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Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’

By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their…
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Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine

By ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in what officials…
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US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead

HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday that wounded at least nine people. It was the second mass shooting in the state and the third in the…
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Russia loses warship, says attacks on Kyiv will increase

By ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks…
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Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and BERNARD CONDON NEW YORK (AP) — Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative…
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Police hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack

By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO NEW YORK (AP) — Police continued to hunt Wednesday for the gunman who opened fire on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people shot…
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Mayor: 10,000 dead in Ukraine’s Mariupol and toll could rise

By YURAS KARMANAU and ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol yielded up more horrors after six weeks of pummeling by Russian troops, with the mayor saying more than 10,000 civilians…
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Russia hits Ukraine’s air defenses ahead of eastern push

By ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Monday that it destroyed air defense systems in Ukraine over the weekend, in what appeared to be a renewed push to gain air…
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Missile kills 30 evacuees at busy Ukrainian train station

By ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine that was an evacuation point for civilians, killing dozens of people, Ukrainian authorities said Friday after warning…
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Ukraine pleads for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

By ADAM SCHRECK and ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send “weapons, weapons and weapons” Thursday after…
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