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A driver sits in the cab of a combine harvester during the summer harvest in a field of wheat in Varva, Ukraine. Ukraine accounts for more than 10% of the global wheat market. Russia's war threatens to disrupt the spring planting season.

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Both countries are huge suppliers of grains and other essential foods. And with widespread hunger and high food prices already, the war couldn't have come at a worse time.

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Many people adopted dogs during the pandemic and got used to letting them run free at nearly empty parks and school fields. Now, some cities are aiming to put those dogs back on the leash.

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There's no law against making laws in an election year. There are special challenges, but the hurdles may loom larger in lore than in reality.

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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.

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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

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Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down southwest of Des Moines.

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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin also said that any attempt to install a no-fly zone in Ukraine would cause catastrophic consequences for Europe and the world.

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