Nation and World
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Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
Feb 07, 2024 7:57 am - WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and ot...
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What's next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court
Feb 07, 2024 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — In Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president s...
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Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits KyivFeb 07, 2024 6:59 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at six regions across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, authorities reported, killing at lea...
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By disclosing his cancer, Charles breaks centuries of royal tradition. But he shares only so much
Feb 07, 2024 6:57 am - LONDON — In British history, the secrecy of the monarch's health has always reigned supreme. Buckingham Palace's disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with ...
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Punishing storm finally easing off in Southern California but mudslide threat remains
Feb 07, 2024 6:40 am - LOS ANGELES — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was expected to move out of ...
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Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 29 a day before parliamentary electionsFeb 07, 2024 6:34 am - QUETTA, Pakistan — Bombs ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 29 people and wounding more than two dozen,...
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The GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?
Feb 07, 2024 6:32 am - WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's handling of the U.S.-Mex...
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Jussie Smollett asks Illinois high court to hear appeal of convictions for lying about hate crime
Feb 06, 2024 3:00 pm - Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack...
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Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’
Feb 06, 2024 1:47 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukra...
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Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughterFeb 06, 2024 1:44 pm - PONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any res...