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U.S. downs suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic coast

China called the vessel’s downing “an excessive reaction” and said it “retains the right to respond further.”

By Ellen Nakashima, Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe and Rosalind S. Helderman

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China blames U.S. politics for ‘overreaction’ to incident

By Christian Shepherd1 hour ago

Timeline: A suspected spy balloon’s eight-day journey

By Kelly Kasulis Cho1 hour ago

‘Historic Arctic outbreak’ crushes records in New England

The historic Arctic weather is kind of like a cold snap on steroids, coming and going with startling speed. Temperatures in parts of New England could reach 50 degrees Sunday.

By Matthew Cappucci, Joel Achenbach and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

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People in Raleigh, N.C., protest the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe. (Getty Images)

Republicans aim to decimate abortion access in post-Roe haven states

In Florida and Nebraska — where laws still allow the vast majority of abortions to continue — conservatives are pushing for six-week bans, which, together with the same kind of ban proposed in North Carolina, could dramatically reshape the national abortion landscape once again.

By Caroline Kitchener and Rachel Roubein

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Few Americans are excited about a Biden-Trump rematch, Post-ABC poll finds

By Dan Balz and Emily Guskin

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani leader felled by corruption charges, dies at 79

By Pamela Constable

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Thousands say goodbye to L.A. icon: a mountain lion who roamed Hollywood Hills

P-22, the 22nd puma tracked in a National Park Service study, was euthanized in December, the result of serious health concerns and injuries he probably received after being hit by a car.

By Reis Thebault

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You can go easy on your wallet and the environment by only buying new devices when you really need them.

By Heather Kelly, Chris Alcantara and Chris Velazco

Perel's story was dramatized in the 1990 film “Europa Europa.” (Getty Images)

Solomon Perel, Jew who posed as Hitler Youth to survive war, dies at 97

Only in retirement did he begin to publicly tell his story — one that even in the bottomless depths of Holocaust sagas stands out as remarkable. “To this day I have a tangle of two souls in one body,” he said in 1992.

By Emily Langer

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