Category: news
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Vermont caps emergency motel housing for homeless, forcing many to leave this month
BERLIN, Vt. — This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry from municipal leaders and advocates who say many don’t have a place to go. The biggest…
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North Korea says it tested new ballistic missiles with super-large warhead
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea tested new tactical ballistic missiles using super-large warheads and modified cruise missiles on Wednesday as leader Kim Jong Un called for stronger conventional weapons and nuclear capabilities, state news agency KCNA reported. The tests to improve weapons capabilities are required because of the grave threat posed by outside forces…
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Lawmakers demand an end to ‘sham’ transaction fees that are adding to the cost of school lunches
A group of senators has demanded that U.S. officials prohibit transaction fees on school meal accounts, arguing that the companies that process students’ lunch payments are unnecessarily raising costs for families. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent Wednesday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and seven other senators urged immediate action from the…
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Trump has long used degrading language toward immigrants
Railing against undocumented immigration has been a consistent feature of Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns, going back to his very first one. On the day that Trump launched his first presidential bid in June 2015, he accused Mexico of “not sending the best” people. “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume,…
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Black swing-state voters overwhelmingly back Harris — with key divides on age and gender, Howard poll shows
An overwhelming majority of Black likely voters in battleground states said they’ll vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November — though she needs to close the deal with some skeptical undecideds to reach President Joe Biden’s 2020 margins among Black voters. The data, from a new Howard University Initiative on Public Opinion poll of 963 likely Black voters in…
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Former CIA officer jailed for 30 years for drugging and sexually assaulting women
A former CIA officer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing and filming multiple women without their consent, in one of the most serious misconduct cases in the agency’s history. Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, from La Mesa, California, photographed and filmed 28 women while they were unconscious or unable…
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Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war after Hezbollah device blasts in Lebanon
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military launched a new wave of attacks against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, after two days of device explosions that left the Middle East fearing all-out war. The attack on southern Lebanon involved airstrikes and artillery, but Israeli ground forces had not crossed the border, an Israeli official told NBC…
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10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed
TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said, as they demanded that Beijing do more to protect Japanese nationals in the country. “I consider this to be an extremely despicable crime and a serious and grave…
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How NIL is transforming college gymnastics and attracting Olympic stars
When former gymnast Jordyn Wieber won the all-around world championship ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, she faced a difficult dilemma. She could gamble on Olympic success and become a professional athlete or refuse the financial opportunity of the fleeting Olympic spotlight and retain her NCAA eligibility. With no guarantee she would make the Olympic…
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Trump courts Jewish voters; Harris to appear with Oprah Winfrey; Walz, Vance attend CEOs event
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., denied today that Trump’s campaign asked him to visit Nebraska yesterday, as NBC News reported, insisting he was sent by Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Gov. Jim Pillen to discuss foreign policy. “Senator Ricketts and the governor asked me to come out to talk to the caucus, I guess that’s what you…