Russia and Ukraine blame each other for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shelling
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Russia and Ukraine blame each other for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shelling

Russia and Ukraine exchanged blame for the shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Saturday amid growing fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly blamed the Russians, who seized the nuclear compound at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine in March. They accuse Russian forces of storing heavy weaponry inside…

Antonio Dorsey Pratt’s portrait fills last vacancy on Sept. 11 memorial photo wall
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Antonio Dorsey Pratt’s portrait fills last vacancy on Sept. 11 memorial photo wall

NEW YORK — A portrait filled the last vacancy on the photo wall at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Wednesday, concluding the almost 16-year-long project to memorialize the hundreds killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of 2001. Antonio Dorsey Pratt’s portrait, provided through Voices Center…

Cops called to Chicago DA Kim Foxx’s home after alleged domestic dispute
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Cops called to Chicago DA Kim Foxx’s home after alleged domestic dispute

Police responded to the home of Chicago’s top prosecutor Kim Foxx last weekend after she and her husband allegedly engaged in a physical domestic dispute, according to reports. The Cook County State Attorney’s husband made the 911 call following the alleged June 4 feud at the couple’s suburban Flossmoor residence…

Russian court rejects Alexei Navalny’s appeal
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Russian court rejects Alexei Navalny’s appeal

A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a nine-year prison sentence he is serving for large-scale fraud and contempt of court, charges which he denies. Navalny, by far Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, was handed a nine-year jail term in March for fraud and contempt of court, on top of 2-1/2 years he is already serving….