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FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer listens during a forum at the French Cultural Center in Boston, Feb. 13, 2017. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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AP sources: Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy

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In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, the Russian navy's frigate Admiral Essen prepares to sail off for an exercise in the Black Sea. Russia has launched a series of drills amid the tensions over Ukraine and deployed an estimated 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian territory that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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Russia says US gives written response on Ukraine demands

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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates pose together in Kirkland, Wash. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, its adding four new members to its board of trustees. It's a first for the Seattle-based philanthropic giant, whose decision making has been guided by very few hands since its incorporation in 2000. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda split

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A person walks behind the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. On Thursday Jan. 27, 2022 the International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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EU leaders worried by rise in antisemitism, Holocaust denial

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U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jo-Ann F. Burdian details the search of 38 missing migrants at a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. One migrant was found clinging to the hull of an overturn vessel and one body was recovered off the coast of Fort Pierce, Fla. The migrants left the Bahamas on Saturday in what the Coast Guard suspects is a human smuggling operation. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Situation 'dire' as Coast Guard seeks 38 missing off Florida

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Officials: Boom aims to build supersonic jets in N. Carolina

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Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar count deaths, damage by storm

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A mural of late President Hugo Chavez decorates a street wall where a table is set up, by the National Election Council (CNE), where people can sign a petition in favor of holding a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The signatures of 20 percent of registered voter must be collected within 12 hours to request a presidential recall, a CNE rule that Maduro's opposition criticizes as impossible. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Venezuela recall faces 'impossible' conditions; turnout low

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FILE - A boy plays with a broken sword, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021. Hundreds of minors are believed to be holed up in Gweiran Prison, which has been at the center of an ongoing violent standoff between Islamic State group militants and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters after IS fighters stormed the prison on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. A distressing series of voice notes sent by an Australian teenager from the prison in northeast Syria underscores the plight of thousands of forgotten children that remain trapped in detention facilities in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

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EXPLAINER: Who are the kids trapped in Syria prison attack?

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Jeff Flake, the new U.S. ambassador to Turkey, pose for a photo at presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Former U.S. Sen. Flake takes up the position at a difficult time for U.S.-Turkish relations. The long lift of disagreements between the two NATO allies includes a rift over U.S. support for Kurdish fighters in Syria as well as Turkey's purchase of a Russian weapons system.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

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Ex-US senator Jeff Flake begins post as ambassador to Turkey

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People lay flowers and candles by the wayside in front of a university building in Heidelberg, Germany, Jan. 25, 2022. On Jan. 24, 2022 an 18-year-old student stormed into the lecture hall of the building with a shotgun while the lecture was in progress and shot around. A young woman died, the perpetrator killed himself a little later. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)

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German police say university attacker got weapons in Austria

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The entrance a Orpea Group nursing home is pictured Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. France's government pledged Wednesday to investigate what it called "absolutely revolting" allegations that a world leader in care for older adults has been putting profit before quality, rationing food and other items for nursing home residents. Orpea, with more than 1,100 care homes in 23 countries, has vigorously denied the accusations of shoddy and rapacious care which have battered its stock-market value in Paris this week and are detailed in an investigative journalist's book published Wednesday Jan;26, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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France probes 'revolting' claims of rapacious care homes

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FILE - A laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, March 11, 2020, in Lake Success, N.Y. Republicans' faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, new survey data shows. It’s the largest gap in nearly five decades of polling by the General Social Survey, a widely respected trend survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago that has been measuring confidence in institutions since 1972. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Americans' trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during his re-nominations hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

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Fed to signal timing, speed of rate hikes to cool inflation

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FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan poses for a photo for his EPA photographer near a cemetery in a neighborhood next to the Nu Star Energy oil storage tanks, after conducting a television interview, in St. James Parish, La., Nov. 16, 2021. Regan visited low-income, mostly minority communities in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas as part of an effort to focus federal attention on communities adversely affected by decades of industrial pollution. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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EPA acts on environmental justice in 3 Gulf Coast states

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Cleveland Browns Vice President of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, left to right, and GM Andrew Berry watch the action from the sidelines at training camp, August 27, 2021, at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio. Adofo-Mensah has emerged as the front-runner for the Minnesota Vikings' general manager job. Adofo-Mensah was in Minnesota for his second formal interview with the organization on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (John Kuntz/Cleveland.com via AP)

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AP source: Vikings hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as GM

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Cleveland Browns Vice President of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, left to right, and GM Andrew Berry watch the action from the sidelines at training camp, August 27, 2021, at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio. Adofo-Mensah has emerged as the front-runner for the Minnesota Vikings' general manager job. Adofo-Mensah was in Minnesota for his second formal interview with the organization on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (John Kuntz/Cleveland.com via AP)

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AP source: Vikings hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as GM

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Ballots are counted in the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The first two rounds of voting in Italy's Parliament for the country's next president yielded an avalanche of blank ballots, as lawmakers and special regional electors failed to deliver a winner amid a political stalemate. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool photo via AP)

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No result in 3rd round of vote for new Italian president

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FILE - This photo provided by Western Tidewater Regional Jail shows Robert Keith Packer of Newport News, Va. Packer, Jan. 13, 2021. Packer was arrested on federal charges related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. A plea agreement hearing is scheduled for Wednesday for Packer, who wore a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt at the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot. (Western Tidewater Regional Jail via AP, File)

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Rioter who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt pleads guilty

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Lawmakers attend a debate about a vaccination mandate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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German lawmakers debate possible COVID vaccine mandate

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Luke Kennard (5) celebrates after hitting the game tying shot against the Washington Wizards during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Washington. The Clippers erased a 35 point deficit to defeat the Wizards 116-115. From left, Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (33), Los Angeles Clippers guard Terance Mann (14), Kennard, and Clippers forward Justise Winslow (20). (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Franklin’s Kennard scores 7 in final 9 seconds as Clippers stun Wizards

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An advertising sign for building land stands in front of a new home construction site in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. U.S. home prices surged again in October as the housing market continues to boom in the wake of last year's coronavirus recession. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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US new home sales jump in December as prices fall

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FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train moves along elevated tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% higher profit in the fourth quarter even though the amount of cargo it transported declined because it was able to raise rates. The Atlanta-based company said, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, it earned $760 million, or $3.12 per share, in the quarter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Norfolk Southern railroad's Q4 profit up 13% on higher rates

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Daniil Medvedev of Russia celebrates after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, early Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

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Medvedev saves match point, moves into Australian Open semis

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FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train moves along elevated tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% higher profit in the fourth quarter even though the amount of cargo it transported declined because it was able to raise rates. The Atlanta-based company said, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, it earned $760 million, or $3.12 per share, in the quarter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Norfolk Southern railroad's Q4 profit up 13% on higher rates

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Daniil Medvedev of Russia celebrates after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, early Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

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Medvedev saves match point, moves into Australian Open semis

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This illustration provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory depicts a target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the target to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP)

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Hot stuff: Lab hits milestone on long road to fusion power

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Pope Francis walks to reach his chair as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope urges parents to 'never condemn' their gay children

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FILE - Ukrainian servicemen walk to their position at the frontline with with Russia-backed separatists outside Verkhnotoretske village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Dec. 27, 2021. Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war comes. They understand that the decision will be made by people who know little about the lives of those on the eastern front lines. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, file)

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Ukraine's front line: Where lives turn on distant decisions

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The Wall St. street sign is framed by the American flags flying outside the New York Stock exchange, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in the Financial District. Stocks are opening with solid gains on Wall Street Wednesday, Jan. 26, led by technology stocks after Microsoft reported standout results for its latest quarter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Stocks rise ahead of latest Federal Reserve policy update

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A Russian national flag flutters in the wind next to the sign of the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he and other top officials will advise President Vladimir Putin on the next steps after receiving written replies from the United States to the demands. Those answers are expected this week — even though the U.S. and its allies have already made clear they will reject the top Russian demands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Ukraine crisis updates: What to know today as tensions rise

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FILE - In this March 9, 2007, file photo, a Guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)

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Carter's dream, almost reached: Guinea worm cases drop to 14

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