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Vladimir Putin’s speech on Friday, in which he formally proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, was many things: a distorted history lecture, a rather tedious enumeration of supposed Western…
Florida residents face tough choices about whether to stay or leave in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.