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West claims Russians losing momentum; Small wins buoy Ukraine

“Ukraine can win this war,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that the alliance must continue to offer military support to Kyiv.

Angry abortion rights backers rally nationwide over post-Roe future

“I can’t believe that at my age, I’m still having to protest over this,” said Samantha Rivers, a 64-year-old federal employee who is preparing for a state-by-state battle over abortion rights.

Ukraine says Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east

After failing to capture Kyiv following the Feb. 24 invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has shifted his focus eastward to the Donbas, an industrial region where Ukraine has battled Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.

California woman struck by truck, body dragged 8 miles

Police in central California were searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck a woman walking her dog Friday and kept going, dragging her more than 8 miles to a hotel parking lot, where she was found dead.

Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say

Russia lost significant numbers of troops and important equipment when Ukrainian forces thwarted their attempt to cross a river in the east, British officials said Friday.

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Even small fires that once would have been easily contained are extreme threats to life and property because of climate change, said Brian Fennessy, chief of the Orange County Fire Authority.

 
Parents face baby formula shortage after safety recall

Months of spot shortages at pharmacies and supermarkets have been exacerbated by the recall at Abbott, which was forced to shutter its largest manufacturing plant.

US inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high

Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households.

Biden announces program offering discounted internet service

President Joe Biden announced Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.

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