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Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at age 76.

France allowed the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock in the port of Toulon on Friday, after Italy’s new far-right government refused to accept it. More than 200 migrants were aboard the ship. (Image credit: Vincenzo Circosta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kevin Conroy has died at 66. The prolific voice actor’s gravelly delivery on the “Batman: The Animated Series” was for many Batman fans the definitive sound of the Caped Crusader.

President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers wondering if they’ll get debt relief at all.

U.S. stops taking student debt forgiveness applications after ruling  Reuters Howie Carr: Pot heads help keep Biden rolling  Boston Herald With federal student debt forgiveness blocked by judge, Ohio students, schools wait and see  NBC4 Columbus News Wrap: Ukrainian forces take back city

Russia’s ambassador to Tokyo has blamed Japan for straining relations between the countries by imposing sanctions on Moscow over its war with Ukraine.

The Biden administration has ramped up efforts to reduce methane emissions, targeting the oil and gas industry for its role in global warming, despite pressing energy producers for more oil drilling to lower gas prices.

After the withdrawal of Russian soldiers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported a further advance of his own troops on the regional capital Kherson in the south of the country. “Today is a historic day,” Zelensky said in his video

It was more than 36 years ago that NASA suffered one of its greatest tragedies, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold January morning in 1986. Yesterday, NASA reported that a piece of debris