Articles filed under Politics
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Hearing will take place in religious leaders' lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion banNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis judge on Thursday will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion ban on the grounds that lawmakers who passed the measure impos...
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See no evil: On American campuses, it's tiki torch timeNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Lexington, Massachusetts, is a peaceful town, famous for being an ideal place to raise children. Young couples move there from everywhere so that their children can atte...
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Police and protesters clash outside Democratic HQ during demonstration over the Israel-Hamas warNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Police and protesters clashed outside Democratic National Committee headquarters on Wednesday night during a demonstration for a cease-fire in the war betwe...
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Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisisNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Internet and telephone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday for lack of fuel, the main Palestinian provider said, bringing a po...
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Take heart, it looks like China could send new pandas to the U.S.Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and Am...
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Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new yearNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary government funding package that pushes a co...
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Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speechNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with anti-war messages, sentencing her to seven years...
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Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remainNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan - Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chi...
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Young voters spring (contradictory) political surprisesNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - What's with young voters? It's a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventional wisdom and prevailing ...
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez reelected prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatistsNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - MADRID - Spain's Pedro Sánchez was reelected as prime minister by the nation's parliament on Thursday, when he leveraged a controversial amnesty deal to get the critical...