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Teachers to renew strike on Monday as union dispute with Finance Ministry drags on

Classes, except at high schools and special education institutions, won’t start until 10 a.m. in Haifa area; union chief says talks with Treasury ‘barren and not advancing’

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Senators make bipartisan breakthrough on gun reform legislation

Senate negotiators have reached a tentative bipartisan agreement on what would be the biggest new federal gun legislation in decades. The package is narrow, and short of what President Biden and many Democrats wanted, though on Sunday the president said

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Fox News host blames Trump for canceling nuclear deal as Iran nears bomb: ‘I’m just saying’

Former President Donald Trump is responsible for the end of the nuclear treaty between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. “The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United

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News Wrap: Ukraine warns Russia is closing in on key eastern city, control of the Donbas

In our news wrap Sunday, Ukraine warns that Russia could soon encircle a critical eastern city, the FBI are investigating dozens of members of a white supremacist group arrested in Idaho near an LGBTQ pride event, retired Gen. John Allen

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Mothers in Somalia fight drought and famine to feed their children

Countries in the Horn of Africa are suffering from the ravages of climate change. Not only is the region’s drought the worst in decades, but it comes after several consecutive seasons of little rain. Ali Rogin reports on hardest-hit Somalia,

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Russia strikes depot in western Ukraine as battle for key Donbas city rages

Moscow says it targeted site where Western-supplied weapons stored; top EU official promises answer on Ukrainian bid to join bloc by next week

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‘Hustle’ is Jeremiah Zagar’s love letter to basketball fans in Philadelphia

Many of the actors who star alongside Adam Sandler in the new basketball movie Hustle are real NBA athletes. NPR’s Cheryl W. Thompson talks with director Jeremiah Zagar about the film. (Image credit: Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Netflix)

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Open source intelligence methods are being used to investigate war crimes in Ukraine

Internet sleuths are using publicly available information — satellite imagery, videos, social media — to reveal secrets.

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31 people with ties to White nationalist group arrested for conspiracy to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho – CNN

31 people with ties to White nationalist group arrested for conspiracy to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho  CNN White Supremacists From Patriot Front Arrested Near Idaho Pride Event  The Daily Beast Members of white supremacist group arrested at Idaho Pride

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Shuttering Damascus airport, Israel ramps up its efforts to foil Iran arms transfers

Friday’s strike blocked all air travel, not just large cargo planes, after intel showed weapon parts were still being smuggled; move shows operations continuing despite Russian ire

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