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A missile fired from territory controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Thursday, a U.S. defense official said, the latest attack threatening shipping in the crucial maritime chokepoint.

The floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November. (Image credit: Brian Inganga/AP)

The prospect of Donald Trump using the powers of the presidency as a tool of retribution has raised the stakes for a bipartisan push by Congress to tighten what data on Americans federal investigators can search without a warrant. Donald

‘Uniquely horrible choice:’ Few US adults want a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, an AP-NORC poll shows  Yahoo News

Rudy Giuliani made it ‘dangerous’ for Georgia election workers, attorney says in closing arguments in defamation case  CNN Live updates: Jury deliberates on how much Rudy Giuliani owes in Georgia election worker defamation trial  NBC News ‘He has no right to offer

An emboldened, confident Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia’s goals are met  The Associated Press Putin vows in annual press conference that Ukraine war will continue  NPR Putin Shares Demands for Ending War  Newsweek Putin says goals in

Joe Biden loses support among Black voters, Donald Trump gains ground  USA TODAY

Three things to know about the effort to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in Mass. and elsewhere  MassLive.com

Exclusive: Recordings describe 2020 Oval Office photo-op where Trump was briefed on fake electors and January 6  CNN

Testimony is completed in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial  CNN Testimony ends in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, but the verdict isn’t expected until next month  The Associated Press Trump loses fraud case gag order appeal: Live  The Independent