Nation and World Politics
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Landslides threaten California after LA is walloped with nearly half its seasonal rainfall in 2 daysFeb 06, 2024 8:56 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rainfall from one of the wettest storms in Southern California history was easing Tuesday after Los Angeles was bombarded with nearly half of its seaso...
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UK leader Rishi Sunak says King Charles III's cancer was caught earlyFeb 06, 2024 6:11 am - LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that he was “shocked and sad” to learn that King Charles III has cancer, but is relieved that the illness was cau...
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Suspected drones used by Yemen's Houthi rebels attack 2 more ships in Mideast waters
Feb 06, 2024 6:08 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Two ships traveling in Middle East waters were attacked by suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drones early on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest assaults...
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Qatar gets 'positive' response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demandsFeb 06, 2024 5:44 am - CAIRO — Hamas' response to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages was “generally positive,” key mediator Qatar said Tuesday, as the militant...
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Oversight board urges Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in high-stakes election year
Feb 05, 2024 2:27 pm - NEW YORK — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online di...
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Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for Gaza, but obstacles loom
Feb 05, 2024 10:57 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the out...
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How two sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald TrumpFeb 05, 2024 8:55 am - DENVER — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. A law professor at Indiana...
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Biden's vow of affordable internet for all is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies
Feb 05, 2024 8:51 am - LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million ...
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At least 6 Kurdish fighters are killed in a drone attack on a Syrian base housing U.S. troopsFeb 05, 2024 7:27 am - BEIRUT — A drone attack on a base housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters late Sunday, in the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq si...
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Zelenskyy signals a shake-up of Ukraine's military leadership is imminent at a critical point in war
Feb 05, 2024 7:24 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thinking about dismissing the country's top military officer as part of a broader leadership shake-up, ...