Biden said the United States agrees with a proposal to outline a path for Ukraine’s eventual membership.
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Landslide tears apart luxury homes on Southern California’s Palos Verdes Peninsula
Twelve homes were red-tagged as unsafe, and residents were given just 20 minutes to evacuate.
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Republican’s block on confirmations leaves Marines without leader for 1st time in 100 years
Pentagon officials have pressed the Senate to move forward, saying that delays are already affecting more than 200 military officers, and many key leaders.
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Deadly flooding hits several countries; scientists said this will be increasingly common
Storms are forming in a warmer atmosphere, making extreme rainfall a reality right now. The additional warming that scientists predict is coming will only make it worse.
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How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides
Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine, according to a new statistical analysis.
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Florida in hot water as ocean temperatures rise along with the humidity
Global sea surface temperatures have been record high since April, and the North Atlantic has been off-the-charts hot since mid-March, meteorologists report, as climate change is linked to more extreme and deadly events.
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James Lewis, suspect in Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 people in the Chicago area in 1982, dead at 76
No one was ever charged in the deaths of seven people who took painkillers laced with cyanide, but Lewis served more than 12 years in prison for sending an extortion note to manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.
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Wall Street ticks higher ahead of updates on inflation, profits
Stocks ticked higher on Wall Street ahead of a week with updates on where inflation and corporate profits are heading
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Turkey reverses, agrees to swift vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier in the day introduced a new condition for approving Sweden’s membership, calling on European countries to ‘open the way’ for Turkey to join the European Union.
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Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin’s commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty
Though the Russian leader branded mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin a traitor as the revolt unfolded and vowed harsh punishment, the criminal case against Prigozhin on rebellion charges was later dropped.