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Live updates: Trump, largely silent on abortion, to hold rally in Pennsylvania – The Washington Post

Live updates: Trump, largely silent on abortion, to hold rally in Pennsylvania  The Washington Post

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Happening Is a Grim But Timely Warning from 1960s France

In Audrey Diwan’s tense and quietly radical film Happening, Anne, a bright young student in early 1960s France, discovers she’s pregnant. The law, as the doctor who breaks the news tells her, “is unsparing.” Anyone who helps her terminate the

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UN races to evacuate Mariupol as Russia seeks to mop up city ahead of V-Day

Ukraine says 500 rescued from beleaguered steel plant and elsewhere, but United Nations mum on operation as holed-up fighters accuse Moscow of breaking ceasefire

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U.S. provided Ukraine with intel on Russian warship before sinking, official says

The U.S. says it shared intelligence with Ukraine about the location of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva before the strike that sank the warship.

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U.S. job market extends hiring streak with 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation

America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs.

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The appetizing history of Zabar’s, a New York City culinary icon

A new book from 3rd-generation Lori Zabar, who died months before its publication, traces her family history from pogroms in Ukraine to enduring fame on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

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How Russian shelling has wreaked destruction on Azovstal steelworks over course of war

New satellite images of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol show how the site has been the target of extensive shelling over the course of the war.

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Ukraine wheat harvest set to drop by third: satellite imagery

Ukraine’s wheat production is likely to be down by at least a third from last year due to the Russian invasion, a data analysis firm that uses satellite imagery said Friday.’ Ukraine is a major producer and exporter of wheat,

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What Mark Esper’s Book Says About Donald Trump – Newsweek

What Mark Esper’s Book Says About Donald Trump  Newsweek Esper book details Trump rage at Pence and proposal to hit Mexico with missiles  The Guardian US I warned national guard of possible coup, Trump defense secretary says  The Guardian Trump Asked About Bombing

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Peloton Seeking Buyers for Stake of About 20% of Company

Peloton Interactive Inc. is seeking to sell a stake of about 20% as part of a push to turn around the embattled fitness company, according to a person familiar with the situation. The hope is to find a big-name corporation

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