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The oldest member of the US Senate has asked to temporarily step aside from a key committee after two colleagues urged her to resign.

Approximately 18,000 cows were killed in a blast at a Texas dairy farm earlier this week, according to local authorities.

A rally on Wall Street lifted stocks to their highest level in almost two months in the latest sign that inflation continues to cool.

The FBI arrested an employee of the U.S. Air Force National Guard over the leaks online of classified U.S. documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world.

A Texas county's library system is being threatened amid an ongoing battle over banned books.

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Hours ahead of a visit to Hanoi by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States condemned Vietnam's jailing of a prominent political activist and said ties could only reach their full potential if the country improved its human rights record. A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced Nguyen Lan Thang to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, a case that has raised international concerns over communist-ruled Vietnam's treatment of dissidents.

Leaked US documents have revealed that disagreements in Russia's security apparatus led to the defence ministry being accused of undercounting casualties of the war in Ukraine. Russia has said very little publicly about the scale of its war deaths. But the files show the FSB security service claimed officials were not counting deaths of the Russian National Guard, Wagner mercenaries and others.

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These 5 States Have the Highest Property Taxes in America | Mary Ellen Cagnassola, Money. The costs of homeownership just keep rising: Property taxes in the U.S. increased more than twice as fast last year compared to 2021, according to new analysis. The average U.S. homeowner now pays nearly $4,000 a year in property taxes. These states, all in the Northeast, had the highest average property taxes on single-family homes in 2022: New Jersey ($9,527) Connecticut ($7,671) Massachusetts ($7,044) New Hampshire ($6,855) New York ($6,673).

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Sports and Showbiz Shenanigans

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Humane Society shares tips on how to stop a dog fight.