Nation and World
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Women on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites debate as Duckworth and others point to their service and sacrifice
Nov 18, 2024 5:31 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be a...
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Brazil hosts G20 with wars and Trump’s return in the background as a deal to fight hunger possible
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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
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Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions
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Moscow warns US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with long-range weapons
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As it enters polar night, this Alaska town won’t see sunrise for 64 days
Nov 17, 2024 9:12 pm - The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president w...
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Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slatedNov 17, 2024 8:18 pm - LAS VEGAS — Picketing continued Sunday outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip that remained open with no talks scheduled between management and union members str...
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Library of Congress says some emails hackedNov 17, 2024 8:08 pm - WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an adversary, a hack of emails between some congressional offices and ...
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Veteran news executive Reg Murphy, who survived abduction decades ago, has died at 90Nov 17, 2024 7:05 pm - Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore — and wh...
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Dozens sickened, 1 dead after eating carrots contaminated with E. coliNov 17, 2024 6:52 pm - NEW YORK — An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection. Altogether, 39 people were infect...