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Ohio abortion amendment has necessary signatures to appear on ballot, organizers say
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An amendment that would create a constitutional right to an abortion in Ohio came one step closer to a vote on Wednesday, as proponents of abortion access submitted [Read More…]
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Pentagon will tighten controls on classified information after Discord leak
Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon will tighten existing security controls on access to classified information in the wake of the arrest of Jack Teixeira for allegedly being behind the Discord leak of classified [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 7/5/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 6, Colorado 4 Philadelphia 8, Tampa Bay 4 Atlanta 8, Cleveland 1 San Diego 5, LA Angels 3 [Read More…]
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Hospital sees baby boom with quadruplets, eight sets of twins at once in NICU
Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital (LOS ANGELES) — A hospital in California is experiencing a baby boom of multiples in its neonatal intensive care unit. Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s hospital in Los Angeles is currently caring for [Read More…]
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Two million sign-ups in 2 hours: What to know about newly launched Threads
Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has officially launched Threads, a new “conversation” app that appears to be the firm’s long-awaited counterpart to Twitter. The app [Read More…]
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Report: Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena reveals son Leandro’s cause of death
Mark Sagliocco/WireImage Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena De Niro has reportedly blamed her son Leandro‘s death on pills laced with fentanyl, according to a report TMZ. “Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold [Read More…]
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Dramatic video released of Russian fighter jets ‘harassing’ US drones over Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military released dramatic video of a tense encounter on Wednesday over the skies of eastern Syria as Russian fighter jets were seen “harassing” three American military drones carrying out [Read More…]
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‘Incendiary devices’ used in fire at Atlanta PD training facility, motorcycles destroyed
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Atlanta officials are searching for suspects who allegedly set off incendiary devices at the current police training facility over the weekend, damaging police vehicles and claiming in a message they [Read More…]
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Philadelphia mass shooting: What we know about the 5 victims
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Police have identified all five victims killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia on Monday. A suspect wearing a bulletproof vest, carrying a rifle and multiple rounds of ammunition opened [Read More…]
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Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan speaks out about alleged assault at Eid prayer service
Dinodia Photo/Getty Images (CONNECTICUT) — Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan has spoken out a week after she was allegedly assaulted by a man while attending a gathering for Eid al-Adha prayers with her family. The [Read More…]
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Man found dead in Death Valley from apparent extreme heat illness, officials say
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEVADA) — Extreme heat is what National Park Service officials assume led to the death of a man inside his car that was in the middle of Death Valley National Park as [Read More…]
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Insanity’: 4th of July mass shootings leave 20 dead, 126 injured
KTBS (NEW YORK) — Amid celebrations and fireworks over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, cities across America were left reeling from the scourge of gun violence as mass shootings occurred at block parties [Read More…]
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Man pleads guilty to raping Ohio girl who ended up traveling across state lines for abortion
LordHenriVoton/Getty Images (OHIO) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty to raping a then-9-year-old girl who later sought an out-of-state abortion in a case that became a flashpoint in the national abortion rights debate after Roe [Read More…]
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push for ‘civics’ education: What does it look like?
Tony Anderson/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said that if elected president in 2024 he would push for civics education about the founding principles of the United States to celebrate the country’s [Read More…]
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The Grinchy horror movie ‘The Mean One’ getting Video On Demand release on October 3
Getty Images The Mean One, an R-rated look at The Grinch in the vein of the kids story-based slasher pic Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey, has gotten a home video release date. The movie [Read More…]
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Israel withdraws forces after 2-day operation that left 12 Palestinians, 1 Israeli dead
Alexandre Morin-Laprise/Getty Images (JENIN, West Bank) — Israel withdrew its forces from the Jenin refugee camp just after midnight Wednesday, ending the largest military operation it’s conducted in the occupied West Bank in nearly twenty [Read More…]
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‘Insanity’: 4th of July mass shootings across US kill 13, injure more than 80
KTBS (NEW YORK) — Amid celebrations and fireworks over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, cities across the country were left reeling from the scourge of gun violence in America as shootings occurred at [Read More…]
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LA County sheriff investigating after bodycam video shows deputy throwing Black woman to the ground
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a June 24 incident outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in Lancaster, California, where a sheriff’s deputy slammed a [Read More…]
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5 shark bites reported on Long Island as officials deploy surveillance drones
Maremagnum/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police responded to three reports of possible shark bites in separate locations around the same time on the Fourth of July off the South Shore of Long Island, New York, [Read More…]
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Biden’s Plan B on student loan forgiveness relies on Higher Education Act: What to know
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — President Joe Biden is launching another effort to forgive at least some federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court last week struck down his initial proposal to wipe [Read More…]