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A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains in February. The Ohio attorney general said Tuesday that the state is suing the railroad.
Gene J. Puskar/APThe lawsuit seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years ahead and economic losses in the area.
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Neurotech could connect our brains to computers. What could go wrong, right? National News
Connecting our brains to computers may sound like something from a science fiction movie, but it turns out the future is already here. One expert argues it's a slippery slope.
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Masatoshi Ito, who brought 7-Eleven convenience stores to Japan, has died National News
Convenience stores known as konbini have become a consumer staple in Japan. The country had more than 20,000 7-Eleven stores as of 2018.
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A major South Korean broadcaster omitted 'ladies' from Michelle Yeoh's Oscars speech National News
The broadcaster said it removed the word because of the connotation surrounding "ladies," offering a glimpse into the tense atmosphere surrounding gender discourse in South Korea.
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Russian fighter jet forces down U.S. military drone over Black Sea, U.S. says National News
The Russians claim the U.S. drone crashed on its own. Either way, it appears to be the most serious incident involving the U.S. and Russian militaries in the volatile region in and around Ukraine.
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President Biden says Jimmy Carter asked him to give his eulogy National News
The president made the remarks to attendees at a fundraiser in California, after which he added, "Excuse me, I shouldn't say that." Carter, 98, has been in hospice care since last month.
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Ron DeSantis says backing Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest, a sign of a GOP divided National News
Gov. Ron DeSantis is opposed to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. So is former President Donald Trump. The issue seems poised to become a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race.
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The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet conducting "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept" struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down.
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