Nation and World
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Israeli military launches strikes on military targets in Iran, officials say
Oct 25, 2024 7:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday on what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault Oc...
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Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year-old boarding school policy
Oct 25, 2024 2:32 pm - President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country.
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At least 75 sickened as deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak expands
Oct 25, 2024 10:58 am - A deadly outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13 states, federal health officials said Friday.
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Polarizing pipeline law is on the ballot in major corn state
Oct 25, 2024 8:25 am - A proposed $8.9-billion carbon-capture pipeline that has polarized the U.S. Corn Belt is facing one of its biggest obstacles yet: Election Day. When South Dakota voters c...
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Erik and Lyle Menendez are a step closer to leaving prison, but freedom won't come quickly
Oct 25, 2024 8:17 am - Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended their life-without-parole sentences be thrown out and the brothers be resentenced and immediately eligible for parole.
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Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon kills 3 journalists as they sleep
Oct 25, 2024 8:07 am - An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon early Friday, a rare strike on an area that had so far been spared the hostilities in the rest of the region.
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Harris, Beyoncé team up for a Texas rally on abortion rights and hope battleground states hear them
Oct 25, 2024 6:50 am - Vice President Kamala Harris will team up with Beyoncé on Friday for a rally in solidly Republican Texas aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state's strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Donald Trump.
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Allies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
Oct 25, 2024 6:44 am - If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession.
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Trump says gas should be $1.87 a gallon. Here’s what that would mean.
Oct 24, 2024 1:08 pm - It’s become a common refrain during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign: Gasoline prices would plummet if he returned to the White House, falling as low as they were whe...
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McDonald’s and Boar’s Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe
Oct 24, 2024 11:24 am - From Boar’s Head deli meat and waffles to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, this year’s illness outbreaks — some deadly — and food recalls may have Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply.