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Ron Shehee had been at the federal prison complex in Lompoc, Calif., only a few months when the pandemic struck.

As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out

5:00am March 07, 2022

Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.

Placards featuring ruling and opposition presidential candidates hang over a street in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 17, 2022.

In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly

4:55am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on Sunday.

On 'Bloody Sunday,' Harris reflects on the current fight for voting rights

6:37pm March 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Ala., to commemorate a defining moment in the struggle for the right to vote.

An installation of the inspirational posters at a youth art exhibit at Healdsburg Center for the Arts in California.

Press 3 for a pep talk from kindergartners. A new hotline gives you options for joy

5:48pm March 06, 2022

by Adrian Florido

What started as an art project at a California elementary school has gone viral. The free hotline offers wise advice and encouraging messages from kids to anyone who calls.

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Cleanup efforts are underway in Winterset, Iowa, on Sunday after a tornado hit the area.

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At least 7 are dead after a large tornado hit central Iowa

4:11pm March 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down southwest of Des Moines.

Police officers detain a man during a protest in Moscow Thursday against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Thousands have been detained in anti-war protests across Russia

3:38pm March 06, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

As of Sunday, an independent monitoring group reports over 4,500 were detained across 63 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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A cease-fire to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol fails again

3:19pm March 06, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

It was the second day in a row that a cease-fire to allow the evacuation of civilians from the port city fell apart.

South Korea's leading presidential candidates (from left): Sim Sang-jung of the opposition Justice Party, Ahn Cheol-soo of the opposition People's Party, Yoon Suk Yeol of the main opposition People Power Party and Lee Jae-myung of the governing Democratic

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Their generation ousted South Korea's military regime. Now they have to win over Gen Z

1:00pm March 06, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

South Koreans in their 20s and 30s make up a third of voters, and candidates want to win them over. Many young voters are over the folks in power, a lot of whom are from an activist generation.

A driver sits in the cab of a combine harvester during the summer harvest in a field of wheat in Varva, Ukraine. Ukraine accounts for more than 10% of the global wheat market. Russia's war threatens to disrupt the spring planting season.

Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions

9:59am March 06, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

Both countries are huge suppliers of grains and other essential foods. And with widespread hunger and high food prices already, the war couldn't have come at a worse time.

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A view of a former power plant damaged during the Bosnian war in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, March 4, 2022.

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Watching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war

3:12am March 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to Sarajevo in the early 1990s. Some 350,000 people were trapped, subjected to daily shelling and cut off from regular access to electricity, food and medicine.