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U.K. nurses strike over pay, testing a health-care system in crisis

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Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to Justice Dept. for criminal charges

The decision — an unprecedented move for Congress — sends prosecutors a recommendation that the former president be charged with four crimes.

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This bird is extinct, the government says. Not everyone is so sure.

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