Category: news
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Harris’ team is considering keeping Biden Cabinet officials if she wins and Democrats lose the Senate
WASHINGTON — If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration. Anticipating that scenario, Harris’ team is exploring whether to keep in place some of the Biden administration officials who’ve already been confirmed by…
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Texas lawmaker vows to ban medical research on unclaimed bodies after NBC News investigation
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas state legislator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research in response to an NBC News investigation that found a local medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without…
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With immigration weighing on her candidacy, Harris heads to the front lines
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — With a forecast high temperature near triple digits in late September, Vice President Kamala Harris is set Friday to dive into one of the most heated issues of the presidential campaign: immigration. Harris is scheduled to make her first trip to the southern U.S. border in more than three years. It will…
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U.S. Coast Guard watching uptick in Russian, Chinese navy activity near Alaska
TAIPEI — The U.S. Coast Guard is watching an “uptick” in Chinese and Russian navy activity around Alaska and the northern Pacific but encounters to date have been very professional, a senior commander said on Friday. Vice Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, noted on a call with regional reporters while…
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Former defense minister set to lead Japan amid efforts to counter China’s growing power
TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its new leader on Friday. Ishiba, a former defense minister, will be named prime minister of the U.S. ally on Tuesday when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his cabinet ministers resign and Ishiba is…
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Dozens of children drown during Hindu festival in India
LUCKNOW, India — At least 46 people, most of them children, have drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent floods during the observance of a Hindu religious festival celebrated by millions in north India, authorities said Thursday. The dead include 37 children and seven women who drowned on Wednesday in the eastern…
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1 in 3 teens can’t get tampons or pads during their periods, study finds
A third of teens and young adults in the U.S. can’t afford or otherwise access menstrual products, according to new research from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. The study found that “period poverty” — that is, insufficient access to menstrual hygiene products and related education — appears to affect young people equally, despite differences…
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Trump promotes watches branded with his name
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday promoted watches branded with his name, his latest involvement in a series of business endeavors as he simultaneously campaigns for the White House. “You’re going to love them. Would make a great Christmas Gift,” Trump said in a Truth Social post linking to the vendor website. Some…
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Mark your bodies so we can ID you
PERRY, Fla. — The Taylor County sheriff has a grim warning for residents who have chosen to ignore evacuation orders and wait out Hurricane Helene at home: Mark yourself with your information so officials can identify you later. Taylor County is expecting to take a direct hit from the Category 4 storm that’s expected to…
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California enacts laws to protect child influencers’ financial security
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills to protect the earnings of child influencers and content creators into law Thursday. Newsom signed SB 764, a bill that requires content creators that feature children in at least 30% of their content to set aside a proportionate percentage of their earnings in trusts for the minors. State…