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Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kids

170million US-born people who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead.

How the investigation into Donald Trump unravelled

New York Times: The criminal investigation into Trump crashed amid a disagreement.

Breathalyser finds JetBlue pilot 4 times over legal limit

Is there a 'safe' drinking limit for aircraft pilots?

Opinion: Zelenskyy and Trump - two performers, one hero

New York Times: The two started on similar paths yet ended up so differently.

Sherri Papini says she was abducted and tortured. Police say she made it all up

New York Times: Papini has been arrested 6 years after her bizarre story made global news.

Truckers protesting Covid mandates amassing outside US capital

New York Times: It's not clear what the convoy's exact travel plans are.

Meghan Markle being sued over 'poverty' claims

Samantha Markle is suing her sister over her "rags to royalty" story.

Ukraine war: Unlikely new player attempts mediation

New to the world stage, the spotlight goes on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Death toll nears six million as pandemic enters third year

Some analysts put the number of deaths much higher - at between 14 and 23.5 million.

Ukraine invasion 'shatters conventional wisdom'

OPINION: Using military power against an opponent has never declined in currency.

'Criminal conspiracy': Fresh setback for Donald Trump

The committee made the claims in a filing in response to a lawsuit by Trump adviser.

Ghislaine Maxwell juror may be made to testify about conduct

New York Times: Juror's failure to disclose his past abuse has clouded the guilty verdict.

Fans pay $8800 to stay at Disney World's new Star Wars hotel

Despite slamming the high prices, fans have booked the hotel out for months.

Recreating a family's lost Holocaust history, step by step

New York Times: Writer hikes over the Pyrenees Mountains to better understand her father.

Biden vows to check Russian aggression, fight inflation in State of the Union speech

He also vowed to deal with still dangerous Covid in his first State of the Union address.

Cold War 2.0: Inside the world's new nuclear war games

Suddenly, the spectre of weapons able to wipe out millions hangs over the globe again.

'You cannot watch without crying': Terror as Russian strike hits Ukraine's second-largest city

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy declares: 'Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget.'

'Have no illusions': Ukraine ambassador addresses UN

'If Ukraine does not survive... international peace will not survive'.