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FILE -Baltimore Ravens rookie linebacker Jaylon Ferguson walks off the field after an NFL Football rookie camp, Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Owings Mills, Md. Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26, his agent confirmed Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

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Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dies at age 26

By NOAH TRISTER NOAH TRISTER - AP Sports Writer
Wed,06/22/22-9:33AM, 762 Reads
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26.
Ferguson, nicknamed “Sack Daddy,” played three NFL seasons, all with Baltimore. He set the career sacks record in the college Football Bowl Subdivision (45) when he played at Louisiana Tech.
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In this image courtesy of Kristi Magnusson, Kurt Groszhans in one of his fields in Ukraine in July 2021. The American farmer is jailed in Ukraine on charges he attempted to assassinate a former business partner who is now a government minister. The family of Groszhans says the charges are bogus and designed to stifle his claims of corruption. His former partner, Roman Leshchenko, has denied that he embezzled money from the American's company. (Kristi Magnusson via AP)

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As Russia tensions boil, US farmer remains jailed in Ukraine

By ERIC TUCKER ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press
Tue,02/01/22-11:10PM, 762 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect with his family's ancestral homeland and to farm the rich, black soil for which the country is known.
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A woman carries a baby over the tracks trying to board a Lviv bound train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office says a second round of talks with Russia aimed at stopping the fighting that has sent more than 1 million people fleeing over Ukraine's borders, has begun in neighboring Belarus, but the two sides appeared to have little common ground. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Live updates: Johnson to seek UN Security Council meeting

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,03/03/22-1:45AM, 762 Reads
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:
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Wizard of Id for Jul 23, 2022

By COMIC - WIZARD OF ID COMIC - WIZARD OF ID
Sat,07/23/22-2:10AM, 765 Reads

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