Nation and World
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Belarus releases Nobel laureate, former candidate, over 100 others
Dec 13, 2025 8:04 pm - The authoritarian government of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 political prisoners Saturday, including opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, in exchange for relaxed sanctions on the country’s main export sector, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service.
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Judge’s ruling could doom Trump’s bid to prosecute Comey
Dec 13, 2025 8:00 pm - A federal judge ruled Friday that the Justice Department unlawfully accessed evidence central to its case against former FBI director James B. Comey, delivering what could be a death blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to reindict one of his most prominent perceived rivals.
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Russia and Ukraine trade attacks as US and European officials prepare for peace talks
Dec 13, 2025 7:56 pm - Moscow pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure with drone and missile strikes on Saturday and Kyiv launched a deadly strike of its own on southwestern Russia, a day before talks involving senior European and U.S. officials aimed at ending the war were set to resume.
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UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan
Dec 13, 2025 6:05 pm - A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.
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At least 2 killed and several more hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island
Dec 13, 2025 6:00 pm - At least 2 people were killed and several more injured in a shooting in the area of Brown University on Saturday, a law enforcement official said, as the Ivy League school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.
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Arctic air sweeps south as residents of the Pacific Northwest remain on guard after severe flooding
Dec 13, 2025 5:59 pm - A blast of arctic air swept south from Canada and spread into parts of the Northern U.S., while residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede.
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Severe winter storm batters Gazans left with no defenses
Dec 13, 2025 5:46 pm - A severe winter storm with winds and heavy rains has killed more than a dozen people across the Gaza Strip, inundating its low-lying coast, flooding thousands of tents and collapsing buildings already shaken by two years of Israeli bombardment.
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Israel kills senior Hamas commander in Gaza, threatening fragile truce
Dec 13, 2025 5:39 pm - Israel killed a senior Hamas commander in Gaza on Saturday, the Israeli military said, another challenge to the shaky ceasefire between the sides brokered by the United S...
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile US
Dec 13, 2025 2:42 pm - A new U.S. national security strategy berating Europe has triggered a wave of acrimony across the Atlantic, enraging and dismaying European officials who say the document has turned the Trump administration’s vitriol against European democracies into formal policy.
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How monogamous are humans? A study ranks us between meerkats and beavers.
Dec 13, 2025 2:40 pm - How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge professor has an answer: Somewhere between the Eurasian beaver and a meerkat.