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Despite years of criticism, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has only now changed his defense minister and allowed high-level corruption arrests.

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The Russian military intelligence is behind arson attacks aimed at undermining support for Ukraine’s war effort, U.S. and European security officials say.

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In an Israeli prison infirmary, a Jewish dentist came to the aid of an ill Hamas inmate. Years later, the prisoner became a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack.

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Deaths were reported in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Millions of Americans were under the threat of more severe weather Sunday.

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The practice of using a child’s federal survivor and disability benefits to defray the cost of foster care is under scrutiny in Congress and statehouses.

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