Nation and World
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Trump pardons former Mets great Darryl Strawberry, 3 others
Nov 07, 2025 7:36 pm - President Donald Trump pardoned four people on Friday, including former New York Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry.
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Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign
Nov 07, 2025 7:05 pm - The mayor of Chicago on Friday invited a panel of independent United Nations experts to examine what he called the federal government’s “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the nation’s third-largest city.
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Republicans swat down Democratic offer to end shutdown as impasse continues into 38th day
Nov 07, 2025 7:01 pm - Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.
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US travelers scramble to adjust as airlines cut 1,000 flights because of shutdown
Nov 07, 2025 4:24 pm - Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while cutting more than 1,000 flights because of the government shutdown.
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Indiana woman killed after arriving at wrong address to clean, police say
Nov 07, 2025 3:34 pm - A woman was shot dead after she arrived at the wrong address for a cleaning job, police in Whitestown, Indiana, said.
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Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon towns, escalating near-daily attacks
Nov 07, 2025 3:31 pm - Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.The airstrikes came hours after militant group Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel.
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Supreme Court weighs long shot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
Nov 07, 2025 3:25 pm - A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference.Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
Nov 07, 2025 9:37 am - President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
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Vigil held in Kentucky to share sorrow over UPS plane crash that killed at least 13
Nov 06, 2025 7:01 pm - Two days after a deadly UPS plane disaster, a candlelight vigil was held Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, to remember the victims and thank first responders, while teams still worked to find or identify people caught in the crash and subsequent firestorm.
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Texts appear to show Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting a woman in Chicago
Nov 06, 2025 6:41 pm - CHICAGO — Text messages sent by a Border Patrol agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with assaulting a f...