American, 24, reportedly killed fighting in Ukraine's Donbas region

A 24-year-old man from Memphis, Tenn., was the latest American killed in the conflict in Ukraine, according to reports that he died fighting Russian forces in the contested Donbas region. "American mercenary was destroyed in Ukraine," Russian official Oleg Kozhemyako in a Telegram post, Newsweek reported.  The governor of Russia’s eastern Primorsky Krai region, Kozhemyako reportedly said Primorsky "Tiger" Detachment volunteers killed the U.S. citizen “in the first clash

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Taliban jabs Pakistan over US drones: 'don't use your airspace against us’

The Taliban’s acting defense minister on Sunday accused Pakistan of allowing U.S. drones to enter and attack Afghanistan through Pakistan’s airspace.  “According to our information, the drones are entering through Pakistan to Afghanistan, they use Pakistan’s airspace, we ask Pakistan, don’t use your airspace against us,” the Taliban’s Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a Kabul news conference, per translations. A U.S. drone strike in Kabul last month

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Student loan forgiveness should backfire on Biden

President Biden has announced that the federal government will forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans making less than $125,000 annually as well as extend the student loan repayment moratorium. This plan is estimated to cost taxpayers $330 billion and should be seen as the most unfa

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Ozzy Osbourne 'fed up' with US gun violence, moving back to UK

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne said he is "fed up" with gun violence in America and plans to move back permanently to England. Osbourne told The Guardian in a story published Sunday that he plans to sell his Los Angeles, Calif., home in Hancock Park and move to a 350-acre estate in southeast

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Marijuana use hits record high in new Gallup poll

Marijuana use reached a record high in new polling, as for the first time more Americans said they smoke marijuana than reported smoking cigarettes in the last week.  Sixteen percent of Americans in a new Gallup poll reported smoking marijuana, up from 12 percent last year and more than double the all-time low of 7 percent.  Fewer Americans, at 11 percent, reported smoking cigarettes in the past week, down from 16 percent last year and a far fall from a peak at

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