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Special prosecutor Nathan Wade at the Fulton County courthouse last month. (AP)

How a sleuth defense attorney and a disgruntled law partner damaged the Trump Ga. case

What started as a courthouse rumor threatened to end the criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies, who were charged in connection with their attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

By Amy Gardner and Holly Bailey

A resident casts her vote next to a masked soldier in the Donetsk Region of Russian-controlled Ukraine on Saturday. (Reuters)

For Putin’s election in occupied Ukraine, voting is forced at gunpoint

Russian soldiers are pressuring people to vote in occupied Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin seeks to cement his illegal annexations and create a facade of legitimacy.

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Caitlyn Plaskett, right, and her wife, Wanda, conceived their two sons using intrauterine insemination and IVF. (Caitlyn Plaskett)

As the cost of storing frozen eggs and embryos rises, some families opt to destroy them

Many people feel stuck and forced to pay high monthly or annual storage fees, but others are making the emotionally difficult decision to destroy or donate their genetic material to science to cut costs.

By Amber Ferguson

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Washington on Nov. 30, 2021. (AP)

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Many Republicans suggest they must endorse Trump now that he’s secured the nomination. His former vice president has gone in a very different direction.

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