Nation and World
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Helene’s winds batter Florida as Category 3 storm races toward the coastSep 26, 2024 7:57 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormo...
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Netanyahu vows to use ‘full force’ against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire
Sep 26, 2024 7:54 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out “full force” strikes against Hezbollah until it ceases firing rockets across the border, dimming ...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
Sep 26, 2024 7:30 am - New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging that he took bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.
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Trump is losing his edge on the economy among voters
Sep 25, 2024 8:13 am - Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy, invigorating Vice President Kamala Harris’s pitch for the presidency as she narrows her Republican oppone...
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Helene becomes a hurricane and is expected to intensify as it moves toward Florida
Sep 25, 2024 8:04 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Helene became a hurricane Wednesday after rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and moved north along Mexico's coast on a path toward the U.S., l...
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Israeli army chief says military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon
Sep 25, 2024 8:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — A drone hit the port of the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, and a second one was intercepted, the Israeli military said. Israel’s rescue s...
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In dueling speeches, Harris is to make her capitalist pitch while Trump pushes deeper into populism
Sep 25, 2024 7:56 am - WASHINGTON — Derided by Donald Trump as a “communist,” Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million ...
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A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot Trump
Sep 25, 2024 7:53 am - WASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service was incensed at what had happened that July evening. “What I saw made me ashamed,” Ronald Rowe Jr. said. “I cannot ...
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Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination
Sep 24, 2024 6:09 pm - WASHINGTON — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an a...
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It’s Banned Books Week. LGBTQ+ content tops the most-challenged list.
Sep 24, 2024 3:05 pm - The attempts to censor, restrict or ban books in 2024 in the United States continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, while books with LGBTQ+ themes dominate the most-chal...