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Trump says he won’t participate in any more debates before the 2024 election
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will not take part in any more debates ahead of the 2024 election. In a post on his social media platform, Trump [Read More…]
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Project 2025 and abortion: Harris tries to pin monitoring pregnancies to Trump
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a debate that often turned heated over key issues, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were at odds over abortion, a [Read More…]
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‘Dangerous’: Trump’s escalating 2024 election rhetoric criticized by officials, experts
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the presidential debate stage, Donald Trump was given an opportunity to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election. He did not take it. ABC News moderator David Muir read aloud [Read More…]
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Ohio’s GOP governor dispels Republican claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets
Win McNamee/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped in to dispel rumors that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield — an unsubstantiated claim amplified by former President Donald Trump [Read More…]
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California Bridge Fire updates: Newsom expands emergency due to ‘extreme behavior’
Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Bridge Fire straddling Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties was the largest of three major wildfires menacing Southern California on Thursday as federal assistance and the state National [Read More…]
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No CBP personnel responding to Uvalde shooting violated policy or law: Internal report
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel who responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, did not violate policy or the law, according to an internal [Read More…]
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Suspect pleads guilty in connection with death of ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor
Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — One of the four suspects charged in connection to the shooting death of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor has pleaded guilty, a spokesperson for Los [Read More…]
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Appeals court won’t hear Trump’s request to lift limited gag order in hush money case
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has all but exhausted his efforts to eliminate the limited gag order in his criminal hush money case, after New York’s highest court [Read More…]
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Bomb threats reported at City Hall, multiple other buildings in Springfield, Ohio
Paul Vernon/AP (SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) — A bomb threat prompted a major police response in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, according to the city commission office. The threat was sent via email “to multiple agencies and [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Six UN workers killed in strike on Gaza school
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse. Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. [Read More…]
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Palestinian child awaits Gaza evacuation as pacemaker battery nears depletion
Courtesy Huda Hammad (LONDON) — As a 4-year-old Palestinian child waited on Sunday to cross into Jordan for a chance at a life-saving medical procedure, a gunman was crossing from the other side to attack [Read More…]
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No decision made on long-range missiles during Blinken visit to Kyiv: Zelenskyy adviser
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (L) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive at Kyiv train station in Kyiv, on September 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion on Ukraine. (LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
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Russia appears to have launched initial major counterattack against Ukraine in Kursk
In a still from a video posted by a pro-Russian account, multiple vehicles are seen rushing toward the village of Snagost in Russia’s Kurst region, Sept. 10, 2024. (KURSK, Russia) — Russia appears to have [Read More…]
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Member of local guard at US Embassy in Sudan killed in paramilitary RSF’s custody
A picture taken on Oct. 7, 2017 shows a view of the exterior of the US embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images, FILE) (LONDON) — A local guard force [Read More…]
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to testify on COVID-19 nursing home policies
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to publicly testify Tuesday before Congress on his administration’s nursing home policies during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing, [Read More…]
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Ryan Seacrest makes ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host debut, kicks off new era with Vanna White
Eric McCandless/Sony Pictures Television Ryan Seacrest has kicked off a new era of Wheel of Fortune with his co-host, Vanna White. Seacrest made his debut Monday for season 42 of the iconic game show and began the [Read More…]
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Kevin Costner, Mark Hamill and more pay tribute to ‘Star Wars’ actor James Earl Jones
Universal/Gordon/Kobal/Shutterstock As soon as news broke that legendary actor and voice over artist James Earl Jones died Monday at 93, Hollywood took to social media to mourn. Jones, who famously voiced Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and [Read More…]
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In brief: Michael McKean Broadway bound in ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and more
Deadline reports Michael McKean, of This is Spinal Tap fame, is joining his Better Call Saul co-star Bob Odenkirk, Succession‘s Kieran Culkin and comedian Bill Burr in the upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: ‘Highly likely’ Israeli troops killed US activist, IDF says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse. Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. [Read More…]
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Tropical Storm Francine tracker: Forecast to become hurricane as it approaches Louisiana
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Tuesday as it takes aim at the Gulf Coast. By Tuesday night, Francine is expected to become a Category [Read More…]