Nation and World
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Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 400
Sep 23, 2024 7:28 am - Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah.
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US will let more people take methadone at home
Sep 22, 2024 6:00 am - The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the lifesaving drug starting next month, but experts say the addiction treatment changes could fall flat if state governments and methadone clinics fail to act.
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The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Sep 22, 2024 6:00 am - SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That's where Robert Ardovino sees a Border P...
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Smartmatic’s case against Newsmax will test 2020 defamation claims
Sep 21, 2024 6:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del.- A high-stakes court case scheduled to begin later this month will finally test whether a television network can be held liable for making statements abo...
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Secret Service is responsible for multiple security failures in Trump attack July 13, report says
Sep 20, 2024 11:09 pm - The Secret Service is responsible for multiple security failures that led to the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, the Republican candi...
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OceanGate’s Titan prototype was ‘amateurish,’ expert says at hearing
Sep 20, 2024 11:06 pm - The CEO of a submersible manufacturing company testified Friday that he checked out a prototype of OceanGate’s Titan submersible four years before the vessel imploded nea...
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EU to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion backed by frozen Russian assets
Sep 20, 2024 10:59 pm - BRUSSELS — The European Union will provide a loan of up to 35 billion euros (about $39 billion) to Ukraine backed by the windfall profits from frozen Russian assets, Euro...
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Mortgage rates are coming down — and homebuyers are ready to pounce
Sep 20, 2024 1:41 pm - For Americans mulling a home purchase, this week’s interest rate cut meant just one thing: It’s time to get back in the game. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates b...
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Israel says its strike on Beirut killed a top Hezbollah military official as Lebanon reports 14 died
Sep 20, 2024 6:59 am - Israel hit a Beirut suburb with an airstrike Friday, not long after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets following a vow by the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.
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A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19’s origin
Sep 19, 2024 1:40 pm - Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.