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Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
President Donald Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off
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LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup
The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche
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Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics
President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group, quickly evoking some of the controversies of his first term
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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has memoir coming out in June
Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir about her eventful time in office
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A frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle
A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights
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At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey
Officials in Turkey say that a fire has raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in the northwestern part of the country during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people
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South Korea's Yoon defends his martial law decree in his first public appearance since his arrest
South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner
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South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation
The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy
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Rubio kicks off Trump foreign policy engagements in meetings with Indo-Pacific 'Quad'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan as the Trump administration kicks off its formal foreign policy engagements in discussions with the Indo-Pacific “Quad.”
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