Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Pyongyang vowed the attack hours before the UN was to consider new sanctions for its recent nuclear test.
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Rand Paul spent nearly 13 hours on the Senate floor to block a vote on Obama’s choice for CIA director.
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“I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,” the Venezuelan leader mouthed to the head of his guard before dying of a heart attack.
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The volunteer intern had just entered 4-year-old Cous Cous’ enclosure, and authorities were investigating what provoked the animal.
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A Senate committee is considering four bills, including an assault weapons ban and near-universal background checks for gun purchases.
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Most procedures would be banned after the 12th week of pregnancy, 10 weeks earlier than Roe v. Wade allows.
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The president had dinner with senators after the House sent a bill to the Senate that would stave off a late March government shutdown.
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Julio Acevedo surrendered to police at a Pennsylvania convenience store and was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident.
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More gay ads are appearing, nearly two decades after Ikea’s TV spot featuring a gay couple prompted bomb threats.
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But Pavel Dmitrichenko says he didn’t order anyone to throw acid in the face of the Bolshoi Theater’s artistic director.
