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The House of Representatives kickstarted the process for another short-term government funding bill to avoid a shutdown while negotiations continue on an omnibus bill.
J. Scott Applewhite/APThis is the third stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government afloat since October.
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Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about National News
Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.
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School leaders say HBCUs are undeterred after a series of bomb threats National News
"We have to show that we are not afraid," Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough says. The FBI is probing the threats as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes.
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As Russian troops threaten to invade Ukraine, the U.S. publicizes what it says are Russian attempts to sow disinformation. The goal is to undermine Russian claims that might be used to provoke a war.
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The Biden administration will pay community groups to help boost trust in vaccines National News
The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach.
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Canadian truckers block a key border crossing, as their protest morphs and drags on National News
The "Freedom Convoy" began last month as a caravan of truck drivers who planned to drive to Ottawa to voice their opposition to the Canadian government's cross-border vaccine mandate.
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5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits National News
"The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days," a Norwegian official said, after athletes from some of the top medal-contending teams were disqualified from competing.
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A pub that claims to be England's oldest could close its doors because of COVID National News
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans dates back to the 8th century, with a storied past featuring medieval pigeons, Oliver Cromwell and tunnels once traversed by monks. Now its future is uncertain.
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