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Trump didn’t quit NATO, but a potential second term alarms allies

The possibility that Trump would seek to turn his back on close military, diplomatic and economic partners reemerged after he suggested he would encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to an ally who wasn’t meeting the treaty’s military spending guidelines.

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Frozen embryos are children, Ala. high court says in unprecedented ruling

The case focused on whether a patient who mistakenly dropped and destroyed other couples’ frozen embryos could be held liable in a wrongful-death lawsuit. Reproductive rights advocates say the ruling could imperil in vitro fertilization and affect hundreds of thousands of patients.

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