Articles filed under Politics
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US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's planeAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the plane crash presumed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused b...
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CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at spy agencyAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - FAIRFAX, Va. - In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and pl...
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China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater releaseAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - OKUMA, Japan - The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday ...
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Ukraine marks Independence Day and vows to keep fighting Russia as it remembers the fallenAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Thursday marked its second Independence Day since Russia's full-scale invasion, with officials vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the ...
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Too many seniors are cutting their golden years shortAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published some alarming statistics on the nation's suicides. According to the CDC press release titled "Provision...
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Madigan's former chief of staff convicted of perjury, obstruction bidAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - Tim Mapes, who spent two decades as the chief of staff to Illinois' once-powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been convicted of perjury and attempted obstruction ...
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Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense systemAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin's forces launching a...
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South Carolina's new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week banAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of preg...
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Illinois lagging in encouraging EV purchasesAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Last month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker led a trade mission to the UK, where he promoted Illinois to investors as the electric vehicle mecca. But as Pritzker tries to expand on h...
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State legislators form sustainable fuels caucusAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - A group of Illinois state representatives has announced a new caucus with a focus on legislation that advances sustainable fuels. Rep. Terra Costa Howard, a Glen Ellyn D...