The United States has made a “substantive” change in its aid to Ukraine, sending more offensive weapons to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is seeking to capitalize on Russia’s apparent setbacks in recent months. Two U.S. officials told CNN that the change in weaponry sent to the European country reflects what Ukraine sees as an opportunity to regain territory. The…

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An Alaska man walking on a shoreline wound up clinging to a chunk of ice for more than 30 minutes in frigid water when the shoreline ice broke loose and carried him out into Cook Inlet. Jamie Snedden, 45, of Homer, was rescued on Saturday near the community of Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula. He was…

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu proposed a city ordinance Monday that limits the times you can protest outside of someone’s private residence to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Reactions to the measure were swift, with some calling it an abridgement of free speech. But in an interview with WBUR Monday afternoon, Wu defended the ordinance, saying it limits…

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