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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Oct 07, 2024 4:22 pm - The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump.
More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work

By CLAIRE SAVAGE
Oct 07, 2024 2:14 pm - Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and ...
As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

By JESSE BEDYAN and ARUSHI GUPTA
Oct 07, 2024 2:03 pm - For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism.
Countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel

By JUSTIN SPIKE
Oct 07, 2024 8:47 am - Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as world leaders called for an end to antisemitism and the release of Israeli hostages.
New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

By JOSH BOAK
Oct 07, 2024 8:31 am - No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's economic plans.
Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA

By DANIEL NIEMANN, MARIA CHENG and MIKE CORDER
Oct 07, 2024 8:24 am - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that offer a way for scientists to control what’s happening in our cells and that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating diseases including cancer.
War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

By MELANIE LIDMAN and TIA GOLDENBERG
Oct 07, 2024 7:44 am - Israelis held somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country's history, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and ignited wars on two fronts with no end in sight.
U.S. spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Oct 07, 2024 7:23 am - The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report for Brown University's Costs of War project, released Monday on the anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.
Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm. Florida orders evacuations

By JEFF MARTIN and FREIDA FRISARO
Oct 07, 2024 7:15 am - Milton strengthened rapidly Monday into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida, threatening the densely populated Tampa area with a potential direct hit and menacing the same stretch of coastline that was battered by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago.
For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October

By PETER SMITH
Oct 06, 2024 6:00 am - Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, but the approaching one-year commemoration of the assault hits home particularly hard in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, which already marks a grim anniversary each October.

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