North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveled to Russia last month to meet President Vladimir Putin and visit key military sites.
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Retired university dean who was married to author Ron Powers shot to death on Vermont trail
Honoree Fleming, 77, died from a gunshot wound to the head Thursday, police said. She was found on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail about a mile south of the Castleton campus of Vermont State University.
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Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation
Hours after the incursion began, Israeli troops were still fighting Hamas gunmen in 22 locations near the Gaza Strip, and an unknown number of Israeli soldiers and civilians had been taken hostage.
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California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat
In choosing Butler, a Democratic strategist, Gov. Gavin Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat should become open.
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Truck crash in Illinois kills 5, seriously injures 5 and forces an evacuation due to ammonia leak
The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will review the crash, which also prompted an evacuation of area residents.
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Man arrested in killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur was released from prison in 2022
Jason Billingsley, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Pava LaPere, was released from prison last October after serving a shortened sentence for a 2013 rape.
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Colleges should step up diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, Biden administration says
The Education Department issued a report Thursday promoting strategies to increase diversity in the wake of a Supreme Court decision barring colleges from considering the race of applicants in the admission process.
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16-year-old boy arrested in England over ‘deliberate’ felling of famous tree at Hadrian’s Wall
Photographs from the scene on early Thursday showed that the tree was cut down near the base of its trunk, with the rest of it lying on its side.
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One investor’s uphill battle to turn rewilding into a multibillion-dollar industry
Jeremy Leggett is betting that the biodiversity restoration sector will soon be worth a fortune. Not everyone is convinced.
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Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia’s war
Across the globe, restrictions on food exports are spilling over, from rice and wheat to other essentials.