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In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly
Monday, March 07, 2022
Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.
Death toll surpasses 6 million for the pandemic now in its 3rd year
Monday, March 07, 2022
Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.
On 'Bloody Sunday,' Harris reflects on the current fight for voting rights
Sunday, March 06, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Ala., to commemorate a defining moment in the struggle for the right to vote.
Watching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war
Sunday, March 06, 2022
Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to Sarajevo in the early 1990s. Some 350,000 people were trapped, subjected to daily shelling and cut off from regular access to electricity, food and medicine.
Putin says Ukraine's future is in doubt as cease-fires collapse
Sunday, March 06, 2022
Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to "declaring war" as Russian troops continued to shell encircled cities
At least 7 are dead after a large tornado hit central Iowa
Sunday, March 06, 2022
Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down southwest of Des Moines.
Evacuations are halted in an area of Ukraine where Russia had pledged a cease-fire
Saturday, March 05, 2022
Ukrainian officials said the work to evacuate civilians from two cities had halted amid shelling, just hours after Russia announced the deal.
'Dark Shadows,' 'Lethal Weapon' actor Mitchell Ryan dies at 88
Saturday, March 05, 2022
Mitchell Ryan died of congestive heart failure at his Los Angeles home, his stepdaughter, Denise Freed, told the Hollywood Reporter. He was 88.
North Korea fires another suspected ballistic missile into sea
Friday, March 04, 2022
Saturday's launch was North Korea's ninth round of weapons launches in 2022 as it attempts to pressure the Biden administration for concessions.
First Black University of Alabama student dies days after a building is named for her
Friday, March 04, 2022
Autherine Lucy Foster's death comes less than a week after university officials dedicated the campus building where she briefly attended classes in her honor.
The Miami Seaquarium is ending shows with Lolita, its 56-year-old orca
Friday, March 04, 2022
Lolita was captured five decades ago in the Puget Sound. Animal rights activists say she's the oldest orca in captivity and should live her final years back home in a seaside sanctuary.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan kills at least 30
Friday, March 04, 2022
The bombing was the latest act of violence in majority Sunni Muslim Pakistan, where minority Shiite Muslims have come under repeated attacks.
Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida
Friday, March 04, 2022
The measure in Florida comes as Republicans across the country move to tighten access to the procedure.
Stanford women's soccer player Katie Meyer has died at 22
Thursday, March 03, 2022
The goalkeeper memorably led the Cardinal to victory in the 2019 NCAA College Cup championship game.
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor drops his Texas reelection bid and admits to an affair
Thursday, March 03, 2022
The announcement followed reports that he had been in a relationship with the widow of an American-born recruiter for the Islamic State.
House to vote on bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits
Thursday, March 03, 2022
The bill would open up federal health care benefits to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service.
Neutral Finns and Swedes reconsider idea of NATO membership
Thursday, March 03, 2022
A change in public opinion in steadfastly neutral Finland and Sweden has taken place since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops
Thursday, March 03, 2022
The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.
A judge has blocked a Texas investigation of one transgender teen's parents
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Judge's order stops short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.
Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Films the son of Shane star Alan Ladd produced or greenlit, including Star Wars, won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations.