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Here’s the latest for Saturday, February 25th: 5 dead in medical flight crash in Nevada; Blizzards forecast in California mountains in multiday storm; Shots fired and ballot box snatched in Lagos; Thousands take part in Copenhagen Light Festival
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Frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots into the evening Saturday, hours after the official deadline for joining the voting line in Africa’s most populous nation after late starts and sporadic violence caused delays at polling stations. (Feb. 25)
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Legislators in at least two states are trying to allow transgender people to keep records of their name change out of the public record. Transgender advocates say public disclosure of name changes had led to online bullying (Feb. 25)
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On a day when many in Ukraine and around the world took time to remember and reflect on the losses suffered since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country exactly one year ago, fighting in the east of Ukraine continued with no end in sigh…
The family of a man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school while students were being picked up alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a situation that should have been handled nonv…
President Joe Biden says there is “no evidence…so far” that China is arming Russia in its war against Ukraine. Biden made the comments as he left the White House for a weekend in Delaware. (Feb. 24)
0225 Today in History
China called for a cease-fire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on Friday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautiously welcomed Beijing’s involvement — but said success would depend on actions not words. (Feb. 24)
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Residents in Borodyanka in Ukraine gathered on Friday to remember the people who were killed during the conflict in the area, on the anniversary of the war.
Marking the somber one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States said Friday the second year of the war would be “the year of winning” and she called the U.S. her country’s “Strategic Friend No. 1.” (Feb. 24)
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