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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Jet Shoots Down Flying Object Over Canada — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he and President Biden had ordered the object violating Canadian airspace to be taken down, a day after another object was shot out of the sky near Alaska. — WASHINGTON — An American fighter jet …
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globalnews.ca:
NORAD shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over Yukon, Trudeau says — NATO chief Stoltenberg, US' Blinken warn of growing Chinese military surveillance, threats after balloon incident — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an “unidentified object” that violated Canadian airspace on Saturday has been shot down over Yukon.
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CNN:
US jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over northern Canada — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that an “unidentified object” had been shot down by a US fighter jet over Canadian airspace on his orders. — “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
New unidentified ‘cylindrical’ object shot down over Canada — NORAD and military aircraft spotted and tracked the latest object, as search continues off Alaska for aircraft downed Friday — A new “high-altitude airborne object” was shot down over Canada's Yukon territory …
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #15 — Russia's Massive Offensive and Signs of Military Learning — Russia's Massive Offensive … This week has been a fascinating contrast in reporting, and once again highlights the ease with which a particular narrative about the war can quickly spread and even start influencing debates and possibly policy.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
They Are Russians Fighting Against Their Homeland. Here's Why. — In the Free Russia Legion, soldiers repelled by Vladimir Putin's invasion have taken arms against their home country, engaged in some of the most heated fighting in the war. — The soldier knelt in the snow …
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump campaign paid researchers to prove 2020 fraud but kept findings secret — An outside firm's work was never released publicly after researchers uncovered no evidence that the election had been rigged for Joe Biden — Former president Trump's 2020 campaign commissioned an outside research firm …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was issued subpoena for folder marked ‘Classified Evening Briefing’ discovered at Mar-a-Lago — Exclusive: Subpoena was issued last month after the folder was observed in Trump's private quarters at the property — Donald Trump's lawyers turned over an empty manilla folder marked …
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
After helping prince's rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds — An investment fund overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is backing ventures that profit the former president and his senior adviser, raising questions of conflict — In early 2021, as Donald Trump exited the White House …
Washington Post:
Turkey-Syria quake live briefing: Hope for survivors wanes as death toll passes 33,000 — By Annabelle Timsit and Kelly Kasulis Cho — The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey and northwestern Syria has surpassed 33,000, with more than 29,600 dead in Turkey alone …
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CNN:
After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make — When Ben Ratner's family signed up in 2021 to be extras in the movie “White Noise,” they thought it would be a fun distraction from their day-to-day life in blue-collar East Palestine, Ohio.
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
New Hampshire students protest urinal ban in gender debate — Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Chinese spy balloon has GOP saying no cuts to defense — A growing number of Senate Republicans are saying that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should take defense spending cuts off the table in their negotiation over the debt ceiling.
New York Times:
Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They're Rich, Expansive Study Finds … Produced by Larry Buchanan and Shannon Lin — In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black …
Harm Venhuizen / Associated Press:
GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin's Black voters — 1 of 10 — Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin's biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters. A Wisconsin election commissioner bragged about low turnout …