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Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age” at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate released on Thursday, or nearly three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world. The 96-year-old monarch died at

There may be no clearer sign of an enemy in retreat than his scuttling his own ships, which is what Putin appears to have done on Monday by blowing up the main pipelines for exporting Russia’s natural gas to Europe.

Most Americans rate the nation’s health care as no better than average when compared with health care in other industrialized countries. Conservative Republicans are most likely to give the U.S. system high marks. The post Few See U.S. Health Care

Nearly all Americans say health care reform is important, and most even consider the debate interesting rather than boring. But many are also confused by it, and want more news coverage. Also, Americans have grown more critical of the government’s

As health care reform evolved from a discussion of policy minutiae to a political fight media coverage soared, especially in debate-driven radio and cable news. Still, it couldn’t compete with a story about race later in the week. The post

Accessing the internet is now a multiplatform affair with 56% of all Americans having accessed the internet by wireless means. The post America Unwired appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Trump’s the butt of a joke, but might still have the last laugh  Al Jazeera English

Kremlin says Putin will sign treaties to annex Ukrainian regions  The Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin to annex 4 Ukrainian regions in Friday ceremony  Fox News Russia Plans to Annex Four Regions in Ukraine: Live War Updates  The New York Times Zelenskiy

Growth is popular, if it is well planned

The average swing voter this year is a young Hispanic male without a college education