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No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining
Jun 4, 2023 11:41 AM - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on Sunday in talks about Sweden's membership in the military organization with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with officials from the two countries to meet in just over a week to try to bridge their differences.
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Biden's 2024 pitch highlights pragmatism over Trump's pugilism
Jun 4, 2023 11:40 AM - President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in Washington and could bring stability to the capital. It seemed like a message out of step with the more combative era brought on by Donald Trump.
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Error in signaling system led to train crash that killed 275 people in India, official says
Jun 4, 2023 11:40 AM - The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.
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Missing man's body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing
Jun 4, 2023 11:40 AM - The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday.
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India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation's worst rail disasters
Jun 3, 2023 5:29 PM - Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday.
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Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Jun 3, 2023 5:26 PM - With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation's debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government's debt.
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Turkey's Erdogan takes oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term
Jun 3, 2023 8:00 AM - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as prime minister. Erdogan, 69, won a new five-year term in a runoff presidential race last week that could stretch his 20-year rule in the key NATO country that straddles Europe and Asia into a quarter-century. He took the oath in a session in parliament before an inauguration ceremony to be attended by dozens of foreign dignitaries.
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US hiring jumped last month, but so did unemployment. So how healthy is the economy?
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - The nation's employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.
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Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army base rebranding
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
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State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues -- one about abortion, and one about all other reproductive care.
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