In just a week, Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones at the region, hitting the historic city center that had been largely spared since the beginning of the war.
Erica Nitschke
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Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
Climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
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Justice Department tells Texas that floating barrier on Rio Grande raises humanitarian concerns
President Biden’s administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier installed this month near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, was ‘unlawful.’
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Mega Millions jackpot grows to $820 million with possible cash payout of $422 million
ST. LOUIS — Mega Millions has upped the ante by another $100 million. The lack of a jackpot winner in the lottery game’s latest drawing on Friday night sent the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million. The numbers drawn late Friday were: 29, 40, 47, 50, 57, and gold Mega Ball 25. No tickets […]
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New report points to homicide rate declines in U.S. cities after pandemic-era spike
Though numbers remained about 24% higher than they were in 2019, and motor vehicle thefts were up sharply in the analyzed cities.
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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others agree to AI safeguards set by White House
A surge of commercial investment in generative AI tools has brought public fascination as well as concern.
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Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
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Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
It involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create ‘a hit catalog rather than hit records.’