Nation and World
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Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine
Sep 24, 2024 6:34 am - NEW YORK — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbolla...
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Israel bombards Hezbollah and families flee southern Lebanon as conflict widens
Sep 24, 2024 6:27 am - Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes again Tuesday as the death toll from a massive Israeli bombardment climbed to nearly 560 people and thousands fled from southern Lebanon with the two sides on the brink of all-out war.
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FBI finds violent crime declined in 2023. Here’s what to know about the report
Sep 23, 2024 1:09 pm - Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike.
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Birmingham, Alabama, officials plead for information on mass shooting and offer reward money
Sep 23, 2024 9:58 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed f...
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For home shoppers, the Fed’s big rate cut is likely just a small step toward affording a homeSep 23, 2024 9:55 am - The Federal Reserve gave home shoppers what they hoped for this week: a big rate cut and a signal of more cuts to come. Even so, aspiring homebuyers and homeowners eager...
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The Fed sees its inflation fight as a success. Will the public eventually agree?
Sep 23, 2024 9:44 am - WASHINGTON — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it's all but conquered inflatio...
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Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt wrote note indicating he intended to kill Trump
Sep 23, 2024 7:49 am - The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier saying that he intended to kill the former president, the Justice Department disclosed Monday in arguing that he should remain locked up as the case moves forward.
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Harris raises $27 million in New York fundraiser, promises economic speech this week
Sep 23, 2024 7:32 am - NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris raised $27 million at a packed New York City fundraiser on Sunday, her largest fundraising haul since she took over at the top of ...
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Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch
Sep 23, 2024 7:30 am - NEW YORK — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and force...
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Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 400
Sep 23, 2024 7:28 am - Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah.