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Springfield mayor confirms Vance campaign staffer was told by city official rumors about Haitian immigrants were ‘baseless’
The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump campaign echoed false claims about Haitian immigrants since the September presidential debate – despite the ...
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Trump says at antisemitism event that Jewish voters would bear some blame if he loses in November
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that “the Jewish people” would be partially to blame if he loses in November, escalating his persistent campaign trail criticism of Jewish voters and ...
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Harris campaign highlights Trump’s past praise for Mark Robinson as CNN report roils battleground North Carolina
Donald Trump’s campaign declined to say Thursday whether North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whom the former president once described as “Martin Luther King on steroids,” should drop out of the ...
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Strong storm flips over RVs in Oklahoma and leaves 1 person dead
Authorities say one death has been reported following a strong storm that moved through part of Oklahoma. The storm hit Pawnee on Thursday night. It flipped over several camping vehicles and downed ...
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Harris focusing on personal stories as she campaigns on abortion rights
For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a speech focused squarely on abortion rights. She’ll do so in Georgia on Friday, ...
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Why Kamala Harris is heading to Georgia to speak about reproductive rights
Vice President Kamala Harris directed her team this week to immediately schedule a visit to Georgia following a media report that revealed two deaths linked to the battleground state’s abortion ...
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Lawyers say former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women and girls
Lawyers representing dozens of women who say they were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of the famous London department store Harrods, said the case was akin to the ...
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Europe will loan war-torn Ukraine up to $39 billion to aid recovery
The European Union will loan Ukraine up to €35 billion ($39 billion) to help rebuild its economy, the bloc’s executive arm announced Friday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ...
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5 things to know for Sept. 20: Middle East, Stock market, Political scandal, Mail-in voting, Covid-19 origins
After NASA decided to keep them in space until 2025, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now cast their votes in the November elections more than 200 miles above their nearest polling ...
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Columbia Fire Department responds to house fire in central Columbia
Columbia Fire Department respond to a house fire on the 1000 block of Crestland Avenue Friday morning. CFD responded to a ...
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Safety issues with medication abortion are extremely rare, experts emphasize
Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the state’s abortion ban, the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reported this week. Both ...
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Hannah Hampton is one of the world’s top goalkeepers, but she still can’t help spilling water
The Chelsea and England national team goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was just 11 years old when the diagnosis was made. The doctors who’d been treating her said there were three careers that she could ...