The special grand jury has spent the last eight months examining potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
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Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in unflattering new book
Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavorable light.
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UN says hole in ozone layer slowly healing, could be mended by 2066
Scientists and environmental advocates across the world have long hailed the efforts to heal the ozone hole as one of the biggest ecological victories for humanity.
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Republicans eye tighter enforcement of Texas’ abortion ban as Legislature starts
Some Republicans want to punish companies that help employees get abortions out of state and override district attorneys who refuse to bring abortion-related criminal charges.
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Brazil cracks down after pro-Bolsonaro riots, vows to protect democracy
The protesters swarmed government buildings on Sunday, with many saying they want the Brazilian army to restore the far-right Jair Bolsonaro to power and oust the newly inaugurated leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Donors offer over $9 billion for Pakistan after devastating floods
The flooding killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed more than 2 million homes and covered as much as one-third of the country at one point.
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Ukraine school dismisses Russian claim that hundreds of troops killed there
The Russian Defense Ministry said its missiles hit two temporary bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in the city, killing 600 of them, late Saturday.
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Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp
In 2014, Hoda Muthana told her family she was going on a school trip but flew to Turkey and crossed into Syria instead, funding the travel with tuition checks that she had secretly cashed.
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California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
Northern and central parts of the state are forecast to get 6 to 12 inches of rain through Wednesday.
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old known as devoted to students
The Newport News police chief says the shooting was part of an altercation.