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Former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell won’t run for re-election in 2026
Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader who helped Republicans remake the U.S. Supreme Court and also influenced how political campaigns are financed, announced Thursday that he would not seek...
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Series of explosions on buses rattle Israeli city in suspected militant attack
A series of explosions on buses rattled central Israel on Thursday in what authorities suspected was a militant attack. No injuries were reported.The explosions...
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Charges dropped against 3 accused in Liam Payne’s death
A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the...
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Trump’s about-face on Ukraine leaves European leaders scrambling
Impotent fury. European leaders are frothing.U.S. President Donald Trump sparked the fury with a menu of insults and lies about Ukraine and its president,...
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Syrian gas attack witnesses coerced into false testimony face new threats at home
In central Damascus, you could be forgiven for doubting that a war had ever occurred. The ancient old city in the Syrian capital hums with...
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A Canadian woman spoke ill of Sierra Leone’s president. Now, she’s languishing in prison
As It HappensCanadian imprisoned in Sierra Leone for criticizing the president and first ladyCalgarian Alicia Hunt says her mother is wasting away in a violent...
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U.S. keeps pressure on Zelenskyy to share Ukrainian minerals
Kyiv faces sustained pressure from high-ranking U.S. officials to agree to a resource-sharing deal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has judged is not in his country's interest, under...
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Missouri senior who shot Black teen who rang wrong doorbell dies before sentencing
An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black...
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Judge sets $250M bond for Michigan mom accused of keeping 3 kids alone in squalor
 A judge set a $250 million bond Thursday for a Michigan woman who is accused of leaving three children alone for years in a...
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11 dead as India struggles with creeping paralysis outbreak linked to contaminated water
It was in early January that Awanti Naik's symptoms first crept up on her, starting with double vision and quickly followed by a debilitating...