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Belgium police arrested eight people in counterterrorism raids, thwarting suspected planned attacks, prosecutors say.
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Greece's prime minister called a general election for May 21 after a train crash last month stirred public anger.
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Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began a 12-day tour of China with a symbolism-laden visit to the mausoleum where the founding father of both China and Taiwan is entombed. Ma’s visit comes as tensions between Taiwan and China have continued to rise.
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Tensions eased after Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused a controversial judicial overhaul that had set off unprecedented street protests. He said he wants “to avoid civil war” but compromise remains elusive. By .
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“The air alert is over. May the Force be with you.”
Mark Hamill is lending his Luke Skywalker voice to an app that warns Ukrainians to take cover whenever Russia bombards their country and announces in a reassuring tone when the danger has passed.
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Warming will fuel more supercells in the U.S. and that those storms will move eastward from their current range. The new study says that makes it more likely that the lethal storms will strike more often in the more populous areas of Southern states.
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One hand-crocheted blanket came with a note saying “Welcome to the USA" and advised the recipient to dress warmly in Vermont. It was among at least 86 handmade blankets given to refugees to welcome them to their new community in Vermont.
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Russia has test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan. Russia's Defense Ministry said that two boats launched a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy warship. The ministry said the target was successfully hit by two Moskit cruise missiles.
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Undefeated South Carolina, Iowa, LSU and first-time Final Four participant Virginia Tech headline the women's basketball championship weekend.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his nuclear scientists to increase production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his increasing range of weapons.
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A U.S. couple traveled to Haiti to see ailing relatives and prepare for a festival born out of the dark days of slavery. But they never made it to their destination, and now their family is fighting to get kidnappers to release them.
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“I cannot believe this is happening.” The survivor of a mass shooting July 4th outside Chicago rushed to the scene of the latest such tragedy in Nashville. Ashbey Beasley has been lobbying members of Congress to pass a federal assault weapons ban.
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan Monday, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war" after two days of massive protests.
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A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said.
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The “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign was launched Monday by the 81-year-old billionaire through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, aiming to raise awareness online and in person.
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Prosecutors said that they will pursue the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded.
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The announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus appears to be another attempt to raise the stakes in the conflict in Ukraine.
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Three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday. Here’s what we know so far. bit.ly/3LX85UW
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A pivotal figure in the hush money payment investigation of Donald Trump returned to the building where a grand jury has been meeting for months. The appearance suggests his testimony could be key as prosecutors push toward potential criminal charges.
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Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial."
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To use, or not to use, Bard? That is the Shakespearean question an reporter sought to answer while testing out Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot.
Here's how their conversation went.
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The Florence museum housing Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece the David has invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.
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Finland has moved one step closer to joining NATO after Hungary ratified the Nordic country’s bid on Monday. A similar decision is expected in the coming weeks from Turkey.
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A federal lawsuit filed by the city of St. Louis accuses automakers Kia and Hyundai of failing to install industry-standard anti-theft technology, resulting in thousands of vehicle thefts in the Missouri city.
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Police have identified the names and ages of the six victims in the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. Latest updates here.
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A massive landslide swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes and killing at least 16 people as rescuers frantically searched for survivors, authorities said Monday.
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West Virginia Republicans said they hoped a sweeping abortion ban would shutter the state's only abortion clinic. The facility ended abortions, but stayed open. Now, its staff is starting another abortion clinic over the Maryland state line.
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"There is a crisis of confidence in law enforcement in this city."
New Jersey’s attorney general has taken over the police department in the state’s third-largest city, less than a month after officers fatally shot a crisis intervention worker.
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Two first-time hosts — Quinta Brunson and Ana de Armas — will make their “Saturday Night Live” debuts in April.
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Chipotle has settled a lawsuit with its first location to attempt to unionize and will pay workers $240,000.
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The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting another star. The lack of an atmosphere would mean no water and no protection from cosmic rays, a lead researcher said.
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Three years into a long-term drought for parts of Spain, some farmers are looking up to the sky with prayers, bringing back the faded practice of invoking for rain. bit.ly/3zbnyJl
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan Monday, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war" after two days of massive protests.
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The Louvre Museum in Paris closed to the public as its workers took part in a wave of French protest strikes against the government's unpopular pensions reform plans. Dozens of employees blocked the entrances the museum.
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Crypto is risky and volatile but its popularity endures among many Black and Hispanic investors who see it as the future of a more inclusive financial system.
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William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.
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More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month against the company.
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“It’s heartbreaking, a family’s worst nightmare.”
President Joe Biden called on Congress again to pass his assault weapons ban after a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday. Three students and three adults were killed. bit.ly/3ZiYxGQ
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