Nation and World
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U.S. government indicts Guatemalan suspect on smuggling charges over deaths of 53 migrants in trailer
Aug 22, 2024 12:27 pm - A suspect arrested in Guatemala has been charged with helping coordinate the 2022 smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants in Texas, the Justice Departme...
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levels
Aug 22, 2024 8:05 am - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but the level of claims remains at healthy levels. Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,0...
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‘That’s my dad!’ Gus Walz charms crowd as father Tim accepts VP nomination
Aug 22, 2024 8:00 am - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was onstage to accept his party’s nomination for the vice presidency on the third night of the Democratic National Convention when attention quick...
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Fact-checking Day 3 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention
Aug 22, 2024 7:55 am - The third night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured more mostly thematic speeches, including by former President Bill Clinton, House Democratic...
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Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials say
Aug 22, 2024 7:51 am - PORTICELLO, Sicily — The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage ...
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School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools
Aug 22, 2024 7:16 am - MADISON, Fla. — Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and sm...
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Labor dispute stops Canadian freight railroads and could cause major economic disruption in U.S.
Aug 22, 2024 7:12 am - TORONTO — Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that could bring significant econ...
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Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region
Aug 22, 2024 7:10 am - KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces entered ...
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Trump is holding his first outdoor rally since last month's assassination attempt
Aug 21, 2024 1:35 pm - ASHEBORO, N.C. — Donald Trump is holding his first outdoor rally since narrowly surviving an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last month. Trump's podium at the Nor...
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Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
Aug 21, 2024 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol,...