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Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Strength as It Begins Lashing Florida. Here Are the Latest Updates

Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 155 mph, is approaching Category 5 strength and could make landfall in southwest Florida as one of the strongest storms ever to hit the continental U.S. Ian gained strength

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WATCH LIVE: President Biden delivers remarks marking Disability Pride Month

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Wednesday marking Disability Pride Month.

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The Pandemic Changed Paid Sick Leave Policies, But Not For Everyone

Starting next week, Starbucks workers will no longer have access to expanded paid sick leave that the company rolled out for COVID-19 illness, isolation, and vaccination. Going forward, employees will have to use whatever accrued sick time and vacation time

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Blasts Preceded Underseas Gas Pipeline Leaks Between Russia and Germany, Experts Say

WARSAW, Poland — Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big leaks in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and seismologists said powerful explosions preceded the leaks. European leaders and experts pointed to possible sabotage

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Hurricane Ian Could Stall Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Momentum

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Ron DeSantis is about to face the most consequential 72 hours of his political career. With Hurricane

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Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Promise in Early Results of Study

Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease’s progress in a late-stage study. Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study

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White House Gains Partners to End U.S. Hunger Within a Decade

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is counting on a variety of private-sector partnerships to help fund and implement its ambitious goal of ending hunger in America by 2030. President Joe Biden is hosting a conference Wednesday on hunger, nutrition and

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WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks at White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health

President Joe Biden is hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969 during the Nixon administration.

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Truss Takes a Bold Economic Gamble. Will It Sink Her Government?

Three weeks into her term, Prime Minister Liz Truss’s financial plans have thrown the markets and Britain’s currency into chaos and put her future in peril.

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As Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border

The Kremlin dispatched federal security forces to frontier border crossings packed with Russian men trying to escape the draft by entering countries like Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

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