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Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imagingOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots - tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can r...
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Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drillsOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the read...
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Russia says it has foiled a major Ukraine drone attack as concerns grow over Kyiv's weapons suppliesOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv's forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a...
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Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to copeOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But...
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That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government's emergency alert systemOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - "THIS IS A TEST": If you have a cellphone or were watching television Wednesday, you should have seen that message flash across your screen as the federal g...
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The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle 'unsustainable debt' for borrowersOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the "unsustainable debt" that borrowers accumulate...
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Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortagesOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states, kicking off a major health care strike in an extraordinary year for ...
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Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's nextOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succee...
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House voteOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right ...
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Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlightOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation entered its second phase Tuesday, with political decision-making ar...