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Hear Zelensky’s message for Putin from inside the White House – CNN

Hear Zelensky’s message for Putin from inside the White House  CNN Biden greets Zelensky at White House  The Hill Biden, Zelenskyy meet at White House as U.S. readies more Ukraine aid  CBS News

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Meta will pay $725M to settle Facebook user privacy lawsuit

Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in

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Judge kept plea deals by FTX executives secret to get founder Bankman-Fried to U.S.

A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s executive associates were cooperating with investigators so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas to the United States.

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Winter storm creates treacherous holiday travel season

It’s a winter storm of epic proportions and created one of the most treacherous holiday travel seasons the U.S. has seen in decades. So far, there are reports of at least seven weather-related deaths and some 4,900 flights were canceled

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Jury finds Tory Lanez guilty in Megan Thee Stallion’s shooting

A Los Angeles jury on Friday found rapper Tory Lanez guilty of three felonies in the 2020 shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion that left her wounded with bullet fragments in her feet.

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News Wrap: House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding government shutdown

In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home in Kyiv after a trip to Washington that helped secure a new $1.8 billion

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News Wrap: House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding government shutdown

In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home in Kyiv after a trip to Washington that helped secure a new $1.8 billion

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News Wrap: House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding government shutdown

In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home in Kyiv after a trip to Washington that helped secure a new $1.8 billion

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Jan. 6 committee urges Congress to consider barring Trump from holding office

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report Thursday night. The committee lays the blame squarely on former President Trump, writing none of the events would have happened without him. The members conclude

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Jordan battles influx of cheap amphetamines from neighboring Syria

In the first part of our series on the regional drug trade in the Middle East, we explored how crystal meth is affecting Iraq. In this segment, we turn our attention to Captagon, a cheap amphetamine that is popular in

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