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As more states create election integrity units, Arizona is a cautionary tale

Republicans across the country are arming state agencies with more power and resources to investigate election crimes. Arizona's attempt illustrates the risks.

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NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in a mission to demonstrate a technology that might protect Earth

NASA managed to crash a small spacecraft directly into an asteroid, a 14,000-mile-per-hour collision designed to test whether such a technology could be deployed to protect against a potentially catastrophic impact by an object from outer space.

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Low-lying and flood-prone, Tampa Bay area braces for first major storm in a century

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War in Ukraine

A gunman opened fire at a recruitment office in Ust-Ilimsk, a small town in Russia's Irkutsk region. (@taygainfo/Reuters)

Russian military recruiter wounded by gunman; thousands flee mobilization

A recruitment officer at a military enlistment station in Irkutsk was shot and wounded by a young man as thousands continued to flee Russia's chaotic Ukraine mobilization.

By Mary Ilyushina

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