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Russia backs the Myanmar junta’s efforts to “stabilize” the crisis-wracked country and hold elections next year, its foreign minister said in talks with top generals on Wednesday, according to Russian state media. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed in a car crash along with two young aides, President Biden signed an executive order to help women who cross state lines for abortions, the U.S. began

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan is one of the most controversial and perhaps consequential visits to Taiwan in decades. She has now left the self-governing island, but the fallout remains. Bonnie Glaser, director of the Asia program at

Sandy Hook family attorney exposes Alex Jones’ dishonesty during brutal cross-examination  CNN Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook Elementary School attack was ‘100% real’  6abc Philadelphia Alex Jones’ Damning Texts ACCIDENTALLY Sent to Sandy Hook Lawyer  The Daily Beast Jury Selection for Alex Jones

Eastern Kentucky is facing a new danger after last week’s devastating floods. Relief workers on Wednesday labored in heat indexes climbing to 100 degrees, as clean-up operations continued. More than 400 national guard troops are also deployed across the region

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski and two staffers killed in car crash  NBC News Indiana GOP Congresswoman Jackie Walorski killed in car crash  Fox News White House flags fly at half-staff in honor of Indiana Republican  The Hill Congresswoman Jackie Walorski killed in car

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was already in a mountain of legal trouble after he was found liable in Connecticut and Texas last fall for defaming families of victims who were killed in 2012’s Sandy Hook mass shooting—which Jones had repeatedly

French lawmakers have approved a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures to help struggling households cope with rising energy and food prices.

Netflix has cancelled the supernatural teen drama series First Kill—an unabashedly campy show that follows star-crossed lovers Juliette (a teenage vampire) and Calliope (a teenage monster hunter) and fully leans into its Romeo and Juliet-esque extravagance—less than two months since