Nation and World
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'I need ammunition, not a ride': Zelenskyy quip leads 2022 notable quote list
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the "termination...
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Schumer reelected Senate leader after Dems expand majority
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divi...
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Harry-Meghan doc offers sweeping indictment of tabloid press
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - LONDON - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, made a sweeping indictment of Britain's media and the racism they believe has fueled coverage of their relationship in a new ...
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Yellen, Malerba become 1st female pair to sign U.S. currency
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - FORT WORTH, Texas - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday helped mark a milestone in U.S. history when she held up a newly minted $5 bill signed for the first time...
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Lebanese banks battered by meltdown struggle to survive
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIRUT - Lebanon's once burgeoning banking sector has been hard hit by the country's historic economic meltdown. It has suffered staggering losses worth tens of billions...
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Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the fi...
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Report: Classified items found at Trump storage unit in Florida
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - At least two items marked as classified were found in a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Florida, after lawyers for former President Donald Trump arran...
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Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine's historic Orthodox church, the nation's security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered - i...
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FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minors
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did n...
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - DETROIT - In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusiv...