Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his lies that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
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Israeli troops wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Israel has carried out a wave of arrest raids and other operations in recent weeks that it says are aimed at preventing further attacks after Palestinian assailants killed at least 14 people inside Israel.
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Florida becomes latest state to enact an abortion ban
The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions in the cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.
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Federal CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID cases rise
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
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Finland, Sweden move toward possible NATO membership amid Putin threats
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 triggered a surge in support for joining NATO in the two traditionally militarily non-aligned Nordic countries.
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Presidents from countries on Russia’s doorstep visit Ukraine
In one of the most crucial battles of the war, Russia said more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops had surrendered in the besieged port of Mariupol, but Ukraine denies the claim.
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Oklahoma governor signs bill making abortion illegal
The only exception is to save the life of the mother.
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Putin vows to press his invasion of Ukraine until Russia’s goals are met
Ukraine is investigating claims that a drone has dropped a poisonous substance on the city of Mariupol.
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Mariupol mayor says Russia has killed more than 10,000 civilians
Russia has appointed a seasoned general to lead its renewed push in the eastern Donbas region, where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014 and have declared independent states.
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Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all
The Tesla CEO was named to the board last week after snapping up $3 billion worth of stock, making him the company’s largest stakeholder.