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Continue ReadingExiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar convicted in absentia for criticizing Russian army
By Anna Chernova and Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has sentenced exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar in absentia to eight years…
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Continue ReadingArmy investigation reveals series of failures ahead of Maine mass shooting carried out by reservist
By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US Army investigation into Robert Card — the Army reservist who shot and killed 18…
Continue ReadingIsraeli settlers attack foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank
CNN By Abeer Salman and Lauren Izso, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Masked Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and foreign…
Continue ReadingA Florida school district banned ‘Ban This Book.’ Author says that’s ‘erasure of the highest order’ and wants it reinstated
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