Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany is well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies.
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Student loan relief limited for many by U.S. drug war’s legacy
Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap.
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Danube drought reveals parts of hidden World War II history
The ships, some still laden with munition, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk by the Germans as they retreated from Romania as Soviet forces advanced.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes that resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
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South Carolina House OKs total abortion ban with exceptions
The bill as written allows no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest, but conservative Republicans say they will vote against such exceptions.
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Biden defends FBI, promotes ban on assault-style weapons
‘It’s sickening to see the new attacks on the FBI, threatening the life of law enforcement and their families, for simply carrying out the law and doing their job,’ the president tells a crowd in Pennsylvania.
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Death of Texas person could be first fatal monkeypox case in U.S.
The patient, who was not identified, was an adult resident of Harris County who was severely immunocompromised.
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Job vacancies rose in July, dashing Fed hopes for cooling
The number of open jobs in the United States rose in July after three months of declines, a sign that employers are still urgently seeking workers despite slowing economic growth and high inflation.
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Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied south
A surge in fighting on Ukraine’s southern front is fueling speculation that the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive to try to turn the tide of the war is underway.
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In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse
Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms.