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Officials say a Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 12 people and injures 50

BRUSSELS (AP) — A Russian missile strike Friday on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least 12 people and injured more than 50, Ukrainian officials said, as U.S.

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Gretzky set to be at Blackhawks-Capitals game with Ovechkin 3 goals from breaking his NHL record

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Wayne Gretzky is expected to be in attendance Friday night in Washington with Alex Ovechkin two goals from tying and three from breaking the Canadian great's NHL record .

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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office over declaration of martial law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to find a new leader, four months after he threw South Korean po

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Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of t

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Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school in the north, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive

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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

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Trump moves to fire several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Agai

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More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two boats carrying migrants sank in the early hours of Thursday in the narrow stretch of sea between Turkey and a nearby Greek island, leaving at least 16 people dead, one missing and more than 40 survivors, Greek and Turkish of

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Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 3

Violent storms and tornadoes tore through cities from Oklahoma to Indiana during what could be a record-setting period of deadly weather and flooding, destroying homes and sending debris nearly 5 miles (8 kilometers) into the air in one location.

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Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden's term: AP sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political car

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