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Aug 17, 2022 - World

Female Saudi activist gets 34 years in prison for using Twitter

Updated Aug 17, 2022 - Health

CDC admits it failed to meet expectations in COVID response

Rochelle Walensky

Pence says he would "consider" testifying before Jan. 6 panel

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at "Politics & Eggs" at the New Hampshire Institute Politics at St. Anselm College on August 17, 2022
Aug 17, 2022 - Health

Who wins — or loses — with over-the-counter hearing aids

Aug 17, 2022 - Economy

Fed's rate hikes hammer housing affordability

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Aug 17, 2022 - World

Turkey and Israel restore full diplomatic relations

President Isaac Herzog of Israel (on left) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey . Photo: Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency via Getty

Liz Cheney plans to go national

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Aug 17, 2022 - Technology

On acquisitions, Beltway and tech talk past each other

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Study: What Americans really think

Aug 17, 2022 - Economy

The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland

Aug 17, 2022 - Health

Congress isn’t done with messy health care fights

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Aug 17, 2022 - World

Afghans' long wait

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Updated Aug 17, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Liz Cheney loses GOP primary to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman

Rep. Liz Cheney, wearing a blue blazer, glasses and a pearl necklace, sits behind a podium at a Jan. 6 committee hearing.
Aug 16, 2022 - Health

Most American diets need more Vitamin E

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Medicaid expansion's new life

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