Wednesday, the 20th of May
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At the top of the news, California police officer charged over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Lead Stories
World
Russian warplanes ‘repeatedly’ intercepted RAF spy plane over Black Sea
National
9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement
National
AP Was There when Cuban fighter jets shot down two exile planes from Miami
World
US indicts Cuba's former president Raul Castro, 94, in connection with a 1996 incident
World
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Sport
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
National
Arizona set to execute a prisoner for the killing of a man set on fire in 2002 attack
National
In South Texas House Runoff, It’s a Progressive Insurgent Versus the Establishment
Thomas Massie
Fox News finally let Thomas Massie on air 4 hours into election day. What he says they did for 18 months raises eyebrows
World
US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role
World
Lithuanian leaders rushed to bunkers as drone violates country’s airspace
World
China Trained Russian Military Personnel For Fighting In Ukraine: Report
Politics
Nancy Guthrie Case Update: Former FBI Agent Suggests New DNA Theory, Questions Sheriff's Secret Leads
World
Forced disappearances, killings and torture: why is Ecuador’s brutal drug war being backed by the west?
World
Australia struggles to contain worst diphtheria outbreak in decades after over 220 cases reported
World
Trump’s allies in danger of scraping false hope from Maga victory in Kentucky primary
World
Immigration activists whose homes were raided accuse federal agents of intimidation campaign
World
Moldovans 'want to be EU citizens, not Russian citizens', says president Sandu
World
Europe ‘considers sending Angela Merkel to reopen dialogue with Putin’
National
Colorado's top court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
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Authors
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Michelle Grattan
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David A. Graham
Marina Koren
Arthur C. Brooks
Conor Friedersdorf
Derek Thompson
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Mary McNamara
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jean Guerrero
Steve Lopez
George Skelton
Erika D. Smith
Maggie Haberman
Simon Kuestenmacher
Michael Pascoe
Tim Ferguson
Alan Kohler
Paul Bongiorno
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Gillian Tett
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Max Chafkin
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