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    Russia hits Lviv, prepares for assault in eastern Ukraine

    Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded a multitude of other targets across Ukraine on Monday in what appeared to be an intensified bid to grind down the country’s defenses ahead of an all-out assault on the east. At least seven people were reported...
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    New this week: 'Better Call Saul,' Bonnie Raitt and 'Barry'

    Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — “The Batman,” the biggest box-office hit so far this year, will promptly land Monday on HBO Max immediately following its 45-day...
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    Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy protection

    Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while...
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    Israel says it intercepted rocket fired from Gaza

    The Israeli military says it intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on Monday. It was the first time in months that a rocket has been fired into Israel from the blockaded Palestinian territory controlled by the Hamas militant group. Israeli-Palestinian tensions...
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    Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel

    A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials even in the coronavirus pandemic. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of...
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    Miami-Dade house where 1 killed owned by Blacks for Trump guy

    The house where multiple people were shot and 1 person died in Northwest Miami Dade Sunday night is home to a religious organization run by Maurice Symonette, also known as Michael the Black Man. Symonette has gained notoriety as Michael the Black Man who is seen regularly at Donald Trump...
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    Mexican leader fails to pass limits on foreign energy firms

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador failed to find enough votes late Sunday to pass a constitutional reform limiting private and foreign firms in the electrical power industry, marking the first major legislative setback for the president. The defeat may set the tone for an angrier...
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    France: EU fraud agency investigating candidate Le Pen

    Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the European Union's fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and other members of her nationalist party of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament. The report was disclosed by French...
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    Ukraine rejects Serbian bomb threat claims on Russia flights

    Ukraine on Monday rejected as baseless and false the accusations made by Serbia’s president that Ukraine’s secret service is behind a series of hoax bomb threats against Air Serbia flights to Russia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has claimed that the foreign intelligence services of...
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    Mass shooting wave rattles communities large and small in US

    Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend capped a monthlong spate of gun violence that has touched both big cities and small, rural communities across the nation. The gunfire has rattled large population centers such as Dallas, Pittsburgh and Sacramento, California, as...
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    Man appears in court after officers find woman dead in his Margate apartment

    A 48-year-old man appeared in Broward County court on Monday to face a murder charge after officers found a 69-year-old woman dead in his apartment at the Viewpointe gated community in Margate. Deputies booked Evan Rosenthal into the Broward County main jail on Sunday and they were holding him...
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    Wall Street drifts as earnings roll in, natural gas soars

    Stocks are drifting in mixed trading Monday, as worries about interest rates and inflation keep a lid on Wall Street despite some better-than-expected profit reports. The S&P; 500 was 0.2% lower, coming off its second straight week of losses. Like it, the other two major U.S. stock indexes also...
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    Spyware use on separatists in Spain "extensive," group says

    The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights group said Monday. Citizen Lab, a research group...
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    Live Updates | Top EU diplomat: 'no impunity' for war crimes

    BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top diplomat condemned Russia’s “indiscriminate and illegal” attacks on Ukraine on Monday as the country experienced the most intense missile strikes in weeks. Josep Borrell, the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said in a statement...
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    1 killed, several injured, including teen, at party in northwest Miami-Dade

    Multiple people were shot during what was deemed a “Jet Ski party” in northwest Miami-Dade Sunday night, and one victim has since died from their injuries, authorities confirmed. “It’s a Jet Ski party, we have this every Sunday, and then that’s when a fight broke out and then one thing led to...
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