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Since sundown Monday, 26 Palestinians — including nine children — have been killed in Gaza, most of them by airstrikes, Gaza health officials said.
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Lawyers for relatives of a Black man fatally shot by North Carolina deputies say body camera videos show that he didn’t strike them with his car before they opened fire, contradicting a local prosecutor.
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U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses seeking to find new workers as the economy expands
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The case was over whether the NRA should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, where the state is suing in an effort to disband the group.
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Three Georgia men say they are not guilty of federal hate crimes in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery.
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A man accused of killing eight people in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses has been indicted on murder charges.
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The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities.
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Biden last week set a goal of delivering at least one dose of vaccine to 70% of adult Americans and fully vaccinating at least 160 million by July 1.
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Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than a few months ago, but questions about side effects and safety still hold some back.
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An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved by the federal government.
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Scores of corpses have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections.
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Israel has unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza, hitting buildings believed to be harboring Hamas militants as the latest flare-up of violence escalates.
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California’s governor has unveiled a plan to provide additional $600 stimulus checks and $5 billion toward rental assistance.
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He’s closer than ever to his dream of being House speaker. But he’s compromised himself along the way.
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Republicans, already restricting voting on the state level, are preparing an all-out assault on a sweeping federal voting rights bill from Democrats.
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Russian officials say a 19-year-old former student has been arrested in a school shooting that left seven children, a teacher and another worker dead.
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Residents of a tight-knit trailer park in Colorado tried to make sense of a birthday party shooting that killed seven people, including the gunman.
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China’s weak population growth is nearing zero as fewer couples have children, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce.
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In a vaccination effort that resembles a get-out-the-vote campaign, California is hiring 2,000 canvassers and working to target people who need vaccines.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, carrying samples of the ancient space rock for scientists to study.
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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?
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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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Three Georgia men say they are not guilty of federal hate crimes in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery.
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On Netflix, you can watch Juan Daniel García Treviño’s star-making role in Mexico’s “I’m No Longer Here.” Now the actor finds it’s not easy to go home as he feels pressure to not screw up his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,
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Scores of corpses have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections.
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As Capitol rioters, QAnon believers and other radicals gain in number, one moderate Texas Republican warns: ‘We’re on a self-destructive path.’
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The case was over whether the NRA should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, where the state is suing in an effort to disband the group.
