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Here are the key primary results for a special election in Alaska

Here are the key primary results for a special election in Alaska, where candidates are vying for the congressional seat previously held by the late Rep. Don Young. (Image credit: NPR)

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Federal firefighters waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country. (Image credit: deepblue4you/Getty Images)

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Should Biden Run in 2024? Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise.

In interviews, dozens of frustrated Democratic officials, members of Congress and voters expressed doubts about the president’s ability to rescue his reeling party and take the fight to Republicans.

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Senior US cop who displayed Nazi sign, made Holocaust jokes gets $1.5 million payout

Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell put on leave; city pays for him to resign rather than matter going to court; he placed SS insignia above nameplate on his office door

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The average gas price in the US hits $5 for the first time

AAA said the average price on Saturday was $5.00, but motorists in some parts of the country, especially California, are paying far above that. (Image credit: Jae C. Hong/AP)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Warns That China’s Military Is Increasingly Aggressive

Lloyd Austin says Chinese aircraft and ships are engaging in provocative behavior in the Indo-Pacific region.

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18 buses torched in Safed; police probe possible link to protection racket payments

Vehicles belong to companies owned by Nazareth’s Afifi transport company; no casualties in arson attack at central bus station; residents woken by blasts, panic it’s rocket attack

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UK poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same

Now in select theaters, ‘Benediction’ deals with its subject’s antiwar stance and homosexuality in WWI Britain, but skirts his complex relationship with his wealthy family’s roots

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To mark UN Oceans Day, divers haul trash polluting ancient underwater Caesarea port

Volunteers remove 45 kgs of garbage from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of historic seaport; teams worked at dozens more sites up and down Mediterranean coast

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Canada proposes printing a warning on every cigarette

The move builds on Canada’s mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging. The government anticipates the changes coming into force in the latter half of 2023.

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