Nation and World
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‘It's our time': As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdueAug 25, 2024 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — “Electric.” “Joyful.” The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost q...
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Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversaryAug 24, 2024 9:33 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukr...
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Judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officersAug 24, 2024 9:29 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Ta...
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Fauci hospitalized with West Nile virus, now recovering at homeAug 24, 2024 9:28 pm - Anthony S. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus this month, according to a spokesperson for the nation’s former top infectious-disease official. Fauci, 83, was the...
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack; suspect detainedAug 24, 2024 9:27 pm - SOLINGEN, Germany — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded fe...
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Tropical Storm Hone steadily approaches Hawaii, threatening floods and firesAug 24, 2024 9:26 pm - HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for “sweet and soft,” drew near the islands Saturday with breezes that were expected to intensify — and increase th...
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California sees a summer of extremes, from heat waves and wildfires to snowAug 24, 2024 9:26 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in Californi...
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Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a Pennsylvania court filing that he's endorsing Trump
Aug 23, 2024 1:34 pm - Ahead of a planned speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said in a Pennsylvania court filing Friday that he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.
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Ukraine says it used U.S. glide bombs in Russia's Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv
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Fact-checking Kamala Harris at the Democratic convention on Day 4
Aug 23, 2024 7:56 am - Vice President Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech on the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured high rhetoric but not many facts easily...