Nation and World
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Blinken meets Jordan's king and foreign minister on Mideast push to keep Gaza war from spreading
Jan 07, 2024 8:09 am - AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan’s king and foreign minister and visited a World Food Program warehouse in Amman as he presse...
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New round of Epstein documents offer another look into his cesspool of sexual abuse
Jan 06, 2024 8:35 am - NEW YORK — More than 130 additional court files were unsealed Friday in a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein, providing yet more detail about the late millionaire financie...
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South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border
Jan 06, 2024 8:28 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted a new round of artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, a da...
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A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause
Jan 06, 2024 8:28 am - It only took 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst into flames just after touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tue...
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Death toll from western Japan earthquakes rises to 126 as rain and snow imperil already shaky ground
Jan 06, 2024 8:27 am - WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan’s w...
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Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey as fears grow that Gaza war may engulf region
Jan 06, 2024 8:27 am - ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic mission in Turkey on Saturday, as fears mount that Israel’s war...
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The US northeast is preparing for a weekend storm that threatens to dump snow, rain, and iceJan 06, 2024 8:18 am - Millions of people across the eastern U.S. are preparing for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system looks to bring snow, freezing rain and ice to the regi...
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Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Jan 05, 2024 3:24 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundr...
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Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account
Jan 05, 2024 8:30 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's minister of digital affairs suggested Friday that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarr...
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Oscar Pistorius freed on parole, remains hidden after nearly 9 years in jail for killing girlfriend
Jan 05, 2024 8:29 am - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole early Friday morning and was believed to be at his uncle’s mansion after a...