Nation and World
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Harris aims to blunt Trump's economic attacks by proposing new tax breaks in a bid to lower costs
Aug 16, 2024 6:11 am - Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting a broad set of economic proposals that would offer new tax breaks and lower the cost of living for Americans, aiming to address the financial concerns that are at the top of the mind for voters and that Republican Donald Trump is trying to lay at her doorstep.
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What to know about Tim Walz’s 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he responded
Aug 16, 2024 5:55 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ' running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered p...
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Beyond 'childless cat ladies,' JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births
Aug 16, 2024 5:50 am - MIAMI — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy — took the stage at a conservative conference...
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What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them
Aug 16, 2024 5:47 am - WASHINGTON — As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she ...
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Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital
Aug 16, 2024 5:43 am - NEW DELHI — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justic...
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Why the progressive ‘Squad’ is getting smaller after defeats this primary cycle
Aug 16, 2024 5:41 am - WASHINGTON — The “Squad,” a group of progressive lawmakers in the House, is set to shrink next year after two members suffered primary defeats this election cycle followi...
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U.S. official says Mideast mediators are preparing to implement cease-fire deal before final agreement
Aug 16, 2024 5:37 am - JERUSALEM — A U.S. official said Friday that mediators are preparing to implement a Gaza cease-fire and hostage-swap deal to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war before a fi...
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As Gaza death toll passes 40,000, corpses are buried in yards, streets, tiered graves
Aug 15, 2024 2:00 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa’di Baraka spends his days hacking at the earth, making room ...
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
Aug 15, 2024 1:13 pm - MEDFORD, Mass. — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing...
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Trump says he’s ‘entitled to personal attacks’ as he hammers Harris on inflation with grocery props
Aug 15, 2024 12:54 pm - BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, adding he's “very angry” at Vice Pre...