Nation and World
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Pretrial release denied for 2 people charged with robbing 7-Eleven in Elmhurst
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - Two people have been charged with robbing a 7-Eleven store in Elmhurst. A judge on Sunday denied pretrial release for Ditalion Barnett, 27, of the 3500 block of Douglas ...
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Ukraine and the Western Balkans top Blinken's agenda for NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel's war against Ham...
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Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Elon Musk, who's been under fire for endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory and wider accusations of hatred flourishing on his social media platform X, v...
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Ukraine has a new way to get its grain to the world despite Russia's threat in the Black Sea
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they st...
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6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - PARIS - Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a ki...
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana's unapproved schools
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, La. - Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out ...
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Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates
Nov 26, 2023 12:00 am - PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — In spring 1955, Rosalynn Carter was doing what she had sworn to avoid when she married an ambitious Naval officer: keeping house and raising children ...
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China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
Nov 26, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens...
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Fragile Gaza truce is back on track after an hourslong delay in a hostage-for-prisoner swap
Nov 26, 2023 12:00 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-...
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Attackers seize an Israel-linked tanker off the coast of Aden, Yemen
Nov 26, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Attackers seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen, on Sunday, authorities said. While no group immediately claim...