Nation and World
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US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall to all-time low
Jan 23, 2024 1:06 pm - Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
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Could Georgia's Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Donald Trump?Jan 23, 2024 12:19 pm - ATLANTA — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald...
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Biden and Harris team up to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia
Jan 23, 2024 9:30 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democr...
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Haley vows to stay in GOP race as Trump seeks commanding victory in New Hampshire
Jan 23, 2024 9:27 am - MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory Tuesday in New Hampshire, sure of a sweep of the first two Republican primary races to...
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Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts
Jan 23, 2024 8:28 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nit...
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Pentagon has no more money for Ukraine as it hosts a meeting of 50 allies on support for Kyiv
Jan 23, 2024 8:21 am - WASHINGTON — For the first time since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established the international group to support Ukraine in April 2022, the United States is hosting th...
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Suspect in killing of 8 people in Joliet has fatally shot himself in Texas, police say
Jan 23, 2024 7:31 am - A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in Joliet fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials at a gas station in Texas, where ...
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21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began
Jan 23, 2024 7:20 am - JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israeli forces in Gaza since the Hamas raid that triggered the war, killing 21 soldiers, the ...
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Flooding ravages San DiegoJan 23, 2024 6:59 am - SAN DIEGO — Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S., toppling trees and overflo...
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Death on the Arabian Sea: How a Navy SEAL fell into rough waters and another died trying to save him
Jan 23, 2024 6:58 am - WASHINGTON — Under the darkness of night, in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia, members of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 3 began to climb aboard an unflagged shi...