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The FTC is making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Here’s what to know.

Ben Brasch
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on the patchwork of hidden subscriptions that undergirds modern life. The agency’s new finalized proposal requires businesse...
Russia flaunts its many doomsday weapons to keep the West from ramping up support for Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - This year has seen President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has the world’s largest atomic arsenal to try to deter the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.
What’s a ‘Jezebel spirit’? Some Christians use the term to paint Kamala Harris with a demonic brush

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and MICHELLE R. SMITH
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit,” using a term with deeply racist and misogynistic roots that is setting off alarm bells for religious and political scholars.
Trump, RFK vow to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ raising hopes and doubts

By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein, Lauren Weber
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - Staring into a camera last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he’d deepened his partnership with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. He gestured to his green “Make America Healthy Again” hat, a new and visible melding of his environmental politics and Trump’s conservative brand.
Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nears

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Oct 19, 2024 8:02 am - Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation's democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming.
Drone targets Israeli prime minister's house as strikes in Gaza kill 50

By ADAM SCHRECK and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 19, 2024 7:59 am - The Israeli government said a drone targeted the prime minister’s house Saturday, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly Oct. 7 attack.
Right-wing influencers hyped anti-Ukraine videos made by a TV producer also funded by Russian media

By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE
Oct 19, 2024 6:00 am - The Kremlin could not have asked for better publicity at a better time when Ben Swann, a self-described independent journalist who promotes conspiracy theories, released a 12-part video series he promised would reveal dark truths about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sinwar’s killing opens up opportunity and much uncertainty for the war in Gaza

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JACK JEFFERY
Oct 19, 2024 6:00 am - Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and the mastermind of the group’s Oct. 7 attack, is a dramatic turning point in the brutal yearlong war that it touched off.
Harris and Trump target Michigan as both parties try to shore up 'blue wall' votes

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Oct 18, 2024 1:41 pm - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both sought support from Arab American voters Friday as they campaigned in Michigan, trying to lock down support in this key battleground state.
Metra police taking over investigation into anti-Israel billboard message

By Russell Lissau
Oct 18, 2024 12:20 pm - The investigation into anti-Israel messages that appeared on a digital billboard in Northbrook continued Friday, but a different agency now is in charge.

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