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'He lied': Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war
For many Iraqis, the name Colin Powell conjures up one image: the man who as U.S. secretary of state went before the U.N. Security Council in 2003 to make the case for war agai…
politics
White House asks SCOTUS to block Texas abortion ban
The administration made its request to the Supreme Court seeking to quickly reverse a decision by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a judge's orde…
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Why boosters weren't tweaked to better match variants
More COVID-19 booster shots may be on the way -- but when it’s your turn, you’ll get an extra dose of the original vaccine, not one updated to better match the extra-contagious…
politics
Reaction to Colin Powell's death
World figures are reacting to the death of Colin Powell, a Vietnam War veteran who rose to the rank of four-star general and became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs…
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Jury selection to start in trial over Arbery's death
Hundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged…
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Woman's family questions actions of sheriff's office
A Florida sheriff's department has released a heavily redacted report on its response to the disappearance of a college student who was found dead. The Orange County Sheriff's…
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Biden faces critical next 2 weeks for agenda
President Joe Biden is entering a crucial two weeks for his ambitious agenda, racing to conclude contentious congressional negotiations ahead of both domestic deadlines and a c…
politics
SCOTUS rules for police over excessive force claims
The justices overturned a lower court's decision allowing a trial in a lawsuit against officers Josh Girdner and Brandon Vick over the fatal shooting of a hammer-wielding man i…
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George W. Bush ‘deeply saddened’ by Colin Powell’s death: ‘A great public servant’
Former President George W. Bush remembered Colin Powell as a "great public servant" and family man after Bush's former Secretary of State died at 84.
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Colin Powell dies of COVID complications
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Colin Powell, a former U.S. secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, 84, died of complications from COVID-19 on Monday, accordi…
international
US, Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group …
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Three dead, including suspect, after Arkansas cop's throat slashed
Police in Arkansas said Sunday that three people were dead after an incident in which an officer fired his weapon while defending himself from a knife attack.
us
Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged Calif. oil pipeline
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a lea…
us
Some Capitol riot defendants forgo lawyers
A New York man charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection wants to bill the government for working on his own case. “I believe that it's a governmental strategy and tactic that if the…
sports
WNBPA stands against abortion ban in New York Times ad
The WNBPA ad demands for "reproductive rights now" and asks politicians to keep their "bans off our bodies."
sports
Report: Italian DJ says Conor McGregor punched him
The DJ said he plans to sue "because he's a violent and dangerous person."
us
Bill Clinton released from Southern Calif. hospital
Bill Clinton was released Sunday from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infection.
international
Sources: 17 US missionaries abducted in Haiti
A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organizat…
sports
Allison Williams leaving ESPN over vaccine mandate
Allison Williams said last month that she was remaining unvaccinated while she and her husband are trying to get pregnant.

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