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  1. Can I kick out my boyfriend if we’re in a common-law marriage?
    1 hour ago• Business
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  2. Russia pushes false crisis actor claims about video from Bucha, Ukraine
    1 hour ago• Nation & World
    A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
  3. Pharmacists gain leeway to treat COVID, despite doctors’ concerns
    1 hour ago• Health
    The easy availability of pharmacists also helped propel them into a key role during the pandemic as they became a go-to resource for COVID-19 testing and vaccines. Yet even before the pandemic engulfed the country, many states were giving pharmacists a bigger role in consumers’ health.
  5. Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court
    2 hours ago• Nation & World
    Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 21. Three Republicans have said they will support Jackson's nomination in a vote expected Thursday.
  6. Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A Ukrainian serviceman jumps from a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle after collecting parts and ammunition in the village of Andriivka, Ukraine, heavily affected by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Wednesday. Several buildings in the village were reduced to mounds of bricks and corrugated metal and residents struggle without heat, electricity or cooking gas.
  7. Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices, cite record profits
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this Oct. 28, 2021, photo, Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, testifies via video conference during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on the role of fossil fuel companies in climate change, with Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., at left, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats are accusing oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from higher gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine. Oil executives, testifying before Congress for the second time in six months, responded that oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices.
  8. U.S. experts discuss COVID boosters for the fall and beyond
    Yesterday• Health
    Medical personnel reach for pre-loaded syringes as they vaccinate students at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans on Jan. 25. The vaccination drive against COVID-19 in the U.S. is grinding to a halt, and lagging demand is especially stark in conservative corners of the country where many people weren't interested in the shots in the first place.
  9. Black college students experiencing racism lack mental health support
    Yesterday• Health
    When Daisha Williams was a student at Appalachian State University, in Boone, North Carolina, she says she experienced racism on campus. A growing body of research has documented the detrimental health effects of both interpersonal and structural racism.
  10. Federal COVID funding is running out for community health workers
    Yesterday• Health
    Christina Scott (left) and Brandi Camren load groceries into a car at Community Care Center’s food bank in Granite City, Illinois. Scott planned to take them to one of her clients.
  11. West set to toughen sanctions on Russia; Ukraine urges more
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. Western governments prepared Wednesday to toughen sanctions against Russia and send more weapons to Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the world of failing to end Moscow’s invasion of his country.
  12. California may empower citizens to sue over illegal firearms
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A person passes a memorial near the location of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Monday. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting a day earlier.
  13. Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button for users’ tweets
    Yesterday• News
    In this March 22 photo, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany. Musk, who is now Twitter's largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button. More than 3 million people have voted as of Tuesday. Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from Musk's poll.
  14. JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, could spark bid war
    Yesterday• Business
    The tail of a JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 is shown as the plane prepares to take off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier.
  15. Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, waves to supporters during a campaign event Nov. 2, 2020, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, in Des Moines, Iowa. Ivanka Trump, who was among those closest to him during the insurrection at the Capitol, is set to testify Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity to discuss it.
  16. Zelenskyy accuses Russian military of war crimes, appeals to UN to bring them to justice
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Journalists report next to a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II.
  17. Amazon’s first U.S. union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Staten Island-based Amazon.com Inc distribution center union organizer Chris Smalls, center, wearing baseball cap, celebrates with union members after getting the voting results to unionize workers at the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, in New York on Friday. The union now faces a challenging negotiation process for a labor contract.
  18. White House to extend student loan pause through Aug. 31
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., on Jan. 20. The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was confirmed by an administration official familiar with the White House’s decision-making.
  19. COVID outbreak ‘extremely grim’ as Shanghai extends lockdown
    Yesterday• Health
    Residents line up to get their throat swab at a coronavirus testing site on Tuesday in Beijing. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city.
  20. Elon Musk joins Twitter board after amassing massive stake
    Yesterday• Business
    Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9 percent stake in the social media platform. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it entered into an agreement with Musk on Monday that will give the billionaire a seat on its board, with the term expiring at its 2024 annual shareholders meeting.
  21. As U.S. nears 1 million COVID deaths, a county grapples with loss
    Yesterday• Health
    Lewistown is the seat of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The county has recorded over 300 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
  22. No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk
    Yesterday• Environment
    In this Sept. 18, 2021, photo, emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kans. Climate change is going to get worse, but as gloomy as the latest scientific reports are, including today’s from the United Nations, scientist after scientist stress that curbing global warming is not hopeless. The science says it is not game over for planet Earth or humanity. Action can prevent some of the worst if done soon, they say.
  23. Biden-Obama: White House reunion to celebrate health law
    Apr. 5• Health
    Vice President Joe Biden whispers "This is a big f---ing deal" to President Barack Obama after introducing Obama during the health care bill ceremony in the East Room of the White House in March 2010. Obama returns to the White House on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, for a moment he can savor: His signature Affordable Care Act is now part of the fabric of the American health care system and President Joe Biden is looking to extend its reach.
  24. Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
    Apr. 5• Nation & World
    In the courtyard of their house, Vlad Tanyuk, 6, stands near the grave of his mother Ira Tanyuk, who died because of starvation and stress due to the war, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday.
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