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Katie Baltzor rides her side-by-side among the black angus cattle she raises near her home outside of Hines, Oregon.
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Drought, fire and high diesel prices 'addin' up tough' for Oregon ranchers
Anna King
Record diesel prices are kicking Western ranchers while they're down. Drought means they have to buy extra hay, and pay truckers extra to deliver it because of fuel price hikes.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions before his meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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AP
Ukraine says Starlink is back to normal after disruptions
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A man looks through a gap in a stone wall toward a Greek Orthodox church where gunmen opened fire during a funeral hours earlier in Hamoud village, in Jordan's Karak governorate on Friday.
AP Photo
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AP
Gunmen open fire at a church during a funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40
The Associated Press
Fewer women in their 20s are choosing to become mothers, leading to an overall birthrate decline in the U.S. But the birth rate among U.S. women age 30-45 is rising according to the latest federal data.
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AFP
U.S. birth rate drops to record low, but older women are having more babies
Brian Mann
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