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Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93Oct 17, 2024 1:52 pm - Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.
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Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?Oct 17, 2024 1:29 pm - BEIRUT — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed...
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Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘Victory Plan’Oct 17, 2024 9:35 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”
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Vance says ‘no’ when asked whether Trump lost 2020 electionOct 17, 2024 8:07 am - The answer was the most specific Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from past answers he has offered about the election Trump continues to say without evidence was decided fraudulently in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
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Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 shocks fans around the worldOct 17, 2024 7:53 am - Shockwaves spread around the world Thursday at the death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of British boy band One Direction and had to deal with intense global fame while still in his teens.
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Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in GazaOct 17, 2024 7:44 am - Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterward that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.
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US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen’s Houthi rebelsOct 17, 2024 7:38 am - The U.S. military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels' attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as well.
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Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’Oct 17, 2024 7:09 am - An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots. The review also found more systemic issues at the agency such as a failure to understand the unique risks facing Trump and a culture of doing “more with less.”
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Harris campaign calls plagiarism claims a partisan attack. Expert says it was ‘sloppy writing’Oct 17, 2024 7:03 am - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign is dismissing accusations that she and a co-author plagiarized parts of a 2009 book on the U.S. criminal justice system as a desperate attempt by “rightwing operatives” to distract voters.
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Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rightsOct 17, 2024 6:48 am - Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights.