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Politics
FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian firm
Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said.
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World
Greece legalizes same-sex marriage despite church opposition
Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church.
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National
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to move quickly on the Trump immunity case
Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay.
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Business
Jeff Bezos sells nearly 12 million Amazon shares worth at least $2 billion
Jeff Bezos filed a statement with federal regulators indicating his sale of nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2 billion.
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Sports
The Paris Olympics medals will have pieces of the Eiffel Tower
A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the Paris Games and Paralympics.
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National
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a sports streaming platform
The platform will include games from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, NASCAR and college sports, including the men's and women's NCAA Tournament, as well as golf, tennis and the FIFA World Cup.
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National
Bob Beckwith, the firefighter in the famous image with Bush after 9/11, dies at 91
Beckwith died Sunday night in hospice care after dealing with cancer in recent years, his wife, Barbara Beckwith, said Monday.
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Latin America
Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 64 people
The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.
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Business
Tesla recalls nearly 2.2M vehicles for software update to fix warning lights
Tesla is recalling nearly all of the autos it's sold in the U.S. because some warning lights on the instrument panel are too small. And NHTSA has upgraded a probe into Tesla steering problems.
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Sports
4 NHL players charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say
Philadelphia Flyers' Carter Hart, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the N.J. Devils and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames are charged in an alleged assault by members of Canada's 2018 world junior team.