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Biden touts chips law at Intel groundbreaking in Ohio
The president is taking partial credit for helping push bipartisan legislation through Congress to incentivize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.
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EU nations struggle to find joint approach on energy prices
Energy ministers of the EU’s 27 nations could not agree on whether and how to impose a price cap on Russian natural gas.
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Storm’s fierce winds complicate California wildfire fight
Two people died while fleeing the wildfire on Monday and at least 12 structures have been destroyed.
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U.S., Trump team propose names for arbiter in Mar-a-Lago probe
The Justice Department proposed two retired judges for the role. Trump’s team proposed a retired judge and a lawyer.
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Poliovirus detected in more wastewater near New York City
Health officials began checking for signs of the virus in sewage water after the first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade was identified in July in Rockland County.
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Russian-occupied reactor at increased safety risk, UN warns
Continued shelling around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has cut power cables and rendered layers of safety-backup systems ineffective.
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Art Spiegelman to receive honorary National Book Award
The unexpected pleasure of being cited by the National Book Foundation comes months after the jarring saga of his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” being withdrawn by a Tennessee school board.
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Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, FBI over Russia investigation
A federal judge in Florida has rejected the former president’s claims that Clinton, the FBI and others concocted the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his administration.
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King Charles III, in first address, vows `lifelong service’
King Charles III, who spent much of his 73 years preparing for the role, met the prime minister and prepared to address a nation grieving the only British monarch most people alive today had ever known.