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Uvalde residents and families of the May 24 massacre packed a meeting Wednesday in which Arredondo was set to potentially become the first officer to lose his job over the hesitant response by hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement personnel.

Bangkok’s Khao San Road has been the heady gateway to Southeast Asia for generations of backpackers. Flip-flopped arrivals are met with a sensory cacophony: blistering sunshine, the pungent waft of red chili hitting smoldering woks, and, for the more reckless,

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President Biden on Wednesday announced his long-awaited plan on student debt. Borrowers making less than $125,000 a year will be eligible for $10,000 in federal loan forgiveness. That goes up to $20,000 for those with the greatest need. Biden also

President Biden on Wednesday announced his long-awaited plan on student debt. Borrowers making less than $125,000 a year will be eligible for $10,000 in federal loan forgiveness. That goes up to $20,000 for those with the greatest need. Biden also

In our news wrap Wednesday, new fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a months-long cease-fire, the U.S. military carried out airstrikes in Syria against militias linked to Iran, a congressional report has more details on how the Trump

A Russian attack on a train station in Ukraine killed more than a dozen people and left 50 others wounded. The attack coincided with Ukraine’s Independence Day and came exactly six months after the start of the war. Amna Nawaz

The U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last August caused hundreds of thousands of Afghans to flee their homes. More than 76,000 of them were evacuated to the U.S., with most entering on humanitarian parole, allowing them to live

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian missiles struck a train station and house in eastern Ukraine and killed at least 22 people, as the U.S. pledged another $3 billion to support the Ukrainian military.