Today: September 23, 2024
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Turkey's Erdogan: Israel's Netanyahu solely responsible for recent Middle East tensions

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli leadership are solely responsible for the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Turkish President Tayyip

Turkey's Erdogan: Israel's Netanyahu solely responsible for recent Middle East tensions
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Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority

Three district attorneys in Georgia are asking a judge to strike down a law creating a commission to discipline and remove prosecutors

Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority
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Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometown

Donald Trump plans to visit New York’s Harlem neighborhood after spending his second day in a lower Manhattan courtroom as a criminal defendant

Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometown
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Justin Trudeau's government raises taxes on wealthiest Canadians in federal budget

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal government

Justin Trudeau's government raises taxes on wealthiest Canadians in federal budget
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NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview

National Public Radio has reportedly suspended a veteran editor who wrote an essay for an outside outlet that criticized his employer for what he says is an unquestioned liberal point of view

NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview
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US to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district, Politico reports

The Biden administration is set to reject the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in northern Alaska, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing two people with

US to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district, Politico reports
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Court papers show Sen. Bob Menendez may testify his wife kept him in the dark, unaware of any crimes

Newly unsealed court papers show that Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at a May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen

Court papers show Sen. Bob Menendez may testify his wife kept him in the dark, unaware of any crimes
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Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her

Connecticut’s top public defender is fighting to keep her job as an oversight commission begins considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged misconduct

Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her
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Arkansas lawmakers question governor's staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern cited by audit

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office is facing pointed questions from lawmakers about a $19,000 lectern purchase that was the focus of a legislative audit

Arkansas lawmakers question governor's staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern cited by audit
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Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China

Voting has begun across the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region

Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China
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Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87

Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died

Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
Environment|Political

Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders in the US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change

Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders in the US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll
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Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that's a showdown between its president and prime minister

Croatia is voting in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister of the small European Union and NATO member

Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that's a showdown between its president and prime minister
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Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts

Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and other cities

Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts
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Russian missiles slam into a Ukrainian city and kill 8 people as the war approaches a critical stage

Local officials say three Russian missiles have slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least eight people

Russian missiles slam into a Ukrainian city and kill 8 people as the war approaches a critical stage
Business

US auto sector 'whipsawed' by politicians, Ford chairman says

BIRMINGHAM, Mich.

US auto sector 'whipsawed' by politicians, Ford chairman says
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Dozens of Russian athletes are likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Will Moscow let them go?

Dozens of Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics

Dozens of Russian athletes are likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Will Moscow let them go?
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Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have slowly begun

Microsoft said on Wednesday it found Russian online campaigns aimed at influencing the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45

Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have slowly begun
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House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead toward a vote later this week on a package of Ukraine funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job
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An NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on company has resigned after being suspended

A National Public Radio editor who wrote a critical essay saying that his company had become intolerant of all but liberal views has resigned

An NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on company has resigned after being suspended
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Senator's son pleads not guilty to charges from crash that killed North Dakota sheriff's deputy

The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded not guilty to homicide and other charges in connection with a Dec. 6 crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy

Senator's son pleads not guilty to charges from crash that killed North Dakota sheriff's deputy
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Exclusive-Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes return to office

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Exclusive-Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes return to office
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A flyer at a camp in Mexico urges US-bound migrants to vote for Biden. Its origins are suspect

A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not create flyers urging border-bound migrants to vote for President Joe Biden

A flyer at a camp in Mexico urges US-bound migrants to vote for Biden. Its origins are suspect
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North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff

Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members' jobs in North Carolina's public university system could be at risk

North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff
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Trump hush money prosecutors seek to ask about fraud, E. Jean Carroll

Prosecutors on Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial want to ask the former U.S. president about civil cases in which he was found liable for sexual abuse and

Trump hush money prosecutors seek to ask about fraud, E. Jean Carroll

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