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futures are virtually unchanged in after-hours trading.

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A Virginia man is accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic National Headquarters in Washington.

30-year-old Brian Cole Jr.

is facing explosives charges.

The devices were planted outside the Washington, D.C.

party offices on the eve of the U.S.

Capitol riot, but none went off.

There is no immediate word on a motive for the attack or whether the incident was linked to the Capitol riot.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his military will seize control of Ukraine's eastern Donbass region.

As NPR's Charles Mains reports from Moscow, Putin's remarks come days after a U.S.

delegation visited Moscow to discuss U.S.-led efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

The last of three back-to-back supermoons this year peaks this week.

This one is called a cold moon because it occurs near the winter solstice.

A supermoon occurs when the celestial body is closest to Earth, making it appear brighter and larger than usual.

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Southern Command says it has carried out another attack on a boat in eastern Pacific, killing four people.

The announcement on social media came as a Navy commander briefed members of Congress about a double strike on another suspected drug boat off Venezuela.