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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, PUTIN
Republican Rep. Young Kim of California and Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan introduced a bipartisan bill Monday that would require Secretary of State Antony Blinken to brief Congress on the extent to which the Chinese government has supported Russia’s
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OIL, RUSSIAN, BIDEN, BAN
But that cross-border cooperation could stop with oil. Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany said his country could not simply turn off the spigot.
“Europe has deliberately exempted energy supplies from Russia from sanctions,” he said in a statement on Monday.
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COURT, SUPREME, COSBY, BILL
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Pennsylvania’s bid to overturn a court ruling that threw out Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction.
The commonwealth had asked the high court to review the ruling in November, arguing that Cosby should not have
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GAS, PRICES, HIGH, RECORD
Gas prices are displayed on a pump at a gas station on March 03, 2022 in Belvidere, Illinois. Scott Olson via Getty Images
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of regular gasoline broke $4 per gallon (3.8 liters) on average across the U.S. on Sunday for the first time
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Former President Donald Trump joked about starting a war between Russia and China in an address to Republican donors in New Orleans on Saturday.
Mr. Trump, who also hinted at a 2024 presidential run in the private speech, criticized NATO for doing too little
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BILL, FLORIDA, GAY, STUDENTS
New York (CNN Business) Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out about Florida's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill in a staff email Friday -- but doubled down on his refusal to publish a public statement against it.
Disney's DIS Chapek said he andleadership "unequivocally
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SCHOOL, SHOOTING, IOWA, HIGH
Police said it's unclear if the victims are students.
Multiple people were shot Monday afternoon outside a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, police said.
The shooting occurred outside East High School, according to police.
The circumstances of the shooting
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MILLION, DEATH, TOLL, YEAR
Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
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BANGKOK — The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now
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CONGRESS, LYNCHING, PASSES, HATE
Congress gave final approval Monday to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S., sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
Years in the making, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is among some
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A group of parents on Wednesday took to the steps of the historic Tweed Courthouse in New York City which houses the city’s Department of Education (DOE) headquarters, calling for continued mask mandates as the city begins lifting them almost two years after
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CONVOY, BELTWAY, DAY, TRAFFIC
Two Republican senators announced Monday that they will meet with the People’s Convoy truckers.
Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Ted Cruz of Texas will meet with the protesting truckers Tuesday “to discuss the harmful effects of President Biden’s vaccine
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JOINT, ANDREWS, BASE, ARMED
At around 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday night, two people “failed to adhere to commands at security personnel” drove a car past a security checkpoint at the Main Gate of Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, prompting a lockdown. Vice President Kamala Harris was returning
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GYMNAST, RUSSIAN, PODIUM, SYMBOL
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak wore a “Z” on his uniform in apparent support of Russian troops at a competition last week.
The 20-year-old from Kaluga, Russia, took home the bronze medal in parallel bars at the Apparatus World Cup in Doha, Qatar — an event in
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RUSSIA, NEW, TIKTOK, NETFLIX
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday said the state is considering action against dozens of Russian-linked Lukoil gas stations as he aims to sever financial ties with the nation in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
"We're trying to figure out what to do
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, RUSSIA, ARREST
(CNN) It's still not clear exactly when US basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested or where she is now.
Griner, 31, is a championship-winning player with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and spends her offseasons playing for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg.
Now,
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COVID, BRAIN, STUDY, CAUSE
A new study provides the most conclusive evidence yet that COVID-19 can damage the brain, even in people who weren't severely ill.
Analysis of brain images of people ages 51 to 81 showed that those infected with COVID-19 had a greater reduction in their brain
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GAMES, RIDLEY, SUSPENDED, CALVIN
Atlanta Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley was suspended for at least the entire 2022 season for gambling on N.F.L. games last year, one of the harshest penalties of its kind in league history.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement on Monday that Ridley,
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FUEL, PENTAGON, FACILITY, HAWAII
The Associated Press has learned that the Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department will
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CAPITOL, TRIAL, RIOT, 1ST
(CNN) Prosecutors doubled down on their portrayal of the legislator-hating, gun-toting, right-wing extremist Guy Reffitt as the person who showed rioters outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, how to push back against a police line.
On Tuesday morning,
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I’m not sure anyone could have done worse than Joe Biden has done in office so far.
I wrote the other day that Biden was very close to a decision in a new Iran deal that, by reports, was a reprehensible deal that could put our safety at risk. We also reported
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FLORIDA, WILDFIRES, PANHANDLE, HOMES
(CNN) With nearly 1,100 homes evacuated, firefighting crews continue to battle several dangerous wildfires across three counties in the Florida Panhandle, officials said.
The most prominent blaze, the Bertha Swamp Road Fire, expanded over the weekend and remains
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For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route.
"We are leaving and we will come back to empty our house whenever
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