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SPENDING, AID, BILL, UKRAINE
Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early Wednesday providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agencies for the rest of this
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, PUTIN
(CNN) Russia's Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Russian military conscripts have been involved in the invasion of Ukraine and that some were taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces, just a day after President Vladimir Putin insisted conscripts were not part
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GAS, PRICES, BIDEN, HIGH
The Issue: President Biden’s ban on oil and gas from Russia and blaming price hikes on Vladimir Putin.
When I first started driving, my father told me that to save on gas you should always check your tires, drive at a moderate speed, avoid lots of starts and
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UKRAINE, POLAND, JETS, HARRIS
The Pentagon on Wednesday, for the second day in a row, rejected a plan by Poland to provide Ukraine with its Soviet-era warplanes through U.S. hands, saying the proposal would risk wider war between Russia and NATO.
Poland's announcement Tuesday, which shocked
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OIL, BIDEN, RUSSIAN, PRICES
The Biden administration will not resume construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.
“There are no plans for that,” Ms. Psaki said of restarting construction. “It would not address any of the problems that
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SOUTH, KOREA, SUK, YOON
Douglas Wilson had 21 points and 11 rebounds and South Dakota State beat North Dakota State 73-69 on Tuesday night to win the Summit League tournament and earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
South Dakota State (30-4) added to the program's
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CHERNOBYL, NUCLEAR, UKRAINE, POWER
Ukraine says the Chernobyl nuclear site has lost power
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The Chernobyl nuclear site has lost power, according to a Facebook post by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.
According
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UKRAINE, CLIMATE, WAR, KERRY
When we talk about what causes climate change, we usually talk about oil and gas, coal and cars, and—just generally—energy policy. There’s a good reason for this. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which enters the atmosphere, warms the climate,
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HOUSE, WHITE, VENEZUELA, BILL
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki listens to a reporter’s question during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Addressing reporters one day after the Florida legislature passed a bill
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RUSSIAN, SANCTIONS, AGENT, WEST
The sanctions the United States and its European allies have imposed on Russia, which now include an American ban on Russian energy imports, are the most restrictive ever imposed against a major economic power. The speed with which they were put in place, against
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PIG, TRANSPLANT, HEART, DIES
(CNN) A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday.
David Bennett died on Tuesday after his condition began to deteriorate
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INDICTED, COLORADO, CLERK, BREACH
Tina Peters, a county clerk running as a Republican for secretary of state of Colorado, was indicted Tuesday evening on 10 criminal counts related to allegations that she tampered with election equipment after the 2020 election.
The indictment, which the district
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MASK, MANDATE, HAWAII, COVID
Mask mandates are quickly being lifted across the United States as Omicron cases have receded and Covid-19 deaths have fallen.
About a third of the country’s school districts, acting independently of their cities or states, still require masks. But as of Monday,
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52, REPTILES, CLOTHING, HIDDEN
An alleged smuggler who tried to slither past U.S. border agents in California had dozens of lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing, authorities said Tuesday, March 8, 2022 (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP) via Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP)
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RYAN, COOGLER, BANK, DIRECTOR
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta in January after a bank teller mistook a note he wrote as an attempted robbery.
Ryan Coogler entered an Atlanta outlet of the Bank of America wearing a hat, sunglasses
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CEO, BILL, DISNEY, FLORIDA
Disney CEO Bob Chapek says he’s disappointed in Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill after initially taking a neutral stance on the controversial legislation.
Chapek called Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday to discuss the legislation, according to the Los Angeles
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SUBPOENA, JAN, COMMITTEE, SUES
The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday sued the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to block its subpoena of an RNC vendor.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia,
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ENERGY, BIDEN, UNLEASH, AMERICAN
Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, told Newsmax that President Joe Biden must "unleash American energy immediately" to deal with soaring gas prices caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"Biden has got to unleash American energy immediately," Babin said during
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NEW, YORK, COLLEGE, CITY
Western New York community rallies behind Ukranian borscht sausage Americans around the country are trying to help Ukrainians in any way they can. One couple in New York turned to making borscht sausages in order to generate money to give to charity.
World
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