Nation and World
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Yemen's Houthis launch their largest Red Sea drone and missile attack, though no damage is reported
Jan 10, 2024 7:29 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Houthi rebels fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States a...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy opens a visit to the Baltic nations, seeking more aid against Russia's invasion
Jan 10, 2024 7:06 am - VILNIUS, Lithuania — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a visit Wednesday to the Baltic countries, arriving in Lithuania as his country seeks to bolster its ai...
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Blinken seeks Palestinian governance reform for postwar Gaza as deadly Israeli strikes continue
Jan 10, 2024 6:51 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday about reforming the Palestinian self-rule government, as part of U.S. e...
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The economy tops US priorities for government across racial groups, AP-NORC and AAPI Data polls show
Jan 10, 2024 6:49 am - WASHINGTON — Americans of various racial backgrounds largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024, but recent polling s...
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A legal battle is set to open at the top UN court over an allegation of Israeli genocide in Gaza
Jan 10, 2024 6:46 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A legal battle over whether Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide opens Thursday at the United Nations' top court with prelimina...
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TikTok restricts tool used by researchers — and its critics — to assess content on its platform
Jan 09, 2024 12:45 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform...
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How an animated character named Marlon could help Trump win Iowa's caucuses
Jan 09, 2024 6:59 am - SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Well before Donald Trump takes the stage, a waiting audience of hundreds of supporters sits captivated as dramatic music begins to swell throughout t...
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With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he's immune from prosecution
Jan 09, 2024 6:57 am - WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump present for the first time in months, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former presiden...
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Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says
Jan 09, 2024 6:17 am - Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European clim...
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Sprawling storm wallops U.S. with tornado reports, damage and heavy snow, closing roads and schools
Jan 09, 2024 6:05 am - MADISON, Wis, — A sprawling winter storm hit the South with strong thunderstorms and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes and tossed about furniture Tuesday and bro...