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The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops

Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations.

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Australians Reunite as the Country’s Border Reopens After a 20-Month Ban

CANBERRA, Australia — Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travelers tearing away mandatory masks to see faces of loved ones

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Trump escalates his January 6 cover-up as political comeback steps up a gear – CNN

Trump escalates his January 6 cover-up as political comeback steps up a gear  CNN

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‘We didn’t deface the Eiffel Tower’: Australia responds after Macron accuses Morrison of lying over submarine deal

Australia has hit back at France after French President Emmanuel Macron accused the country’s PM Scott Morrison of lying to him over an abandoned £49bn submarine contract in favour of teaming up with the US and UK in a new

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Three dead as gunmen, in name of Taliban, attack Afghan wedding over music

But hardline Islamist government says 3 attackers were not acting on its behalf; 2 arrested and will be brought to trial, 3rd suspect on the run

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Defies Forecasts and Keeps a Majority in the Election

(Bloomberg) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida firmed up his month-old government with an election that saw his Liberal Democratic Party avoid the worst-case scenarios that opinion polls had suggested beforehand. The LDP won 261 seats to preserve its outright

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