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Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial

Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial

MOSCOW — The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye.
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Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent's comments that led to resignation

Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent's comments that led to resignation

MADISON, Wis.
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What's the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade?

What's the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade?

KANSAS CITY, Mo.
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At least 14 confirmed dead after an illegal open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela

At least 14 confirmed dead after an illegal open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela killed at least 14 people and injured several more, state authorities said Wednesday, as some other officials reported an undetermined number o
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Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method.
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Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children.
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Syria says an Israeli strike that hit a Damascus residential area killed 2 people

Syria says an Israeli strike that hit a Damascus residential area killed 2 people

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli strikes hit a neighborhood of the Syrian capital on Wednesday morning, killing two people and causing material damage, Syria's state TV said. There was no confirmation of the strikes from Israel.
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2 men are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City's Super Bowl celebration

2 men are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City's Super Bowl celebration

KANSAS CITY, Mo.
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Divers find body in Texas river of Audrii Cunningham, 11, who had been missing since last week

Divers find body in Texas river of Audrii Cunningham, 11, who had been missing since last week

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Divers have recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl from a Texas river days after she went missing last week and authorities are preparing to file a murder charge against a friend of the father who lived on her family’s pro
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The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip.
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