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National Guard troops are outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon in Trump's latest deployment

National Guard troops are outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon in Trump's latest deployment

National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and could soon be in Memphis as President Donald Trump's administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime, whether local leaders support it or not.
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Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to lying to Congress five years ago. The plea kick-starts a process of legal wrangling in which defense lawyers will almost certainly move to get the indictment dismissed before trial, possibly by arguing the case amounts to a selective or vindictive prosecution.
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These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza

These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza

It’s been two years since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israeli leaders promised a punishing offensive. Here are some numbers showing the war’s toll.
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Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can “capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions,” the committee said.
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Michigan creates additional marijuana tax to fund Whitmer’s plan to ’fix the damn roads’

Michigan creates additional marijuana tax to fund Whitmer’s plan to ’fix the damn roads’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a new 24 percent tax on marijuana to create new revenue that will help fund long-promised major road repairs. The new wholesale tax will be levied on the sale of marijuana from producers to retailers.
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Democrats take legal aim at ‘the Radical Left’ language during shutdown

Democrats take legal aim at ‘the Radical Left’ language during shutdown

Democrats and a federal union argue that Trump administration language posted on federal agency websites and some emails blaming a shutdown on the “Radical Left Democrats” violates a 1939 federal law.
by Kirk Siegler

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Russian strike seriously damages Ukrainian power plant as winter approaches, officials say

Russian strike seriously damages Ukrainian power plant as winter approaches, officials say

Ukrainian authorities say a Russian strike has seriously damaged one of Ukraine’s thermal power plants in an overnight attack, as Moscow pursued its campaign to deny Ukrainians heat, light and running water as winter approaches. DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest electricity operator, said Wednesday that two workers were injured in the attack.
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