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November 27, 1942

Red army driving on Stalingrad front

MOSCOW, Nov. 27, 1942 (UP) -- The Red army, driving steadily ahead on the jagged Stalingrad front on Thursday, captured a dozen scattered villages and 12,000 prisoners, while in the mop up of the eastern Don bend the Germans were hurled across the river in one sector, a special communiqu

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Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit

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George Santos drops independent bid to win U.S. House seat

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George Santos drops independent bid to win U.S. House seat

April 23 (UPI) -- Citing a desire to keep the U.S. House of Representatives under Republican control, former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday dropped his independent bid for New York's 1st District House seat.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to arm school teachers with guns

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April 23 (UPI) -- Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday to arm teachers with guns. The bill, which now heads to the governor's desk, comes one year after a mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school killed six people.

SpaceX sends 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

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Russian court rejects detention appeal by WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

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Mistrial declared in case of Arizona rancher accused in migrant's shooting death

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U.S. representative: Proposed stamp price increase would hurt many Americans

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U.S. representative: Proposed stamp price increase would hurt many Americans

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Florida golden retriever gives birth to lime green puppy

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UnitedHealth Group: Patient data compromised despite paying ransomware

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April 23 (UPI) -- Officials for Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group on Monday said the health insurance and services provider paid a ransom to protect patients' data, but many personal files were breached in a recent cyberattack.

$1 million lottery ticket discovered by oblivious winner weeks later

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April 23 (UPI) -- An Oregon Lottery Raffle ticket worth $1 million spent weeks stored in a Tupperware container with a Portland woman's other lottery tickets before the Powerball jackpot reminded her to check them.

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