Nation and World
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Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.
Oct 15, 2025 4:44 pm - Fifteen Democratic governors on Wednesday announced the formation of a state public health alliance designed to counter turmoil at federal agencies under the Trump administration.Leaders of the Governors Public Health Alliance said it will serve as a hub for governors and public health leaders to monitor disease outbreaks, establish public health policy guidance, prepare for pandemics and buy vaccines and other supplies.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
Oct 15, 2025 4:29 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South.
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On National Mall, ‘Democracy’ drips in daylight
Oct 15, 2025 3:55 pm - What weighed 3,000 pounds at dawn’s early light in Washington and will virtually disappear by sundown?The correct guess is a large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept
Oct 14, 2025 9:20 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Penn...
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Erdogan opposed Netanyahu’s attendance at summit, Turkish official confirms
Oct 14, 2025 8:51 pm - ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s presence at a high-level summit in Egy...
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Deadly Texas floods prompt new state investigationOct 14, 2025 6:56 pm - A new joint Texas legislative committee will investigate the response to the historic July 4 floods that killed at least 137 people in Central Texas, the country’s deadliest flood in nearly 50 years.
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Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US
Oct 14, 2025 6:40 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy aligns with that of the Republican administration — if the nation’s internal politics don’t go the United States’ way in its upcoming elections.
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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump saysOct 14, 2025 6:30 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. T...
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Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday
Oct 14, 2025 5:14 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.The ceremony coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday. It came just over a month after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University.
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Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content
Oct 14, 2025 4:32 pm - Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.