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Israel still plans to mount an offensive against Hamas at the Rafah border

Monday, February 19, 2024

Despite international pressure against the move, Israel's military is planning a ground invasion of Rafah. The southern Gaza city is currently sheltering over a million displaced Palestinians.

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Russia's military forces Ukrainian troops out of a strategically important town

Monday, February 19, 2024

As Ukraine struggles for military supplies and aid, a town in the eastern region of Donetsk that has been on the frontline for 10 years has fallen to Russia.

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Morning news brief

Monday, February 19, 2024

Russian forces now occupy a strategically important town in Ukraine's east. Israel still plans an offensive in Rafah. A controversial state military base camp is being built in Texas near the border.

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VP Harris addresses Alexei Navalny's death, stalled U.S. aid to Ukraine

Friday, February 16, 2024

In Munich, Vice President Kamala Harris rebuked isolationists in the U.S. and said Russia is responsible for Alexei Navalny's death in prison.

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Morning news brief

Friday, February 16, 2024

Ga. DA testifies in a hearing seeking her removal from Trump case. Israeli forces take over southern Gaza's largest hospital. Community holds a vigil for woman killed at Kansas City Chiefs' rally.

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Kansas City is the latest city left to grapple with the aftermath of a mass shooting

Thursday, February 15, 2024

The victory parade and rally for the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win turned into a tragedy as one person was killed and several others were injured during a mass shooting

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Migrant border crossings into the U.S. dropped significantly in January

Thursday, February 15, 2024

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the U.S. dropped by 50% in January.

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Judge in New York to rule on motions in Trump's hush-money criminal case

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is expected to appear in New York criminal court Thursday. The case is related to hush-money payments made to cover up a sex scandal during 2016's presidential campaign.

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Morning news brief

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Kansas City Super Bowl rally turns deadly. Source says Russia is working on nuclear capability that could threaten satellites. The number of migrants trying to cross into the U.S. fell in January.

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Georgia judge will consider removing prosecutor from election interference case

Thursday, February 15, 2024

A Georgia judge holds a hearing Thursday on the personal relationship between two prosecutors leading the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others.

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The Groundlings, a sketch and improv troupe in LA, celebrates its 50th anniversary

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The Groundlings has served as an incubator for comedy stars including Jennifer Coolidge, Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell.

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Farmers surround Paris in what they're calling a siege of the French capital

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A movable blockade by French farmers protesting inflation and competition from the European Union has reached Paris. Highways leading in and out of the city are blocked by hundreds of tractors.

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The dispute between Texas and the White House over border control escalates

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The state's attorney general says federal border patrol agents cannot have access to a strip of land on the northern banks of the Rio Grande that's been a hot spot for illegal border crossings.

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Morning news brief

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

U.S. weighs a response to a drone strike that killed American soldiers. Texas bars federal agents from entering a park used by migrants illegally entering the U.S. A farmers' blockade reaches Paris.

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Exploring the connections between bullying and school shootings

Monday, January 29, 2024

Classmates of the boy who carried out a deadly shooting this month at his Iowa high school say he was bullied for years. NPR's A Martinez investigates what role bullying plays in school shootings.

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Morning news brief

Monday, January 29, 2024

President Biden vows to respond to deadly drone attack in Jordan. Israel accuses the main U.N. agency in Gaza of aiding Hamas. House Republicans seek to impeach the chief of Homeland Security

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Trump testifies briefly in the defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll

Friday, January 26, 2024

Former President Donald Trump spoke for less than a minute. He insisted that his previous recorded statement about the allegations was true and that he did not intend to harm her.

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Morning news brief

Friday, January 26, 2024

U.N court to issue a provisional order in genocide case. Senate border talks press on despite pressure from Trump. Biden administration announces pause in approvals of natural gas export facilities.

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Nevada is the next stop on the presidential nominating calendar

Friday, January 26, 2024

Registered Republicans in Nevada have two opportunities coming up next month to vote for a GOP presidential nominee. The new process is creating some confusion among voters.

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FAA says Boeing's grounded 737 Max 9 jets can fly again after thorough inspection

Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration imposed sweeping jet production restrictions at the company's factories. Questions about quality control at Boeing's factories are mounting.

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