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Srinivasan, Harding to face off for Virginia state senate seatNov 17, 2024 8:20 pm - A Democratic state delegate and a Republican schools activist won firehouse primaries in Loudoun County this weekend, teeing up a special election between the two to fill...
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Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slatedNov 17, 2024 8:18 pm - LAS VEGAS — Picketing continued Sunday outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip that remained open with no talks scheduled between management and union members str...
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Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in BelizeNov 17, 2024 8:16 pm - POTRERILLOS, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara on Sunday weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall in Belize, where forecasters expected heavy rain to cau...
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Library of Congress says some emails hackedNov 17, 2024 8:08 pm - WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an adversary, a hack of emails between some congressional offices and ...
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Veteran news executive Reg Murphy, who survived abduction decades ago, has died at 90Nov 17, 2024 7:05 pm - Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore — and wh...
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Dozens sickened, 1 dead after eating carrots contaminated with E. coliNov 17, 2024 6:52 pm - NEW YORK — An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection. Altogether, 39 people were infect...
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Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah’s spokesman; attack in Gaza kills at least 30Nov 17, 2024 6:22 pm - BEIRUT — An Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group's chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya kille...
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Russia launches one of its fiercest missile and drone attacks at Ukraine’s infrastructureNov 17, 2024 5:50 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said Sunday, as Russ...
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Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside RussiaNov 17, 2024 5:29 pm - MANAUS, Brazil — President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as ...
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Palatine school receives donation from namesake’s heirNov 17, 2024 5:29 pm - The estate of the last living descendant of former Superintendent Marion Jordan has donated $69,500 to the school