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E.U. agrees to open membership talks for Ukraine

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

The European Union announced Thursday that it had agreed to open membership talks for Ukraine, bringing Kyiv closer to a long-held goal.

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Texas leaders approve school library rules amid ongoing fight about inappropriate books

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

Texas school libraries must have policies to prohibit the possession or purchase of books determined to be “sexually explicit.”

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Poison center calls related to injected weight-loss drugs up 1,500%

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

America’s Poison Centers reported nearly 3,000 calls this year involving the weight loss drug semaglutide — a 15-fold increase since 2019, according to CNN.

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Putin vows Russian victory in war as Ukraine’s allies waver

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

President Vladimir Putin said Russia remains determined to achieve its military aims in Ukraine, as divisions over U.S. and European aid threaten to undermine Kyiv’s ability to repel the invasion.

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As Biden-Netanyahu gulf widens, Israeli leader vows to continue Gaza war ‘until the end’

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

When President Joe Biden touched down in Israel 10 days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet formally declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the two leaders shared a warm embrace. That tight bear hug eight weeks ago is now entwined with some of the most hellish aspects of this war.

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Senate passes defense bill, steers clear of far-right policies

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $886 billion defense bill that would set Pentagon policy and defy the demands of hard-right Republicans who had failed to attach a raft of deeply partisan restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives.

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House approves Biden impeachment inquiry as it hunts for an offense

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – The House voted Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, pushing forward with a yearlong Republican investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors.

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House approves Biden impeachment inquiry as Northwest lawmakers split along party lines

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – The House voted along party lines Wednesday to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with all Republicans in favor and every Democrat opposed to the measure, which gives the GOP majority more authority to continue a yearlong investigation that has produced no evidence of the high crimes or misdemeanors for which a president can be impeached.

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Testimony ends in $250 million fraud lawsuit against Trump in New York

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Testimony concluded Wednesday in a $250 million fraud trial against Donald Trump and his company in New York state, a case in which the presiding judge may issue a bench verdict in January.

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Oprah Winfrey painting by Chicago artist is unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

As if Oprah Winfrey needed any more immortalizing. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday unveiled a portrait of Winfrey painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren to be part of the museum’s permanent collection.

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Missouri Republican withdraws bill allowing murder charges for people who get abortions

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

A Missouri Republican lawmaker on Wednesday scrapped a bill that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state after facing intense criticism.

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Supreme Court to decide issue tied to hundreds of Jan. 6 cases

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

The Supreme Court accepted a case Wednesday that could affect hundreds of prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as well as one of the federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump.

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Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will decide this term whether to limit access to a key abortion drug, returning the polarizing issue of reproductive rights to the high court for the first time since the conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

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Biden says ‘indiscriminate bombing’ in Gaza is costing Israel support

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

President Biden offered sharp criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conduct of the war on Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday, suggesting that Israel's closest ally and biggest donor is souring on a campaign that has killed thousands of Palestinians and sparked a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

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Parents of 3 Chicago Public Schools students file suit alleging gym teacher groomed, sexually assaulted them

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

The parents of three Chicago Public Schools students have accused former Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School gym teacher Andrew Castro, 37, of sexually assaulting three boys from the same family over four years until early 2022.

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Russia attacks Kyiv with missiles after Zelenskyy leaves US

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Ukraine said Russia targeted its capital city with missiles for a second time in three days as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy departed the U.S. where he failed to unlock aid for the war effort.

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Countries clinch climate deal on reducing fossil fuels

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Nations reached a breakthrough climate agreement Wednesday, calling for a transition away from fossil fuels in an unprecedented deal that targets the greatest contributors to the planet's warming.

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Stanford launches emerging-tech project co-led by Hoover Institution’s Condoleezza Rice

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is helping lead a new Stanford University initiative to provide “one-stop shopping” for government, businesses and the public to obtain timely information about new and evolving technologies.

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Zelensky unable to win over Congress as Biden’s Ukraine package stalls

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 12, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy failed on Tuesday to secure a breakthrough with Congress as it remains firmly deadlocked over President Biden’s request for additional U.S. military assistance for Ukraine, even though many lawmakers appeared to agree that the war’s outlook would only worsen without a continuation of American support.

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Russian prison authorities remain silent on Navalny’s whereabouts

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 12, 2023

MOSCOW — Supporters of the imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny say they have had no contact with him for a week. Navalny was not connected by video to a court hearing in the city of Kovrov on Tuesday, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on the news service X, formerly Twitter. She added that an employee of the IK-6 detention centre had said that the prisoner had "left the ...

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