Nation and World
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UN nuclear agency chief says he's satisfied with Japan's plans to release Fukushima wastewater
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - FUTABA, Japan - The head of the U.N. atomic agency toured Japan's tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Wednesday and said he is satisfied with still-contenti...
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Condition critical? Britain's beloved but battered National Health Service turns 75
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - It's unusual to throw a birthday party for a health care system, but that's exactly what the U.K. did for the National Health Service, a beloved but increasingl...
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Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a ...
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Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning to attack Europe's biggest nuclear plant
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world's largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence...
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China dismisses criticism of top diplomat's comments appearing to push for race-based alliance
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - China on Wednesday dismissed criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat, who said Westerners are incapable of distinguishing among Chinese, Kore...
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Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric ho...
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Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - STAR, Idaho - Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their pr...
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Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow as Kyiv's counteroffensive grinds on
Jul 04, 2023 1:00 am - Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's international airports, officials ...
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Five dead in Philadelphia-area shooting that's nation's worst violence yet around July 4
Jul 04, 2023 1:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A 40-year-old killed one man in a house before fatally shooting four others on the streets of a Philadelphia neighborhood, then surrendering to polic...
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Spain calls an end to COVID-19 health crisis and obligatory use of masks in hospitals, pharmacies
Jul 04, 2023 1:00 am - MADRID - The Spanish government on Tuesday declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and says people no longer have to wear masks in health a...