Category: news
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Princess Kate returns to work after completing cancer treatment
LONDON — Kate, the Princess of Wales, held her first official engagement Tuesday since announcing last week that she had completed her cancer treatment. Kate, wife of Prince William, the heir to the British throne, attended a private meeting at Windsor Castle, according to the Royal Circular, a daily briefing of royal activities published in…
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Pennsylvania ballots are almost ready. Here’s why they look different this year.
Voters in the key battleground of Pennsylvania may notice their ballots look different this year, as the state prepares to deploy a new design in the general election for the first time this year that aims to reduce the number of rejected votes. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt officially certified the state’s ballot for this…
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Ukraine drone attacks Russian ammo depot in Toropets, Tver
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian missile facility early Wednesday threw up towering fireballs visible from space and thundering detonations that triggered earthquake monitors. Even by the standards of this incendiary conflict, video showing the blasts north of Moscow made for remarkable footage. Officials on both sides said it was the result of a…
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Trump to rally in New York; Harris to speak at Hispanic conference
Share President of Springfield college condemns ‘falsehoods’ pushed by Trump and Vance The president of Wittenberg University, a liberal arts college in Springfield, Ohio, condemned the false claims pushed by Trump and Vance saying Haitian immigrants in the city have eaten cats and dogs. “They’re falsehoods, and I don’t know that there’s anything I could…
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Fed interest rate cut expected and global trail behind Hezbollah pager explosions: Morning Rundown
A long-awaited interest rate cut is expected today. The mystery behind the origins of the exploding Hezbollah pagers deepens. And Sean “Diddy” Combs’ team will argue again for his release as he awaits a sex trafficking trial. Here’s what to know today. Fed expected to cut key interest rate Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve…
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John Leguizamo was ready to lead a dramatic TV series — so he helped create a platform to stream it
When John Leguizamo spoke out about diversity on Sunday night’s Emmy Awards telecast, he said, the audience at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles “got real quiet.” “I’m one of Hollywood’s DEI hires,” he said from the stage. “That’s right. DEI: The D is for ‘diligence,’ the E is for ‘excellence,’ the I is for…
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Russian disinformation peddlers are targeting Harris-Walz campaign with fake videos, Microsoft says
Russian disinformation peddlers are producing videos targeting the Harris-Walz campaign with false and disparaging claims, Microsoft said Tuesday. At least three Russian disinformation actors have been working to denigrate the Harris-Walz campaign, Microsoft said. One is a “marketing” firm that the Justice Department indicted this month, while Microsoft identified the other two only by pseudonyms.…
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After false pet claims, Springfield mayor says Trump visit would be ‘an extreme strain’ on resources
The Republican mayor of Springfield, Ohio, the city that has been the target of unfounded claims from former President Donald Trump and his running mate about Haitian immigrants’ eating residents’ pets said Tuesday that a visit from Trump would tax the city’s resources. “It would be an extreme strain on our resources. So it’d be…
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Bestselling author Julia Alvarez is the subject of a new PBS documentary
Alvarez reflected on how it took her a while to understand the traumas of a dictatorship through her parents. “They were always so afraid of us speaking up, and always suspicious, and it helped me to understand them and their generation,” she said. “The trauma, even after the dictator dies, a people is traumatized; the…
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Kamala Harris gets pressed for policy details: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, reporter Curtis Bunn brings us a dispatch from Kamala Harris’ interview with members of the National Association of…