A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly 8 years ago says a 2nd autopsy of the exhumed body is complete.
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Alaska oil plan opponents lose 1st fight over Willow project
State political leaders and labor unions have touted the Willow project as a job creator, expected to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day.
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1st moon crew in 50 years includes woman, Black astronaut
The first moon crew in 50 years – three Americans and one Canadian – was introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control.
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Abortion rights hang in the balance in most expensive Wisconsin high court race
Liberals have cast the race as a defining moment for their side to potentially overturn the state’s 1849 abortion ban law and redraw maps created by Republicans that have led to them increasing their control of the Legislature.
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Immigration reform is mired in politics a decade after Gang of 8’s big push
President Biden endorsed a sweeping immigration package on his Inauguration Day, but it went nowhere in Congress.
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Chinese surveillance balloon picked up intelligence from U.S. military sites
An American fighter jet shot down the balloon near the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.
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Jailed U.S. reporter’s lawyers appeal his arrest in Russia
Evan Gershkovich was put in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.
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Russia blames Ukraine for bomb that killed military blogger
The bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe, which also wounded more than 30 other people, was the latest attack inside Russia on a high-profile pro-war figure.
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Trump returns to New York to face historic criminal charges
The former president is due to be arraigned on Tuesday on multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least 1 felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury last week.
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With no peace in sight, NATO countries eye more Ukraine help
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the country $70 billion in military aid to help thwart Russia’s full-scale invasion.