Nation and World Politics
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States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities
Jan 02, 2024 11:24 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had out...
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Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast
Jan 02, 2024 11:12 am - BEIRUT — An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Le...
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South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autograph
Jan 02, 2024 7:59 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to...
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Russian ballistic missiles strike Ukraine's largest cities, killing at least 4 and injuring over 100
Jan 02, 2024 7:08 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's two largest cities came under attack from Russian hypersonic ballistic missiles on Tuesday morning, killing at least four people and injuring al...
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Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politics
Jan 02, 2024 7:01 am - LACONIA, N.H. — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, stunning gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all the tumult th...
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Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand
Jan 02, 2024 6:56 am - BEIRUT — An apparent Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed Hamas' second-highest ranking political leader Tuesday, marking a potential escalation of Isr...
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More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll findsJan 01, 2024 1:19 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing interna...
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Israel's Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu's polarizing judicial overhaulJan 01, 2024 1:18 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, delivering a landmark ...
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Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home
Dec 31, 2023 8:45 am - A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former Pr...
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North Korea's Kim says he'll launch 3 more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024
Dec 31, 2023 8:40 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will launch three additional military spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons and introduce moder...