Mets Blow Lead in Ninth but Pete Alonso Wins Game in Tenth

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Bucks Rebound in a Big Way, Beating Celtics Easily in Game 2

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Blue Jackets Get Edge on Bruins With Game 3 Win

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Corrections: May 1, 2019

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It’s Infrastructure Week!

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Anti-Semites Don’t Just Hate Jews. They’re Targeting Freedom.

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Would You Let the Police Search Your Phone?

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Alabama Is More Pro-Immigrant Than You Think

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Peacocks, but Not Peahens

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Mueller, Venezuela, Deutsche Bank: Your Wednesday Briefing

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Modi's war chest leaves India election rivals in the dust

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is flush with cash, giving his Hindu nationalist bloc a massive advantage over the main opposition Congress party as he seeks to win a second term in India's general election.

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Factbox: India's elections - Rules on campaign financing and spending

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is flush with cash in the current Indian general election, and is expected to easily outspend opposition parties, as he seeks a second term in office.

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Emperor Naruhito ascends throne in Japan with 'sense of solemnity'

Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally took up his post on Wednesday a day after the abdication of his father, saying he felt a "sense of solemnity" but pledging to work as a symbol of the nation and the unity of its people.

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Japan welcomes Reiwa 'New Year' with hopes for peace, prosperity

Japan welcomed the start of a new Reiwa imperial era and a new emperor on Wednesday in a festive New Year mood, with hopes for peace and prosperity.

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Amnesty urges Yemen's Houthis to free 10 journalists held for spying

Amnesty International called on Yemen's Houthi movement, which controls the capital Sanaa, to free 10 journalists held for nearly four years on what the rights group described as trumped-up spying charges.

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European socialists smell comeback in Spanish victory

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's election victory delivered a shot in the arm for the Europe's struggling left, which fears a surge by the right in this month's European parliament elections.

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Exclusive: Wife of Ukraine president-elect got penthouse bargain from tycoon

The wife of Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy bought a luxury apartment for less than half the market rate from business tycoon Oleksandr Buryak, according to official income and property records.

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Sixth round of U.S., Taliban peace talks begin today: Taliban spokesman

American and Taliban officials are meeting on Wednesday in Qatar to resume talks aimed at ending a 17-year war in Afghanistan, a Taliban official said.

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Extinction Rebellion has a message for the world: We've only just begun

After paralyzing parts of London, the co-founder of environmental group Extinction Rebellion has a message for the world: We've only just begun.

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The debate behind Trump's move to tighten Iran oil sanctions

U.S. President Donald Trump's unexpected decision to ban all Iranian oil purchases after May 1 - ending exemptions for eight nations - came after hawkish economic and security advisors allayed the president's fears of an oil price hike, according to three sources familiar with the internal debate.

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