6:00 am - SAGINAW, Mich. — Hard-right commentators on Real America’s Voice were talking about “the death of America” on the TV in the corner. But Wally Ribble was calm as he walked...
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Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump’s guilty verdict
May 31, 2024 7:52 pm - After Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing com...
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Batavia comedy club drops shows by pro-Israel comedian Michael Rapaport over safety concernsMay 31, 2024 2:51 pm - Following calls threatening protests, The Comedy Vault in Batavia cancels Michael Rapaport shows.
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Biden details three-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down Israel-Hamas war
May 31, 2024 1:27 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages ...
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Trump carries the stain of conviction like a crown. Will the verdict matter to voters?
May 31, 2024 1:24 pm - WASHINGTON — The bravado behind Donald Trump' s boastful hypothesis in 2016 — “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any vote...
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Trump responds to his guilty verdict by falsely blasting a ‘rigged trial’ and attacking star witness
May 31, 2024 1:21 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump attacked the judge and the star witness in his criminal hush money trial and again tried to undermine New York's criminal justice system on Friday...