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'X' gender marker soon available on passports as part of push for inclusivity

The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that starting April 11 people applying for U.S. passports will be able to select "X" to mark their gender in a move desi

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Madeleine Albright, 1st female secretary of state, dead at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday from cancer at age 84, according to her family.Albright was nominated for secret

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Pentagon's John Kirby says latest airstrike indicates Russian forces are 'broadening their target sets'

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Russian forces are "broadening their target sets" after rockets hit a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border overnight.

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Ukraine's first lady emerges as a staunch defender of her nation on social media

Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world's media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the "mass murder of Ukrainia

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Requiring masks in K-12 schools cut Covid-19 infections, study shows

As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public K-12 schools that required them in the fall

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Ketanji Brown Jackson endorsed by fellow clerks, Supreme Court insiders

They labored together in the shadows of legal giants on the nation's highest court, seeing firsthand what it takes to be a justice. Now, a group of two-dozen former law

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With roadblocks, rifles and Ukrainian flags, Kyiv residents brace for arrival of huge Russian convoy

A drive through central Kyiv leaves no room for doubt. This is a city preparing for a major Russian attack.Rows of concrete panels arranged in maze-like formations. Ant

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GOP leaders condemn Greene, Gosar for attending white nationalist event

Days after GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared at an event organized by a white nationalist, Republican party leaders are condemning them for atten

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Africa faces tough job not to become world's plastic 'dustbin'

What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastics? That's one of the big questions facing United Nations members next wee

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Is the Ukraine-Russia meeting a path forward or political sideshow?

The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit

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Is the Ukraine-Russia meeting a path forward or political sideshow?

The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit

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Is 'stealth Omicron' BA.2 more dangerous?

The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth Omicron" is now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don't know how it

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Is 'stealth Omicron' BA.2 more dangerous?

The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth Omicron" is now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don't know how it

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Putin's speech was shocking to many, but not to people in Kyiv

The morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Ukraine had no right to exist as an independent state, many in the country's capital, Kyiv, appeared g

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16-year-old Indian chess sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stuns world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen

Sixteen-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned Magnus Carlsen on Sunday, beating the world No. 1 during the Airthings Masters.Praggnanandhaa, nicknamed Pragg, belie

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Sandy Hook families settle with Remington, marking 1st time gun-maker held liable for mass shooting

Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, acco

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UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard

Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major UN report on how global warming disrupts people's lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself.The Un