Category: news
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Bull on the run after 8 break out of rodeo in Massachusetts
Officials were searching for a runaway bull in southern Massachusetts early Monday after a herd of the animals jumped a fence at a rodeo event a day earlier. “Community members should exercise extreme caution and not approach the bull if found. If found, community members should call 9-1-1,” North Attleboro Fire Chief Christopher Coleman said…
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Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania; Doug Emhoff to speak for Harris in Texas
In an ad released this morning, the Harris campaign targeted in vitro fertilization, claiming that another Trump administration could put in jeopardy access to IVF. The ad features a military wife in Arizona who is undergoing IVF treatments and expresses concern about possible threats to the procedure. “My husband is in the military. He volunteered…
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Israel issues rare warning to Lebanese civilians and Johnson’s new strategy to avert a shutdown: Morning Rundown
House Speaker Mike Johnson makes a deal with Democrats in an attempt to avert a shutdown. Israel launches ‘’extensive’’ strikes across Lebanon. And catch up on the highlights from Week 3 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today. House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear shutdown Tom Williams / Getty…
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Pilot killed in midair small plane collision in California
A pilot died after two single-engine planes collided midair on Sunday in Southern California, officials said. The planes, a single-engine Nanchang CJ-6 and a single-engine Yakovlev Yak-52, collided near Lancaster, in northern Los Angeles County, around 1 p.m. PT on Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Only the two pilots were on board the aircrafts…
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Apparent Trump plot suspect Ryan Routh wrote ‘This was an assassination attempt,’ court filing shows
The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Florida this month dropped off a box at a person’s home that included a letter that declared, “This was an assassination attempt,” a court document revealed Monday. The note came to light in a U.S. District Court filing asking that Ryan…
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German voters fend off far-right in latest state vote, early results suggest
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign, initial official figures showed. The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of…
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China’s youth unemployment hits fresh high amid economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies
China’s youth unemployment rate in August rose to the highest level since the new system of record-keeping began in December, driven by an economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies, according to analysts. The jobless rate for people in China ages 16 to 24, and not in school, rose to 18.8% last month, data from the National…
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GM’s EV sales momentum is finally building as new vehicle lineup fills out
WARREN, Mich. — If everything had gone to plan for General Motors over the last three years, the Detroit automaker would be well on its way to catching Tesla in sales of electric vehicles. In October 2021, GM CEO Mary Barra declared the automaker would “absolutely” catch up to the U.S. EV leader by 2025. Instead, after slower-than-anticipated EV adoption across the industry…
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Marxist-leaning president takes power in Sri Lanka, a country long led by dynasties
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. Millions of Sri Lankans had voted for the opposition parliamentarian, putting faith in his graft-fighting…
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Princess Kate makes first public appearance after cancer treatment
LONDON — Princess Kate has made her first public appearance since announcing that she had completed chemotherapy and would be returning to some public duties. Joined by her husband, Prince William, she was seen attending a Sunday service at Crathie Kirk, a church near the family’s royal Balmoral estate in Scotland. In new photos, the…