Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives.
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Russia ‘largely stalled’ in Bakhmut, shifting focus, U.K. says
The top commander of Ukraine’s military says his forces are pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut.
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‘There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26
Preliminary information from storm reports and radar data indicate that it was on the ground for more than an hour and traversed at least 170 miles.
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Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
The new law makes clear that adults can be rendered vulnerable to abuse even occasionally, as situations present themselves.
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Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally
A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.
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Greene’s DC jail visit pulls Republicans closer to Jan. 6 rioters
In actions and legislation, Republicans are seeking to portray perpetrators of the Capitol riot as victims of zealous federal prosecutors, despite many being convicted of serious crimes.
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Texas police: Migrants found ‘suffocating’ in train; 2 dead
Union Pacific railroad said the people were found in 2 cars – 12 in a shipping container and 3 in a hopper car – on the train bound for San Antonio.
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Personal finances stressing half of lower income U.S. households
The poll also finds that those earning at least $100,000 annually are more likely to expect their situation will improve in the year ahead.
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Utah social media law means kids need approval from parents
The crusade shows how perceptions of Big Tech have changed among typically pro-business Republicans.
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House Republicans pass parents’ rights bill in clash over schools
It would require schools to publish course studies and a list of books kept in libraries, as well as affirm parents’ ability to meet with educators, speak at school board meetings and examine school budgets.