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COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 6 Million as Pandemic Enters Its Third Year

BANGKOK — The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the

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7 Dead After Tornadoes Tore Through Central Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured and

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Harris to Mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary in Selma

SELMA, Ala. — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama on Sunday as the nation marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, a trip that comes as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting

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Arlan Hamilton Went From Homeless to Running a $20 Million VC Firm. Here’s How She Did It

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) Arlan Hamilton was homeless and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco Airport in 2015, when an investor wrote the first check that

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Photos: More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled their country

This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. (Image credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP)

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Speaker at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s 2nd Amendment rally cites Ukraine as reason to buy guns

Former Sen. David Perdue (GA) used the war in Ukraine over the weekend to push gun ownership in the United States. At a Second Amendment rally organized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Perdue connected the conflict in Ukraine to

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Live updates: Russia warns Ukraine’s neighboring countries

The Russian military has warned Ukraine’s neighboring countries from hosting its warplanes, saying Moscow may consider them a part of the conflict if Ukrainian aircraft fly combat missions from their territory.

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‘We have to do it,” former President Donald Trump says of potential 2024 White House run – MassLive.com

‘We have to do it,” former President Donald Trump says of potential 2024 White House run  MassLive.com

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Putin will be looking for an out as ‘more Russian body bags go home to Moscow’: military expert

Appearing on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” retired Admiral James Stavridis claimed Vladimir Putin and his generals botched the invasion of Ukraine and the Russian president will be looking for a way out as the war dead are returned to back

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‘I Want Ukraine to Exist.’ A Ukrainian Member of Parliament on Why the West Needs to Do More

Inna Sovsun is an opposition member of the Ukrainian Parliament, in the liberal, pro-European Holos party. Faced with an existential threat, Ukraine’s government and its people are working together to repel the Russian invasion. They still need more help. She

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