Nation and World
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Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake tops 47,000
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 continues to rise as more bodies are retrieved from the rubble o...
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R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with a...
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In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - For Russia, it's been a year of bold charges and bombardments, humiliating retreats and grinding sieges. Ukraine has countered with fierce resistance, surprising counter...
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IRA dissidents suspected of shooting N Ireland detective
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - A senior Northern Ireland police officer is in critical but stable condition in a hospital after being shot by two masked men while he coached children's soccer...
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U.S. mass killings linked to extremism spiked over last decade
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the total from any other 10-year period since...
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Ukraine: Drone footage shows scale of Bakhmut's destruction
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - BAKHMUT, Ukraine - Amid the smoking ruins, a lone dog pads in the snow, surely unaware - or perhaps too hungry to care - that death rains down regularly from the skies o...
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Winter storms shut down much of Portland, paralyzes travel
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Portland after the city experienced its second snowiest day in hi...
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Gaza rockets, Israeli strikes follow deadly West Bank raid
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave early Thursday after a gu...
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Democrats consider break with tradition to get Biden more judges
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Even as Democrats celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden's presidency, they are clamoring for more - and some are flirting with ending a ce...
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More bodies found in China mine collapse, 48 remain missing
Feb 23, 2023 12:00 am - ALXA LEAGUE, China - Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine ...