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In Spain, the long fight to find Franco era’s ‘stolen babies’

When the bones of her twin sister who died at birth were exhumed, Maria Jose Robles’s worst fears were confirmed: their DNA didn’t match, suggesting she was one of the newborns snatched during the Franco dictatorship. Over the course of

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US must ‘eliminate military assistance to Saudi Arabia’ after OPEC move: Dem lawmakers

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday called for an end to U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia after the kingdom and other major oil-producing nations agreed to slash output by two million barrels a day, a move that could significantly drive

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Gunman murders at least 30 in Thai nursery attack

A former police officer stormed a nursery in Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead at least 30 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family. The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire

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Appeals Court Says DACA Is Illegal but Keeps Program Alive for Now – The New York Times

Appeals Court Says DACA Is Illegal but Keeps Program Alive for Now  The New York Times Federal appeals court rules Obama-era DACA program illegal, buts says 600,000 already in US can stay  Fox News Appeals court rules DACA illegal, but policy can

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Thailand day-care center mass shooting kills at least 31, including children – The Washington Post

Thailand day-care center mass shooting kills at least 31, including children  The Washington Post More than 30 people killed in mass shooting in Thailand: Police  Al Jazeera English Thailand shooting: Children among at least 34 killed at child care center, officials say  CNN

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Daily Briefing Oct 6: Lebanon maritime border is no done deal; defrosted ovary birth

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the first EU-Israel Association Council meeting in a decade; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings cutting-edge cancer research

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Fox News CEO warned against ‘crazies’ after 2020 election, Dominion says

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to “give the crazies an inch” after the 2020 elections. Dominion Voting Systems revealed her words in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox. (Image credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Why French cities are refusing to show World Cup games on giant public screens

The World Cup begins next month in Qatar. France is the defending champion, but French cities have decided not to show the games at public gatherings to protest Qatar’s record on human rights.

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More than 30, mostly children, dead in a mass shooting at a Thai child care center

Dozens of people, primarily children, were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a child care center in northeastern Thailand, authorities said. (Image credit: AP)

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After a deadly mass shooting, the DOJ is launching an anti-hate initiative in Buffalo

The new initiative is a broader effort by the Justice Department that it plans to launch across all 94 United States attorneys’ offices over the next year. (Image credit: Joshua Bessex/AP)

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