Nation and World
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Citing omelets and chili, justices seem poised to uphold ghost gun rules
Oct 08, 2024 6:39 am - The Supreme Court will hear a challenge Tuesday to a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons with an exponentially increased link to crime in recent years.
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Hezbollah steps up rocket fire into Israel, which sends more troops into Lebanon
Oct 08, 2024 6:37 am - Hezbollah’s acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month.
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Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one
Oct 08, 2024 6:31 am - Florida work crews hustled to remove lingering wreckage from one hurricane ahead of another Tuesday, while thousands of people fearing a once-in-century direct hit from Milton streamed out of the populous Tampa Bay region to seek safety inland.
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Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
Oct 07, 2024 7:11 pm - WASHINGTON — A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, th...
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Intelligence officials say US adversaries are targeting congressional races with disinformation
Oct 07, 2024 5:42 pm - WASHINGTON — It's not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American ...
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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case
Oct 07, 2024 4:22 pm - The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump.
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More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work
Oct 07, 2024 2:14 pm - Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and ...
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As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses
Oct 07, 2024 2:03 pm - For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism.
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Countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel
Oct 07, 2024 8:47 am - Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as world leaders called for an end to antisemitism and the release of Israeli hostages.
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New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump
Oct 07, 2024 8:31 am - No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's economic plans.