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The Pentagon said February 2 it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States, reviving tensions between the two countries just days ahead of a rare visit to Beijing by the top US diplomat.

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China says it’s looking into suspected spy balloon over U.S.; Canada monitoring ‘potential second incident’

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Memphis police chief behind the Scorpion unit ran a similarly aggressive squad in Atlanta

A satellite view of the northeast of the U.S., on Feb. 2, 2023.

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Family of double amputee killed by police call police encounter a 'murder'

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As weight loss drugs soar in popularity, many who could benefit can't get them

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New Jersey borough council member is fatally shot in her car, prosecutors say

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Woman presumed dead was found gasping for air in body bag at Iowa funeral home

Police on the scene in Wyoming, Ohio, where Joseph Frasure Jr. was shot.

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‘None of this adds up’: Family wants answers after Ohio man fatally shot by police

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15-year-old boy found with car belonging to one of three missing Michigan rappers

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Hae Min Lee's family demands appellate court reinstate Adnan Syed's murder conviction

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Kyle Rittenhouse wrongful death lawsuit can proceed, a federal judge rules

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Matthew Walsh, a commentator for the right-wing news outlet "The Daily Wire," during a rally against gender-affirming care in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 21, 2022.

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How Tennessee axed millions in HIV funds amid scrutiny from far-right provocateurs

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Saint Anselm College

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Pompeo characterizes Jan. 6 as 'a peaceful transition of power' from Trump to Biden

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a press conference on committee assignments at the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023.

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Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee

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Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law

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N.Y. man pleads guilty to threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Congress

Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won't get better

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders to deliver Republican State of the Union response

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Ukraine fears an imminent Russian invasion.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine warns Putin has amassed troops for a major and imminent offensive

For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to help them reach eternal life. According to study published Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in the journal Nature, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.

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How do you make a mummy? Ancient Egyptians’ surprising formulas revealed

Adani, the Indian billionaire whose business empire was rocked by allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research, said his company will make more investments in Israel.

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A U.S. short seller's fraud accusations dethroned Asia's richest man. Here's what to know.

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U.S. expands military presence in the Philippines as China looms in region

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Australia is removing the British monarch from its bank notes

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U.S. expands military presence in the Philippines as China looms in region

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Australia is removing the British monarch from its bank notes

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TikTok announces first Visionary Voices list for Black History Month

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Tom Brady retires, again — but this time 'for good,' so he says

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TikTok announces first Visionary Voices list for Black History Month

Culture Matters

Tom Brady retires, again — but this time 'for good,' so he says

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A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. A court has given Elon Musk until Friday to close his April agreement to acquire the company after he earlier tried to back out of the deal.

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Twitter will start charging for tools used by thousands of developers

A sign announcing a pending sale in front of a house on Jan. 23, 2023, in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Fed's interest rate hike means pricey mortgages aren't going away anytime soon

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Class-action lawsuits alleging deceptive practices by Beyond Meat will be combined in Chicago

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For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to help them reach eternal life. According to study published Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in the journal Nature, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.

Nikola Nevenov / AP

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How do you make a mummy? Ancient Egyptians’ surprising formulas revealed

An exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope in 2019.

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Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project

Bobbi Wilson holds up her collection of spotted lanternflies as she was honored at the Yale School of Public Health for her efforts in eradicating the invasive species in her hometown of Caldwell, N.J.

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Yale honors Black girl who police were called on for spraying lantern flies

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'Live fast, die young': An endangered marsupial may be mating itself to death

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U.S. takes aim at global shark fin trade

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'Live fast, die young': An endangered marsupial may be mating itself to death

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U.S. takes aim at global shark fin trade

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