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Facts Matter: Disaster relief money not diverted to help migrants

By Bob Oswald
Oct 12, 2024 4:51 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that FEMA has run out of money because of spending on migrants, Donald Trump is pictured wading through floodwater and more.
Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get abortion

By Caroline Kitchener
Oct 11, 2024 6:03 pm - A Texas man who sued three women for allegedly helping his ex-wife obtain abortion pills has dropped his claims — prompting abortion rights advocates to declare victory i...
Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in separate strikes

By BASSEM MROUE
Oct 11, 2024 6:35 am - BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon's military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headqu...
Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons

By MIKE CORDER and ELENA BECATOROS
Oct 11, 2024 6:19 am - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
Feeling stressed about the election? Meditation and mindfulness can help

By MARIAM FAM
Oct 11, 2024 12:59 am - If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally.
Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Oct 10, 2024 3:53 pm - Prices for bacon are always volatile. Among other things, they're subject to weather, animal disease, feed costs, seasonal demand and, according to Harris and other critics, some price gouging by giant food conglomerates.
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills at least 27 people

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 10, 2024 11:32 am - An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants, but people sheltering there said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.
Ethel Kennedy, social activist and widow of Robert F Kennedy, has died

By MICHAEL CASEY and STEVE LeBLANC
Oct 10, 2024 10:34 am - Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy for decades thereafter, died on Thursday, her family said. She was 96.
US inflation reaches lowest point since February 2021, though some price pressures remain

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 10, 2024 8:29 am - Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
Underwood, Marter differ on immigration solutions

By Russell Lissau
Oct 09, 2024 8:36 pm - Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville and Republican challenger James Marter of Oswego agree that the nation’s immigration system has significant problems — but their solutions differ vastly.

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