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Airmen with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron place 155 mm shells on aircraft pallets ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Half of the people in the U.S. support the Pentagon's ongoing supply of weapons to Ukraine for its defense against Russian forces. That's according to a new survey by the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and NORC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Half of US public approves of Washington's arms deliveries to Ukraine in 2nd year of Russia's war

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Tue,05/23/23-11:18PM, 615 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Like the blue and yellow flags that popped up around the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine 15 months ago, U.S.
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The gift that fell apart

By LIZ KING LIZ KING
Thu,06/29/23-2:44PM, 615 Reads
The grandkids got their Paw Paw James a pair of orange swimming trunks. They were so proud of their gift that they insisted that he take a picture wearing them. After much debate, over whether Paw Paw would prefer a shark or banana pattern; Harper’s choice of fruit won out.
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Defense attorney Jim Griffin measures Alex Murdaugh during a break in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)

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Will Alex Murdaugh testify? Takeaways from his murder trial

By JEFFREY COLLINS JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Sat,02/18/23-7:53AM, 614 Reads
The defense team at disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial finally get their chance to present their version of events after more than three weeks of testimony.
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People work to remove flowers from the memorial at the Rock in honor of three students killed at Michigan State University on March 2, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. At Michigan State, sports were suspended after gun violence on campus left three students dead. An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen schools in the NCAA tournaments shows a wide range of policies that govern guns at those schools and uneven efforts to regulate them. (Nick King/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

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Gun laws, campus policies perplex college sports programs

By EDDIE PELLS EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Mon,03/13/23-11:17AM, 614 Reads
At Alabama, one of the team's best players allegedly delivered a gun that was used in a fatal shooting. At New Mexico State, a player avoided charges for shooting and killing a student in what he said was self-defense, even though he was carrying a gun in violation of school rules.
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