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Slovak prime minister in life-threatening condition after being shot, his Facebook profile says
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, according to his Facebook profile More »
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Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and in September
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates, on June 27 hosted by CNN and on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC More »
Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original 'catastrophe' with eyes on the war in Gaza
Palestinians across the Middle East are marking the anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel More »
Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have grilled prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars More »
On the eve of his visit to China, Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine in an interview with Chinese media More »
Fewer US overdose deaths were reported last year, but experts say it's too soon to celebrate
The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year More »
Pickup driver pleads not guilty in Florida bus crash that killed 8 Mexican farmworkers
Mexico's consulate in central Florida is working to support a community of farmworkers after a highway collision killed eight Mexican citizens and injured 40 other people More »
Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from some parts of the country’s northeast and were battling Russian troops in other areas More »
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia More »
Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers
A massive manhunt is underway in France for an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to spring an inmate they were escorting More »