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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that its staff be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The upheavals in Israeli politics ultimately succeeded in bringing together seemingly irreconcilable factions.
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New coronavirus cases are declining across most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations.
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Apple told former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that Justice had subpoenaed information about accounts that belonged to them in 2018.
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A look at the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, now pushed from power.
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Israeli parliament’s vote of confidence in the new government pushes Netanyahu aside, installing another right-wing leader, Naftali Bennett, in his place.
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There is no shortage of job openings for local election officials in Michigan.
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President Biden and other G-7 leaders condemn forced labor and call out China and others for human rights abuses.
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Mahmoud Abu Jubbah and his family have the grim task of clearing the aftermath of war, removing what’s left of homes, offices and personal belongings.
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Pope Francis is demanding that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where soldiers are blocking food and other aid.
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Republican-controlled state legislatures are still passing new laws to make it harder to cast a ballot. Congress needs to enter the fray.
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President Biden, in his aviators, and First Lady Jill Biden meet with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle. Biden first met the monarch as a senator.
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two minivans in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in Kabul that killed seven people, including two film animators.
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Authorities say two people were killed and at least 30 others wounded in mass shootings overnight in three states.
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro led motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo — and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask.
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President Biden says on the fifth anniversary of a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that he will sign a bill naming it a national memorial.
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Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices.
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Japan has a sophisticated system to alert its residents, and Mexico City has ubiquitous sirens. Is California’s early warning system ready?
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Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for another after a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin, Texas, street early Saturday that left 14 people wounded.
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India’s economy was on the cusp of recovery from the first pandemic shock when a new wave of infections swept the country.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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The pinching hand symbol has become a point of contention in a charged battle over gender and anti-feminist backlash by men’s rights groups.
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Israeli parliament’s vote of confidence in the new government pushes Netanyahu aside, installing another right-wing leader, Naftali Bennett, in his place.
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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that its staff be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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New coronavirus cases are declining across most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations.
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Apple told former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that Justice had subpoenaed information about accounts that belonged to them in 2018.
