Nation and World
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For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No
Oct 06, 2024 6:00 am - AURORA, Colo. — East Colfax Avenue was the best place to find a job. That's what everyone told Sofia Roca. Never mind the open drug use, the sex workers or the groups of...
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Trump is returning to the site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for a rally with Vance and Musk
Oct 05, 2024 7:27 am - Former President Donald Trump plans to return Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, setting aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety in order to fulfill a promise — “really an obligation,” he said recently — to the people of Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing
Oct 04, 2024 8:30 pm - WASHINGTON — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with...
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Inside a helicopter bringing lifesaving relief to N.C.’s storm-ravaged counties
Oct 04, 2024 9:07 am - ABOVE ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — Five days after Helene decimated this region, a lone man remained stranded and needed help. He was waving his arms next to a big X made from deb...
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Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting strong gains as election nears
Oct 04, 2024 7:48 am - Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting a stronger than expected labor market. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, according to jobs data released Fr...
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Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss
Oct 04, 2024 7:44 am - Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to “hang Mike Pence,” Donald Trump told his vice president that people are going to “hate your guts” and “think you're stupid” if he failed to stop the 2020 election certification.
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Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria
Oct 04, 2024 6:59 am - Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.
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Harris and Trump battle for labor support as dockworkers suspend strike
Oct 04, 2024 6:56 am - Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year's election.
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Helene’s death toll reaches 200 as crews try to reach the most remote areas hit by the storm
Oct 03, 2024 12:56 pm - Hurricane Helene's death toll reached 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still, as searchers made their way toward the hardest to reach places in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the storm washed out roads and knocked out electricity, water and cellular service.
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Nearly all homes in counties hardest hit by Helene lack national flood insurance
Oct 03, 2024 12:37 pm - In Buncombe County, North Carolina, where an entire town disappeared beneath floodwaters, less than 1 percent of households had flood insurance. In Unicoi County, Tenness...