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The Buffalo shooting has shocked the residents of the alleged gunman's hometown

4:37pm May 16, 2022

by Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Residents of tiny Conklin, New York, are surprised the teen accused of a mass shooting in Buffalo came from their community. People of color in the nearby city of Binghamton have a different view.

Burned-out Russian tanks stand on the road between Malaya Rohan and Vil'Khivka, Ukraine, just east of Kharkiv. Both villages were in Russian hands for much of March and into April.

People are picking up the pieces around Kharkiv after liberation by Ukrainian forces

3:55pm May 16, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Ukrainian troops are pushing Russian forces away from the country's second-largest city. That's allowing residents to move out of shelters, assess damage and try to resume something of a normal life.

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A wall painted with portraits of prisoners of the Basque separatist armed group ETA, in the small village of Hernani, northern Spain, on May 2, 2018.

The U.S. will remove 5 groups from its foreign terrorism blacklist

9:04am May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including several that once posed significant threats.

People gather outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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What is the 'Great Replacement' and how is it tied to the Buffalo shooting suspect?

1:52am May 16, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The suspect allegedly wrote a 180-page document filled with hateful rants about race and ties to the conspiracy theory, "Great Replacement".

McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday

1:20pm May 15, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The GOP leader spoke from Stockholm following a trip to Kyiv. He backed Sweden and Finland joining NATO and pushed back on more isolationist voices in his party.

Russian army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind a glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. He is accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian. The first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of its neighbor opened Friday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 13)

4:53pm May 13, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Weaver and the Ruby Ridge standoff contributed to the evolution of the radical right

5:08am May 13, 2022

Randy Weaver, who was at the center of a standoff with federal agents decades ago that continues to inspire antigovernment and paramilitary sentiment on the far right, has died at age 74.

President Joe Biden and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations arrive for a group photo on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Biden looks to nudge ASEAN leaders to speak out on Russia

3:10am May 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.

The Jan. 6 committee has issued subpoenas for 5 House Republicans

7:58pm May 12, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

In an unprecedented move, the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued subpoenas for five Congressional Republicans, including GOP leader Kevin McCarthy.

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Supremacy movements unite over abortion restriction, though for different reasons

4:59pm May 12, 2022

by Odette Yousef

The evolution of the anti-abortion coalition in the U.S. has long been a shared project of supremacist movements. Though they have shared a goal of overturning Roe, they have different agendas.