Thursday, 10 October 2024

Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first call in weeks

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Man is charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers University

A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has admitted to a hate crime

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Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Courts keep weighing in on abortion. Next month's elections could mean even bigger changes

Two courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections

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Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Mississippi death row inmate

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who was convicted of killing a high school student

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Monday, 7 October 2024

Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state's near-ban on abortions as the state appeals

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals

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Sunday, 6 October 2024

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

Campuses across the U.S. have been calmer in the wake of last spring’s protests, yet many are mired in a lingering unease

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Mormon church leaders encourage civility as Trump and Harris rally religious voters

A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging members to “avoid what is harsh and hateful” in the heat of election season

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Saturday, 5 October 2024

Ohio court refers case brought by citizens' group against Trump, Vance to prosecutors

An Ohio court has referred to county prosecutors a criminal case brought by a citizens’ group against the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates over their comments about Haitian immigrants

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Former New York governor and stepson assaulted during evening walk

Police say that former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were assaulted on a Manhattan street as they went for an evening walk

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Friday, 4 October 2024

A coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia is the 10th in US this year, surpassing 2023 total

A coal miner has died nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia

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Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge

A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall

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Biden says he doesn't know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election

President Joe Biden has offered some terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he doesn't know whether the Israeli leader is holding up a peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election

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Thursday, 3 October 2024

A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest

Sam Dutcher says he had finished running errands when his Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated over 100 mph, eventually forcing authorities to coordinate a controlled crash in the western Minnesota countryside to save the 18-year-old

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