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Ukraine and Russia exchange drone attacks while Russia continues its push in the east

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said it shot down some 60 drones and several missiles over its territory...

Dominicans vote in general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots Sunday...

Biden will deliver Morehouse commencement address during a time of tumult on US college campuses

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College o...

Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58

Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GO...

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s...

An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own Wa...

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have developed specific and highly credible intelligence suggesting...

Duchene scores winner in 2nd OT, Stars advance to Western Conference final with 2-1 win over Avs

DENVER (AP) — Matt Duchene took off down the ice, slid on his knees and pumped his right glove. That's...

Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging

NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over...

Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly...

70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in American...

Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black...

Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have...

Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba

HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought...

The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it

PHOENIX (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has planned presidential faceoffs...

Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where...

All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?

CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival ...

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections...

Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution...

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