Category: news
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Influencers Matt and Abby deny leaving kids alone on cruise ship while they went out to dinner
Popular content creators Matt and Abby Howard denied online speculation that they left their young children alone in a cruise ship cabin while they left for dinner. Over the weekend, the pair faced a flurry of criticism from their followers online after Abby Howard, 25, posted an Instagram story in which she shared that she…
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Uvalde families confront officers charged in school shooting as tensions rise over delayed justice
UVALDE, Texas — Relatives and friends of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting shouted “Coward! Coward!” on Monday as one of the only two officers charged in the 2022 massacre sat in a white pickup outside a jail courthouse. The anger and emotion erupted at former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales after…
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Biden gives historic interview to LGBTQ newspaper
President Joe Biden’s administration is widely considered to be the most pro-LGBTQ in history, and as he enters his final months in the White House, Biden sat for an historic interview with one of the country’s oldest LGBTQ news outlets. In a wide-ranging interview published Monday in the Washington Blade, a D.C.-based LGBTQ newspaper founded…
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Dreamers blast Nicky Jam for endorsing Trump after he sought to end DACA as president
Dreamers are voicing their disappointment with Nicky Jam after the reggaeton singer endorsed former President Donald Trump last week. The endorsement Friday didn’t sit well with people like Adrian Escárate, a former DACA recipient who was featured in a 2018 video Jam did in collaboration with Spotify to support Dreamers fighting back against the actions…
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Donald Trump misrepresents his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON — To hear Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance tell it, he wasn’t trying to eliminate the Affordable Care Act as president. He “saved” it. In the presidential debate and in recent TV interviews, Trump and Sen. Vance, R-Ohio, have depicted the former president as selflessly choosing to protect the…
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Houston-area pipeline fire prompts evacuations, shelter-in-place orders for thousands
A natural liquid gas pipeline erupted near Houston on Monday, prompting authorities to evacuate homes and businesses as shelter-in-place orders covered multiple schools. Evacuation orders covered about 50 homes in Deer Park, where the fire originated, about 20 miles southeast of Houston. At least a few of the five residences nearest the blaze have been…
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Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court to reclaim Olympic bronze medal
American gymnast Jordan Chiles has appealed to Switzerland’s supreme court to reclaim her bronze medal from the Paris Olympics, her attorneys announced Monday. During the women’s floor exercise final in Paris, Chiles was moved up to third place — and awarded bronze — after she challenged the judges’ score for one of the elements in…
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Ohio sheriff suggests residents keep list of Harris yard sign addresses
A sheriff in Ohio who made disparaging remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris and immigrants on social media suggested that residents compile a list of addresses where they see yard signs in support of the Democratic presidential nominee. In a public Facebook post Friday, Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski used anti-immigrant rhetoric and denounced both…
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We need a ‘paradigm shift’
The acting director of the U.S. Secret Service said the agency needs to undergo a complete overhaul of how it protects presidents — a remarkable admission following a second apparent attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump within two months. “Coming out of Butler, I have ordered a paradigm shift,” Ronald Rowe said…
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Brazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with a chair during live debate
A televised debate among election rivals for mayor of São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, descended into chaos when one struggling candidate whacked another with a chair and was expelled. During Sunday’s debate among six hopefuls, candidate José Luiz Datena, a TV presenter, exploded when opponent Pablo Marçal, a far-right influencer, said Datena was not man…