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What’s life like for Russia’s political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment

This story is part of a larger series on the crackdown on dissent in Russia. Click here to read more of those stories, and the AP’s coverage of Russia’s presidential election. TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Vladimir Kara-Murza could only laugh when officials in Penal Colony No. 6 inexplicably put a small cabinet in his already-cramped concrete cell, next to a …

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USA Today Women’s Top 25 Poll

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team’s records, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. South Carolina (32) 27-0 800 1 2. Ohio State 24-3 767 2 3. Texas 26-3 724 5 4. Virginia Tech …

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Argentina’s president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in dispute

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei on Monday condemned a threat by the governor of the oil-rich province of Chubut to cut off energy supplies to the rest of the country amid a dispute over funding reductions. “(The threat) is not an attack on the federal government, but on all Argentines,” presidential spokesperson …

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