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FILE - The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet is seen anchore...
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Russia’s damaged Black Sea flagship sinks in latest setback

The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet sank Thursday after suffering damage the previous day.
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New York City Police and law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62,...
The Associated Press

‘Prophet of Doom’: Subway suspect left ranting video clues

The suspect in Tuesday's shooting in a New York subway posted videos ranting about violence and race.
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The father and a friend of Anatoliy Kolesnikov, 30, who was killed by Russian soldiers in his car t...
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Live updates: Biden OKs $800M in military aid to Ukraine

Biden says the package will contain weapons systems the U.S. has already provided and "new capabilities tailored to the wider assault" expected in eastern Ukraine.
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This photo provided by Will B Wylde,  a person is aided outside a subway car in the Brooklyn boroug...
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Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe

Authorities in New York are looking for a renter of van in connection to a shooting in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
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FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus on a store fron...
The Associated Press

Philadelphia to restore indoor mask mandate as cases rise

Philadelphia reinstated its indoor mask mandate Monday due to an increase in positive coronavirus cases. It's the first major city in the country to reinstate the mandate.
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President Joe Biden goes to hug Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as they watch the...
MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Jackson approved as first Black female Supreme Court justice

Jackson, a 51 year-old appeals court judge with nine years experience on the federal bench, was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes.
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Sacramento Mass shooting vigil...
ADAM BEAM and STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press

The 6 lives lost in the Sacramento mass shooting

Police have arrested two brothers in connection with the violence but authorities have not said what their alleged roles were in the shooting.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via remote feed during a meeting of the UN Security ...
OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI Associated Press

Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

Likening the troops' actions to those of Islamic State, Zelenskyy said: “The Russian military and those who gave them orders must be brought to justice immediately.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, purposes the Family Security Act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)...
ALAN FRAM and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press

Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the lead GOP bargainer, hailed the accord as one that would address “urgent COVID needs.”
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A person passes a memorial near the location of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Apri...
The Associated Press

Arrest made in connection with Sacramento mass shooting

Authorities in California took a man into custody in connection to a Sacramento mass shooting that killed six people.
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, BECKY BOHRER and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

Romney will vote to support Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination

The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions Monday evening ahead of a procedural Senate vote to advance the nomination.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson...
MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

Senate panel deadlocks on Jackson; confirmation on track

The committee's tie vote was expected, as there is an even party split on the panel and all of the Republicans are opposing Jackson's nomination to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
4 years ago
A tank with soldiers...
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Zelenskyy: Retreating Russians leave many mines behind

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people that retreating Russians were leaving mines behind.
4 years ago
Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documenta...
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Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap

On Friday, Will Smith resigned from the motion picture academy following last Sunday's incident with Chris Rock at the Oscars.
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KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim

Friday's vote gave lawmakers the chance to state their view on a decriminalization push that appears to have broad support with voters across the country.
4 years ago
Biden oil reserves...
ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press

President Biden taps oil reserve for 6 months to control gas prices

The White House says Biden will make the formal announcement later Thursday in remarks on his administration's plans to combat rising gas prices.
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A soldier walks the amid the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center last March 21 i...
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Russia bombards areas where it pledged to scale back

Russian forces have bombarded areas in and around Kyiv after pledging just earlier to scale back in those areas.
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Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, top military commander in charge of the defense of the Ukrainian capit...
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Relief for Kyiv? Russia vows to scale back near the capital

Russia announced Tuesday that it will scale back military operations around Kyiv
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Anti-Lynching...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press

Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era. His grieving mother insisted on an open casket to show everyone how her son had been brutalized.
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FILE - A "now hiring" sign is posted in Garnet Valley, Pa., Monday, May 10, 2021.  Job openings sta...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

US job openings, quitting at near record high in February

The Labor Department said that there were 11.3 million available jobs last month, matching January's figure and just below December's record of 11.4 million.
4 years ago
Residents lining up for aid watch as Ukrainian soldiers ride atop a tank in the town of Trostsyanet...
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Ukrainians claim to retake ground ahead of latest talks

Ukrainian forces have claimed to have retaken a suburb of Lviv as another round of talks are scheduled for Tuesday.
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Heavy smoke billows after a Russian bombardment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25...
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Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater

The bloodshed at the theater fueled allegations Moscow is committing war crimes by killing civilians.
4 years ago
This satellite image provided by NASA, Aqua MODIS 12 on March 2022  shows the main piece of C-37 cl...
SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica

Scientists are concerned because an ice shelf the size of New York City collapsed in East Antarctica, an area that had long been thought to be stable.
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President Joe Biden delivers a statement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ab...
CHRIS MEGERIAN and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press

US, EU announce new partnership to undercut Russian energy

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States and European Union on Friday announced a new partnership to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russian energy, a step top officials characterized as the start of a years-long initiative to further isolate Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses […]
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