Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87% of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia’s opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.
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In Tuesday’s ‘primary’, Arizona’s independent voters don’t get much of a say
Arizona holds a presidential preference election to choose how its delegates will be awarded. That means independents don’t get to vote – in a state where they are a third of the electorate.
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Photographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco’s Black culture, dies at 97
Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco’s Black urban culture.
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Opinion: Animals have overtaken our lives, and we’re having a wonderful time
NPR’s Scott Simon muses on his family’s life with animals — a dog, a foster cat, a hamster in a hamster ball — and all that entails.
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How IVF is complicating Republicans’ abortion messaging
For years, Republicans pushed “life at conception.” IVF is complicating that message as GOP lawmakers struggle to agree on a path forward.
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Trump’s New York trial is delayed until mid-April
The delay in the hush money case would allow the former president’s legal team to review new records that could be related to the case.
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Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100
Negishi was in his 40s when he came up with the idea of prototyping a mass-produced, coin-operated karaoke machine, branded “Sparko Box” in 1967.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ appears to be losing steam in Florida
A federal court recently blocked most of a key DeSantis measure, the Stop WOKE Act. Courts have ruled against a number of the governor’s conservative initiatives.
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As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like
Chair Michael Whatley sent a memo to staff emphasizing the initiatives he wants to see bolstered at the GOP’s main campaigning operation now that Trump secured the delegates to receive the nomination.
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Wade resigns after judge makes it a condition for Fani Willis to remain on Trump case
The decision bolsters the chances that 15 defendants including former President Donald Trump will face trial this year for attempting to overturn the 2020 election result.
