Saturday, 12 October 2024

Harris goes to North Carolina, plans to hold Sunday campaign event in state hit hard by hurricane

Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Black leaders in North Carolina and will attend church in the state ahead of a rally

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A man was shot to death in confrontation with law enforcement officers in Kansas

The 27-year-old man who was shot appeared to be wearing body armor.

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Friday, 11 October 2024

Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against conservative website

Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based website that falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election

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Thursday, 10 October 2024

Hurricane Milton’s winds topple crane that was building west Florida’s tallest residential tower

A construction crane came crashing down on the building that houses the Tampa Bay Times during the height of Hurricane Milton’s menace across Florida

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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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