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  News Wrap: Congress passes bipartisan gun control measures

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  In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives gave final approval to a $15 billion gun violence bill, the first of its kind in nearly three …

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  Amid horrors of war, Ukrainians celebrate their country’s EU candidacy

  PBS NewsHour - Francesca Ebel, Associated Press, John Leicester, Associated Press

  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership offered war-weary Ukrainians a morale boost and hope …

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  UK voters reject Conservatives in two special elections, a blow to Boris Johnson

  PBS NewsHour - Jill Lawless, Associated Press

  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special parliamentary …

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  Oppressive heat wave persists across large swath of Northern Hemisphere

  PBS NewsHour - Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

  From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle …

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  In bid to avoid Russian encirclement, Ukrainian army to retreat from eastern city

  PBS NewsHour - David Keyton, Associated Press, John Leicester, Associated Press

  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country’s east to avoid …

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  Over 1,100 dead after earthquake, aftershock rocks eastern Afghanistan

  PBS NewsHour - Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press

  GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from …