Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate, has been detained in Russia since March on spying charges that U.S. officials call bogus.
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Massachusetts guard member pleads not guilty to posting classified documents
Jack Teixeira is accused of sharing classified documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security topics on Discord, a social media platform popular with people playing online games.
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Geraldo Rivera says he’s quitting Fox News’ political combat show ‘The Five’
‘It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years,’ he said in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday. ‘I hope it’s not my last adventure.’
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Israeli settlers storm into Palestinian town as Israeli airstrike escalates crackdown
The fighting further raised tensions heightened this week by a daylong Israeli military raid that killed 7 people, including a 15-year-old girl, and Tuesday’s mass shooting, whose victims included a 17-year-old Israeli boy.
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Allies pledge billions for Ukraine rebuilding and seek business investment at London conference
Politicians from Europe and the U.S. vowed that Russia would one day be made to pay for the destruction, though officials acknowledged that day is some way off.
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Railroads must alert first responders within 10 miles of derailed cargo train under new rule
The rule would force all railroads to send out information to all nearby emergency services anytime there is a derailment or hazardous chemical release, instead of expecting arriving firefighters to look up the details on an app.
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U.S. approves chicken made from cultivated cells, nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat
Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S.
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U.S. Coast Guard bringing in more ships, vessels to search for lost Titanic submersible
Three search vessels arrived on-scene Wednesday morning, including one that has side-scanning sonar capabilities.
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Tribal activists oppose Nevada mine key to Biden’s clean energy agenda as ‘green colonialism’
The administration says the lithium project will help speed up the shift away from fossil fuels. Opponents say it’s not worth the costs to the local environment and people.
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41 women die in riot in Honduran prison that president blames on ‘mara’ gangs
Prisoners belonging to the feared Barrio 18 gang reportedly burst into a cell block and shot other inmates or set them afire.