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About 375,000 customers in Florida are still without power, protesters in Burkina Faso gathered while diplomats met with the leaders of the country’s latest coup, the trial continues for five members of the Oath Keepers, Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter seems to be on again, Herschel Walker denies a report accusing him of paying for an abortion, country music legend Loretta Lynn has died
Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, Ukraine is going on the offensive against Russian invaders, flooding in Mississippi has impacted the city’s water supply, Pakistan is experiencing its worst monsoon season in years, Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop shooting and leave Iraq’s government buildings, stocks are still down on Wall Street
NASA said technical problems and bad weather pushed back the launch of the Artemis I rocket, the Justice Department said a specialized team went through documents seized from Trump’s Florida estate, the death toll for protests in Iraq has risen to 15, one year has passed since the U.S. military moved out of Afghanistan, a UN team is going to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, stocks fell again on Monday
The public has had a chance to review the FBI’s reasons for searching former President Trump’s home, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave a stark forecast for the U.S. economy, the number of global cases of monkeypox dropped by 21 percent, residents in a Ukrainian city say missiles sent debris flying through their homes, heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan have killed nearly a thousand people
President Biden rolled out plans to cancel up to $10,000 in federal college loans, the U.S. military conducted a precision airstrike in Syria, the United States announced roughly $3 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine, a federal judge in Texas said doctors are not required to perform an abortion as a part of emergency care, the United States has responded to Iran’s latest offer to revive the 2015 nuclear deal
Biden embarks on Middle East trip after meeting with Mexican president, the CDC is urging Americans to exercise greater caution due to two new omicron subvariants, a federal judge blocks Arizona’s ‘personhood’ abortion law, the Pentagon says a drone killed a senior ISIS commander, Belarus has launched new military drills along its border with Ukraine, lawmakers in Sri Lanka have agreed to elect a new president
The Biden administration celebrates a new bipartisan gun safety law, the U.S. government offers condolences to Japan following the assassination of Shinzo Abe, birth control pills might soon be sold over the counter without a prescription, a wildfire is inching closer to Yosemite National Park, contenders are lining up to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Putin is speeding up the application process for all Ukrainian citizens to become Russian citizens
The suspected mass shooter in the Chicago shooting faced a judge on Wednesday, TikTok could deliver Americans’ private user data to the Chinese government, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not resign, European Union leaders are starting to wean Europe off of Russian energy, the White House remains committed to bringing a WNBA basketball star home from a Russian jail
Texas’s top law enforcement officer is calling the Uvalde response an “abject failure,” the Supreme Court says Maine cannot withhold tuition assistance from students at rural religious schools, thousands of British railway workers are on strike, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine, two American citizens were captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine
UN chief visits Kyiv, Biden requests more aid for Ukraine, Moderna says vaccine is safe for young children, and the economy contracts
