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By Associated Press Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in last month GOMA, Congo | Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Far from the nation’s capital, Kinshasa, eastern

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Judge nixes some of Georgia’s charges against Trump and his allies − but that won’t necessarily derail the case

By Anthony Michael Kreis Georgia State University The Conversation via AP A Fulton County judge has tossed out six of the 41 state charges against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia’s expansive election interference case against the former president and others. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued a ruling on March 13,

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Chris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book ‘Countdown 1960

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn’t only thinking about this year’s presidential election. The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, narrowly won by Kennedy, that featured the first televised presidential debates. Dutton announced Wednesday that “Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story

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Missouri Senate strikes deal to boost public-school funding in private-school tax-credit bill

By Missouri Independent via My Courier-Tribune Missouri Senate Democrats ended their filibuster Tuesday of a bill that seeks to expand the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program — agreeing to let the legislation come to a vote after Republicans added provisions boosting public school funding and teacher retention efforts. The bill receiving first-round approval in the

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Guilty Pleasures

By NewsPress Now Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson lead CMT Music Awards noms LOS ANGELES | Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, and Cody Johnson are the leading nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards, celebrating the best in country music videos. On Wednesday, CMT announced the nominees for their fan-voted awards

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Economic boost of county fairs

By Metro Creative County fairs might be all about fun, but they’re also great for local economies. A team of economic analysts affiliated with the University of Minnesota Extension found that every dollar invested in county fairs provides a return in spending of $4.43. That’s a significant economic boost that can be especially valuable to

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Republican Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, narrowing GOP’s slim majority

By Associated Press DENVER | Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s razor-thin House majority and potentially short-circuiting Rep. Lauren Boebert’s effort to succeed him. Buck, a staunch conservative who already declined to run for reelection as he became increasingly critical of his party’s handling of former

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Today in History

By Associated Press March 15 In 1493, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus arrived back in the Spanish harbor of Palos de la Frontera, two months after concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state. In 1917, Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich,

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Spring starts early as U.S. winter was warmest on record

By Associated Press Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged below zero. The state of Minnesota called the last three months “the lost winter,” warmer than its infamous “year

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Where to watch this year’s Oscar-winning films online

By Associated Press The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you’re still behind on watching? No worries. Here’s a guide on where to watch Sunday’s triumphant, though nominees that missed out on a statuette are worthy, too. Think “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Rustin,” “Past Lives,” “Nyad” and

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U.S. spearheads first UN resolution on artificial intelligence — aimed at ensuring world has access

By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the new technology is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all countries, especially those in the developing world, have equal access. The draft General Assembly resolution aims to close the digital divide between

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Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight

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