Ukrainian authorities didn’t immediately claim responsibility for the strike, which was the second drone attack on the Russian capital this month.
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President Biden to visit Maine on Friday
While his itinerary here is unclear, the Biden administration has been promoting support for resilient local economies.
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Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a U.S. military service chief
Lisa Franchetti was chosen based on the broad scope of her experience at sea and ashore, including several high-level policy and administrative jobs that give her deep knowledge in budgeting and running the department.
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New report points to homicide rate declines in U.S. cities after pandemic-era spike
Though numbers remained about 24% higher than they were in 2019, and motor vehicle thefts were up sharply in the analyzed cities.
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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others agree to AI safeguards set by White House
A surge of commercial investment in generative AI tools has brought public fascination as well as concern.
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Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
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Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
It involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create ‘a hit catalog rather than hit records.’
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By pulling out of Ukrainian grain deal, Russia risks alienating its few remaining partners
Putin’s actions not only threaten global food security but also could backfire against Russia’s own interests
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Northeast floods devastate farmers as months of labor, crops swept away
Storms dumped up to 2 months’ worth of rain in a couple of days in parts of the region.