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NATO poised to sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
The anticipated approval by the 30 NATO allies for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday will send the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.
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Brittney Griner writes a letter to President Biden asking for his help
The basketball star detained in Russia wrote a letter saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not " forget about me and the other American Detainees."
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A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit
The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.
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Alabama is using the case that ended Roe to argue it can ban gender-affirming care
The case marks one of the first known instances in which a conservative state has tried to apply the abortion ruling to other realms, just as LGBTQ advocates and others were afraid would happen.
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Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others
The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.
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Xi defends vision of Hong Kong while marking 25-year anniversary of handover
China's president says the "one country, two systems" framework is working — even as recent changes have all but eliminated dissenting voices in the territory.
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FDA says COVID boosters for the fall must target newer omicron types
With immunity waning and the super-contagious omicron family of variants getting better at dodging protection, the Food and Drug Administration decided boosters intended for fall needed an update.
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Pete Buttigieg launches $1B pilot to build racial equity in America's roads
The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.
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Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found
A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.
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20 men are convicted in the 2015 Paris terror attacks; one sentenced to life in prison
The deadliest peacetime attacks in French history killed 130 people. Chief suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.