Nation and World
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Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy - drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds - an even more powerful obesity medi...
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Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis - a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread - to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctan...
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Turkey's Erdogan appears via video link after health scare
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a nuclear power plant via video Thursday in his first public appearance since falling ill on live TV ...
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Tense face-off: Philippines confronts China over sea claims
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO - A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-co...
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U.S. economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and...
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Iran says senior cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Shiite cleric in Iran was shot and killed Wednesday in an attack in a northern province along the Caspian Sea, authorities said. An attacker shot...
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Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars f...
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House Republicans pass debt bill, push Biden on spending
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government's legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep...
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U.S., South Korea unveil new nuclear deterrence plan
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea's nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a bl...
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Mississippi jail escapee surrounded, believed dead
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. - Authorities hunted Wednesday for four inmates, including one suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck, who escaped over the weekend from...