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Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a government survey has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time. (Image credit: Sean

Kyiv’s military said it struck near Berdyansk, while the Ukrainian mayor of Russian-occupied Melitopol reported a large, unexplained explosion there.

The report expanded on this summer’s televised hearings, describing in detail what it called former President Donald J. Trump’s “multipart plan” to overturn the 2020 election.

The report expanded on this summer’s televised hearings, describing in detail what it called former President Donald J. Trump’s “multipart plan” to overturn the 2020 election.

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Thom Bell, one of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia,” has died.

Some in Congress say tight budgets doomed the grants, which supporters see as a display of U.S. backing.

Stocks are wavering on Wall Street and headed for weekly losses as investors reviewed mixed news on the economy.

You’ll read about a Kenyan ice sculptor, the risks to women from food insecurity, a poignant street encounter — and goats locking horns with sheep in a changing climate. (Image credit: Forest P. Hayes; Michael Kaloki)

A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown.