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US hits targets in Syria, Iraq to retaliate for drone attack

The American air assault hit dozens of sites that are used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

 
Fill Lake Mead with Mississippi River water? Don’t rule it out

Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.

 
Fed unleashes another big rate hike but hints at a pullback

The Federal Reserve pumped up its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time but hinted that it could soon reduce the size of its rate hikes.

 
Biden pursues tougher gun laws in passionate speech

In an address to the nation Thursday night, President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines after a string of mass shootings in the country.

 
Ukraine moves cautiously in retaking areas near Kyiv

As Russian forces pull back from Ukraine’s capital region, retreating troops are creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday.

 
1M refugees flee Ukraine in week; Russian attacks relentless

After seven days of Russian assault, the United Nations announced that 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion, the swiftest exodus of refugees this century.

 
COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11 approved by US

U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.

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