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A woman walks past graffiti depicting a Ukrainian soldier firing a missile, in Kyiv on Jan. 25. The Russians are fighting an intense air war, but it involves mostly missiles, drones and anti-aircraft system. Traditional air strikes by piloted war planes have been relatively rare.
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Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.
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A Tesla car is displayed at a showroom and service center for the auto maker in Amsterdam on Oct. 23, 2019. Tesla recently cut prices across the board, a move with big potential ramifications for the automaker as well as for the industry.
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An iced over pedestrian walkway is lined by trees that are covered with ice from a few days of sleet and rain, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Dallas.
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Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a briefing on Jan. 17. On Thursday, he said a suspected Chinese spy balloon is "currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground."
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Beyoncé performs at the Oscars in March 2022. Her "Renaissance" World Tour later this year will mark her first solo tour since 2016.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks after taking the oath of the office on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark.
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Each year, RSV infections send up to 80,000 kids under 5 to the hospital for emergency treatment. A new antibody treatment could protect the youngest kids — newborns and up infants up to 2 years old.
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Security officials and rescue workers conduct an operation on Tuesday to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. The assault on a mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan in recent years.
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A Labour Party supporter holds a placard during a campaign rally at Adamasingba Stadium in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria.
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Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.
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Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022.
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Gautam Adani, billionaire and chairman of Adani Group, speaks during an event at Israel's Port of Haifa, on Tuesday. The Indian billionaire, whose business empire was rocked by allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research, said his company will make more investments in Israel.
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The entrance to the Dallas Zoo in Dallas is pictured on June 3, 2008. Two monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the facility.
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Deidra Bollinger of Lancaster County shaves Rozabel red and white dairy cow at the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., on Jan. 11.
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Rory Szwed, left, and Kent Rowan watch the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to make his prediction at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., early Thursday morning.
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A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which SNAP beneficiaries use to pay for food, is displayed at a grocery store in 2019 in Oakland, Calif. SNAP emergency allotments are ending after this month and have already ended in some parts of the country.
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