Nation and World
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Police say 4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area subway train
Sep 02, 2024 2:56 pm - FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Fo...
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'We all failed you.' Heartbreak at funeral for Israeli-American hostage in Jerusalem
Sep 02, 2024 2:55 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli-American family that became an international symbol in the struggle to free hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza laid their son to rest on Mo...
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ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV
Sep 01, 2024 8:59 pm - ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.
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GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates hoping to siphon off Harris votes
Sep 01, 2024 6:38 pm - Across the country, a network of Republican political operatives, lawyers and their allies is trying to shape November's election in ways that favor former President Donald Trump.
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Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit
Sep 01, 2024 5:48 pm - Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris is the candidate politicizing fallen U.S. service members.
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Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
Sep 01, 2024 4:52 pm - Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.
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Family confirms death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Israeli-American hostage with Chicago rootsSep 01, 2024 9:38 am - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in separate calls Sunday talked with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg Polin, the couple with Chicago roots whose son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage in Gaza, was found murdered by Hamas on Saturday.
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7 killed by Russian attacks as Moscow pushes ahead in Ukraine's east
Aug 31, 2024 9:13 pm - Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday killed five people, as Moscow’s troops pushed ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The attack struck a high-r...
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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
Aug 31, 2024 9:13 pm - JERUSALEM — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in th...
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7 US troops hurt in dramatic raid that killed numerous ISIS fighters
Aug 31, 2024 9:13 pm - A dramatic military raid in western Iraq earlier this week left at least 14 Islamic State fighters dead and seven American troops wounded, according to defense officials,...