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Arrests follow barricades and encampments as college students nationwide protest Gaza war
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China to send fresh crew to Tiangong space station
China will send a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday evening, Beijing's Manned Space Agency announced, the latest mission in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.Beijing also aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, and plans to build a base on the lunar surface.
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Russian priest presiding over Navalny's memorial suspended from duties
In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, the diocese did not say what was the reason for the punishment, which forbids the priest, Dmitry Safronov, from giving blessings, wearing the frock and bearing the church's priestly cross until 2027. Safronov was also to be moved to another church in Moscow to perform the duties of a psalm-reader.
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Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another weekslong lunar night. Temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius (minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit) during a lunar night, and rise to around 100 Celsius (212 Fahrenheit) during a lunar day.
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Reuters
Victims' families to urge US prosecute Boeing over fatal crashes
Families of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 will press U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday to criminally prosecute the planemaker after a January in-flight blowout exposed continuing safety and quality issues. Relatives and their lawyers are expected to argue that Boeing violated a 2021 deal with prosecutors to overhaul its compliance program following the crashes, which killed 346 people. Federal prosecutors agreed to ask a judge to dismiss a criminal charge against Boeing so long as it complied with the deal's terms over a three-year period.
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Reuters
Better US-China ties but still deep disagreements as Blinken starts visit
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AFP
Long-delayed Ukraine aid clears US Congress, awaits Biden signature
The US Congress gave final approval to a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine late Tuesday, with President Joe Biden quickly vowing to sign the long-delayed bill and begin delivering fresh supplies this week to the war zone as Russia makes battlefield gains.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Washington in December to plead for fresh aid, quickly thanked US lawmakers for passing the bill, saying on social media that he looks "forward to the bill being signed soon and the next mili
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Rep. Summer Lee fends off a primary challenge in a race that tested Democratic sentiment over Israel
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Victims of China floods race to salvage property
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow teachers to be armed
The legislation comes a year after a deadly Nashville shooting.
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Suspect in break-in at home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is charged with burglary, prosecutors say
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Pro-Palestinian student protests target colleges' financial ties with Israel
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Bob Casey and Dave McCormick advance to the general election in Pennsylvania, setting up a key race for Senate control
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131 million in U.S. live in areas with unhealthy pollution levels, lung association finds
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Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat
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Villagers in Mexico organize to take back their water as drought, avocados dry up lakes and rivers
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What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Donald Trump and presidential immunity
The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It's a historic day for the court, with the justices having an opportunity to decide once and for all whether former presidents can be prosecuted for official acts they take while in the White House. The court marshal will bang the gavel at 10 a.m. EDT and Chief Justice John Roberts will announce soon after the start of arguments in Donald J. Trump vs. United States of America, as the case is called.
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A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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Arizona Democrats attempt to repeal the state’s 19th century abortion ban
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state's near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election. Republicans have used procedural votes to block earlier repeal efforts, each time drawing condemnation from Democratic President Joe Biden, who has made his support for abortion access central to his campaign for reelection. Arizona Republicans have been under intense pressure from some conservatives in their base, who firmly support the abortion ban, even as it's become a liability with swing voters who will decide crucial races including the presidency, the U.S. Senate and the GOP's control of the Legislature.
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