Republican senators who didn’t sign the letter included a cluster of moderates – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah.
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Girl, 17, killed in California party shooting that wounds 5
Police say a 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting at a party near a college campus in Northern California
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Over 200 dead, many more missing after Congo floods
In the village of Nyamukubi, where hundreds of homes were washed away, rescue workers and survivors dug through the ruins Saturday looking for more bodies in the mud.
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Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief and public TV advocate, dies at 97
Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home while surrounded by loved ones, said his daughter, Nell Minow.
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Russia says bomber who injured novelist acted for Ukraine
Russia’s Investigative Committee said the suspect was a Ukrainian native and had admitted under questioning that he was working under orders from Ukraine.
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Thousands of Israelis protest government legal change plans
The protests have been held every week for most of the year and they continued despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing he was postponing the proposals to reach a compromise agreement.
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Iran hangs man accused of masterminding 2018 attack that killed 25
The Iranian-Swedish dual national had been a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, an Arab separatist movement that has conducted oil pipeline bombings and other attacks in Iran.
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Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions
Opill could become the first contraceptive pill to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter onto store shelves or online.
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1 dead, at least 6 wounded at Mississippi party shooting
No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning.
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Man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 case, longest sentence imposed yet
The judge calls a Kentucky man a ‘soldier against democracy’ who participated in ‘the kind of mayhem, chaos that had never been seen in the country’s history.’