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Massachusetts officially named Podokesaurus holyokensis as its state dinosaur.

President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in four recently annexed Ukrainian territories: Donetsk , Luhansk , Kherson , and Zaporizhzhia . Concurrently, Russian forces began evacuating civilians from the occupied Kherson region as Ukrainian counteroffensives advanced. October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Igor Danchenko , a primary source for the Steele dossier, was acquitted of lying to the FBI, marking a major setback for Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Science, Sports & Culture Igor Danchenko , a primary source for the

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To combat rising gas prices ahead of the midterm elections, Biden announced the release of 15 million additional barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.