Category: news
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Kamala Harris to deliver Ellipse speech; Trump to speak at Mar-a-Lago
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested this morning that comparisons people make of Trump to Adolf Hitler make him vulnerable to being assassinated. “When we were kids in this country, we were asked to answer, to consider the moral quandary, would you, if you could go back in time, would you kill baby Hitler before he…
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Meet the 20-year-old Democrat running a multi-million dollar PAC targeting Gen Z
From his “war room” decorated with political merch and “awesome memes” in his mom’s South Jersey home, David Austin, 20, has raised almost $18 million for his super PAC trying to reach Gen Z voters like him, arguing it takes a young person to communicate with young people. “You need real young people,” said Austin,…
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Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte confirms existence of ‘death squad’
MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a “death squad” existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters. When Duterte was president, two men including a former police officer had testified…
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Artist behind Dwyane Wade statue defends likeness of Heat legend amid criticism
The new Dwyane Wade statue outside the Kaseya Center is getting a lot of attention over the appearance of the basketball icon’s face. Almost immediately after it was unveiled on Sunday, critics expressed disdain for the statue on social media. On Monday, NBC6 asked visitors how they felt about the statue, looking at it in…
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Bob Casey zeroes in on ‘greedflation’ message in key Pennsylvania Senate race
As he seeks to address voter concerns over an issue that has weighed down members of his party across the country, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., thinks he has found the winning formula: fighting “greedflation.” In one of the most hotly contested and expensive Senate races of the cycle, Casey has zeroed in on this populist…
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Why it would be difficult for Trump to reverse the 2024 election results
Donald Trump has ramped up his baseless accusations that Democrats are plotting to “cheat” or “steal” the election, raising fears that the former president is setting the stage for an attempt to overturn the result if Vice President Kamala Harris wins. But any effort to derail the electoral process would run up against an array…
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Gov. JB Pritzker accelerates abortion advocacy ahead of election
CHICAGO — With a week until the Nov. 5 election, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a key Democratic surrogate and potential future presidential candidate, is making a last big push to help states attempting to advance their reproductive rights initiatives. His nonprofit group, Think Big America — which has already invested millions of dollars in abortion-rights…
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How do exit polls work? Understanding the polling system for gathering voter data
On Election Day, as votes are being tallied and news organizations await results and race projections that can be reported, exit polls are a critical tool providing an early look at who is voting and what’s motivating their choices. An exit poll is a survey of voters taken as they leave (or exit) their voting…
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Israeli airstrike hits Gaza’s Beit Lahia, Hezbollah names new leader after Knesset bans UNRWA
At least 60 people including 20 children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza early Tuesday, local officials said, the latest deadly attack in its renewed assault on the north of the Palestinian enclave. It came hours after the Israeli parliament outlawed a key United Nations aid agency in a…
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Lost Chopin waltz discovered in New York museum after almost 200 years
A new piece of music believed to be penned by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered in the vault of a New York museum nearly 200 years after it was first written. The unknown waltz was found in the Morgan Library and Museum — which dates the music to between 1830 and 1835 — on a…