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Multiple state capitols evacuate due to safety threats, but no dangerous items found

Multiple state capitols have received threats that led to evacuations or lockdowns as police investigated, but no evidence of dangerous items has been found.

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U.S. Women Are Stocking Up on Abortion Pills

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. Medication abortion

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New York City Could Get Its First Significant Snowfall in Nearly Two Years This Weekend

Millions of Americans in the Northeast should brace themselves for snowfall on Saturday evening in what meteorologists are calling a significant storm after a nearly two-year-long snow drought in certain major cities. The gravity of the storm is still to

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing with NSC spokesman John Kirby as war in Gaza continues

The assessment offers the firmest U.S. support for Israeli claims about the Shifa hospital complex, which was raided by Israeli forces in November in an operation decried by global humanitarian organizations and some members of President Joe Biden’s party.

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing with NSC spokesman John Kirby as war in Gaza continues

The assessment offers the firmest U.S. support for Israeli claims about the Shifa hospital complex, which was raided by Israeli forces in November in an operation decried by global humanitarian organizations and some members of President Joe Biden’s party.

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing with NSC spokesman John Kirby as war in Gaza continues

The assessment offers the firmest U.S. support for Israeli claims about the Shifa hospital complex, which was raided by Israeli forces in November in an operation decried by global humanitarian organizations and some members of President Joe Biden’s party.

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Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in deal brokered by United Arab Emirates

Ukrainian authorities say that 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home and Russia’s Defense Ministry says that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed from Ukrainian captivity.

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‘Make Britain great’: right-wing upstarts threaten U.K. Tories

A fringe right-wing political party founded by Eurosceptic populist Nigel Farage is once again posing a headache for Britain’s ruling Conservatives before this year’s UK general election. Reform UK — formerly called the Brexit Party and whose leader admires ex-US

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Biden Must Push Netanyahu

In less turbulent times, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was known by the nickname Mr. Security, but in the aftermath of Hamas’ murderous October 7 assault on Israel, the better moniker for Netanyahu might be Dr. No. In recent weeks,

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Court Says Texas Can Ban Certain Emergency Abortions. What That Means

Texas hospitals cannot be required to perform emergency abortions to stabilize the life of a patient, a federal appeals court ruled, despite federal guidance to the contrary.  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Texas Attorney

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