Dianne Feinstein once said that one of the 'hardest moments' of her life was finding Harvey Milk shot dead by her colleague

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Dianne Feinstein Harvey Milk march in 1979
Young Dianne Feinstein led a march in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk after their assassination in San Francisco in 1979.

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Only 0.2% of Ukraine's landmass has changed hands in 2023, report says, despite thousands dead and billions of dollars spent

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A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket in the direction of Bakhmut on May 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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The 9 locations around the world where sharks attack most, from Florida to Western Australia

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Great white shark.

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Russia pardoned a murderer who put his girlfriend through a meat grinder because he agreed to fight in Ukraine, his mom says

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In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in June, tanks belonging to Russia's Wagner military contractor are parked at an undisclosed location.

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Australia is being plagued by vicious and vindictive swooping magpies, and people say they are terrified

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An Australian magpie is shown giving a camera the side eye as it swoops down toward a cyclist.
An Australian magpie captured swooping down on a cyclist.

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A teenager was arrested over the chopping down of a beloved 300-year-old tree along Hadrian's Wall

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The ‘Sycamore Gap' tree lying on the ground next to Hadrian's Wall in an aerial photo shared on September 28, 2023, in Northumberland National Park, England.
The ‘Sycamore Gap' tree lying on the ground next to Hadrian's Wall in an aerial photo shared on September 28, 2023, in Northumberland National Park, England.

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Russia is scaling back its use of the feared Ka-52 attack helicopter after Ukraine got good at taking them out: ISW

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A Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopter flies in the Luhansk region

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Putin has been ignoring his generals and directing the war himself, analysts say — and has been surprisingly cautious

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R) at a meeting in Moscow in December 2022.

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Tanks and troops out in the open in Ukraine can't go 10 minutes without being spotted and fired upon, Ukrainian official says

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Ukrainian soldiers launching a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2022.

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Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says

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Instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard participate in a blank fire exercise, together with Ukrainian soldiers, on August 25, 2023, north of Trondheim, Norway.

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