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      <title>Snoop Dogg and Master P sue Walmart and Post for trying to sabotage its cereal</title>
      <description>The rappers say that Walmart and Post Consumer Foods neglected their cereal brand and intentionally hid it in stockrooms to prevent it from being sold to customers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:46:34 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jonathan Franklin</dc:creator>
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      <title>A Russian anti-war politician is blocked from running against Putin</title>
      <description>Russian election authorities rejected Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential balloting.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:26:09 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Pakistanis wait for election results</title>
      <description>Thursday's general elections came amid economic woes and continued political polarization. After voting began, authorities cut mobile phone and internet services, citing "deteriorating security."</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Vincent Ni</dc:creator>
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      <title>Read the special counsel's report on Biden's handling of classified documents</title>
      <description>Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur has released his report on an investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:25:10 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Washington Desk</dc:creator>
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      <title>Justice Department will not charge Biden in classified documents probe</title>
      <description>After classified documents were discovered in Biden's home and a Washington, D.C. office, the DOJ tasked special counsel Robert Hur to investigate.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:57:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1200897377/biden-classified-documents-investigation</link>
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      <dc:creator>Ryan Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title>A year after Ohio derailment, U.S. freight trains remain largely unregulated</title>
      <description>&lt;em&gt;ProPublica &lt;/em&gt;reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America's aging freight train system. He says the FRA monitors "less than 1% of what's happening on the rails."</description>
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      <dc:creator>Tonya Mosley</dc:creator>
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      <title>Are we living in 'Black Mirror?' Apple Vision Pros may make it feel that way</title>
      <description>Videos of Apple's new mixed-reality headset being used behind the wheel have led to concerns about distracted driving. Experts say they pose dangers since they don't perfectly reproduce human vision.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:13:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Diba Mohtasham</dc:creator>
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      <title>The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal</title>
      <description>The federal agency's ruling follows concerns over how the cutting-edge technology is being used to scam people and mislead voters.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:05:30 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shannon Bond</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces the army's leader almost 2 years into war with Russia</title>
      <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service as commander-in-chief and appointed Сol. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi to lead the army.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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      <title>Disney gets stock bump after talking Fortnite, Taylor Swift, Moana</title>
      <description>At Disney's earnings call, CEO Bob Iger shared plans for a major investment in an Epic Games partnership. Also, a new Moana movie is heading to theaters, and Taylor Swift's concert film to Disney+.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Elizabeth Blair</dc:creator>
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      <title>Sexual violence is an ancient and often unseen war crime. Is it inevitable?</title>
      <description>"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:32:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of The Spinners, dies at 85 </title>
      <description>Fambrough was the last surviving original member of the iconic R&amp;B group, whose hits included "It's a Shame," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" and "The Rubberband Man."</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:20:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Virginia lawmakers consider proposal to legalize physician-assisted death </title>
      <description>In ten states and Washington D.C., some patients with terminal illnesses can request medication from their doctor to end their lives. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:34:31 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Supreme Court to hear Trump ballot case; U.S. strike kills Iran-backed militia leader</title>
      <description>The Supreme Court considers whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from Colorado's ballot. A U.S. strike in Baghdad kills a leader of an Iran-backed militia.</description>
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      <title>Taken by Russia, then rescued, young Ukrainians speak out</title>
      <description>The charity Save Ukraine brought young Ukrainians to Washington D.C. to tell Congress about being abducted by Russia. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:56:13 -0500</pubDate>
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