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Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial

by RANDALL CHASE and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

A jury will decide whether the network aired false claims about the 2020 election with actual malice.

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Probe of deadly Black Hawk crash begins as Army IDs victims

by DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

A special military investigative team was on the scene Friday but rain and wind have slowed the early work, Army officials said.

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Biden’s strategy on Trump indictment: No comment

by SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

President Biden says he’s not going to talk about his predecessor’s New York indictment.

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NYPD braces for protests, possible violence following Trump indictment

by Thomas Tracy New York Daily News (TNS) March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury, an unprecedented legal move marking the first criminal charges in U.S. history brought against a former president.

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Vatican: Pope to leave hospital on Saturday, eats pizza

by FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic, where doctors said the pontiff was receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat his bronchitis.

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Russia might put nuclear weapons in Belarus, leader says

by YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that his country intended to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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Ukraine marks grim anniversary of Bucha’s liberation

by ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

The town’s name evokes Russian savagery, with bodies found in the streets and in mass graves – some showing signs of torture.

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Biden to Russia on detained U.S. journalist: ‘Let him go’

by SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

President Biden is urging Russia to release Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin grad, after the country’s security service arrested him on espionage charges.