Sorokin, whose exploits inspired a Netflix series, has been released from immigration custody into home confinement.
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Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on ‘wokeness’
The former football star has staked out familiar conservative ground on America’s most glaring societal fissures, seemingly contradicting his promises of unity.
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Truck bomb hits bridge to Crimea, hurts Russian supply lines
Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia.
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Hurricane Ian pummeled shrimp industry already hit by cheap imports
Florida shrimpers are asking if Hurricane Ian could be the last nail in the coffin for the industry.
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UN: Ukraine nuclear power plant loses external power link
The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at around 1 a.m. Saturday.
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Disasters like Ian pose extra risk for fragile older people
Almost all of the dozens of people killed by Ian in hardest hit Lee County were 50 or older, with many in their 70s, 80s and even 90s.
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Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ talk edges beyond bounds of U.S. intelligence
His off-the-cuff comments about the nuclear stakes ripple around the globe.
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Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer
The USDA says Texas farmers are likely to abandon nearly 70% of their spring planting.
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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage
Uvalde families have said students in the district are not safe so long as officers who waited so long to confront and kill the gunman remain on the job.
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Trump super PAC reserves millions in airtime in key states
The newly formed MAGA Inc. super PAC places reservations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Arizona.