While land routes could be the most efficient way to get aid into Gaza, President Biden has directed that ‘we not wait for the Israelis’ to get more humanitarian help in, more quickly.
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Power lines ignited largest wildfire in Texas history and one nearby, officials say
Downed power lines and other utility equipment have led to other major wildfires, including the deadly blaze in Maui last year and a massive California wildfire in 2019.
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Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
The White House said that having Sweden as a NATO ally ‘will make the United States and our allies even safer.’
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A blast rocks the Ukrainian city of Odesa during a visit by Zelensky and Greece’s prime minister
Foreign leaders have made numerous trips to Ukraine, and they occasionally have had to take refuge in shelters when air raid sirens sound.
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Massachusetts man who crashed snowmobile into a helicopter is suing the government for $9.5 million
Jeff Smith was severely injured in the accident, which happened at night after a Black Hawk crew landed the camouflaged aircraft during training.
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Betty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House
The stamp will be available starting April 5.
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Minnesota Rep. Phillips ends Democratic primary challenge and endorses Biden
Phillips was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency.
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Trump lawyers want him back on witness stand, ask for redo in E. Jean Carroll case
His lawyers say he deserves a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated the writer for her sex abuse claims against him. Two separate juries ordered him to pay a total of $83.3 million in the case.
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Charges are dropped midtrial in ‘Hotel California’ lyrics case
It was an abrupt end to the criminal case centered on roughly 100 legal-pad pages from the creation of a classic rock colossus. Don Henley plans to fight on.
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads
Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living in the isolated north have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.