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  At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said.
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Nigerian governor: 279 kidnapped schoolgirls freed
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, as the West African nation fa…
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Texas becomes biggest state to lift mask mandate
Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed …
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SUV carrying 25 crashes with semitruck, killing 13
An SUV believed to be carrying 27 people crashed Tuesday into a semitruck in Southern California, killing 15 people and leaving others injured, hospital officials said. Judy C…
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Official: Merck to help produce rival J&J's COVID-19 vaccine
Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly, a Biden administration official…
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FBI chief calls Jan. 6 'domestic terrorism,' defends intel
FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence indicating the prosp…
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U.S. sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his sub…
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Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate inf…
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Cuomo allegations leave Democrats grappling with response
Democrats across the country celebrated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the face of governing competence as President Donald Trump fumbled his administration's response to the ex…
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Romney knocked unconscious in fall, 'doing better'
Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was “doing better.” The Utah Republican said the accident happened when he was …
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Stabbing victims describe near-death attack
Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam's Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. On a Saturday evening in March, w…
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Kayleigh McEnany makes questionable claims in first interview since leaving White House
The former White House press secretary said on Fox News that "everyone was expecting peace" on Jan. 6 when Trump sent a mob to the Capitol.
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Cuomo accuser blasts attempted apology, 'predatory behavior'
A former aide accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment condemned him Monday as a manipulative predator, as another woman said the governor had left her “shocked…
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Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America
Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees …
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How Blacks, Hispanics are shortchanged on vaccines
"Gov. DeSantis is treating communities of color just as an afterthought," said state Rep. Omari Hardy.
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Insult to injury: Texas workers facing losing pay
“They said, ‘Don’t come into work’ but they won’t pay us. It makes it hard to believe they have our wellbeing in mind,” said one worker.
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Trump quietly received vaccine in January: Reports
Other political leaders have publicized their vaccinations as a way to promote trust in the science.
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U.S. to pay for separated families' healthcare, other services
The United States could pay for transportation, healthcare, legal services, and career and educational services for migrants separated under former President Donald Trump's "ze…
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Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm
The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing last month's winter storm that left millions without power. Brazos Ele…

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