The number of warheads Beijing has could increase to 700 within six years, a report says, and may top 1,000 by 2030.
Tim Allen
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Supreme Court seems ready to strike down New York gun law
But the justices also appear worried about issuing a broad ruling that could threaten firearm restrictions on subways, bars, stadiums and other gathering places.
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Clogged ports hold up shipments from California farmers
They say they are having trouble exporting their crops because of delays in the global supply chain.
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Former Maine man gets at least 50 years in Timberland staffer’s death
The ex-security guard pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a marketing director at the outerwear company’s New Hampshire headquarters last year.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Boston elects first woman and Asian American as mayor
Michelle Wu’s victory marks a turning point for the city, which had chosen only white men as mayor before her.
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Facebook removes Ethiopian prime minister’s post for inciting violence
Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to rise up and ‘bury’ the rival Tigray forces who now threaten the capital.
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France frees U.K. trawler caught up in English Channel fishing dispute
London and Paris have traded threats and allegations for weeks over French demands for licenses to fish in U.K. waters.
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Stocks rise after Fed says it will dial back aid for economy
The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%, both marking their fifth straight gain.
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Voters say ‘yes’ to early closing time for Miami Beach bars
The referendum was held Tuesday in response to increasingly raucous crowds and public drinking in the South Beach entertainment district.
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New York City braces for fewer cops, more trash as vax deadline looms
Nearly one-fifth of municipal employees covered by the impending mandate had yet to receive at least one vaccine dose as of Thursday.