Category: news
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U.S. says to send powerful THAAD defense system to Israel
The United States announced it is sending an advanced anti-missile system and a number of troops to Israel, deepening America’s involvement in the spiraling conflict as the region readies for Israeli retaliatory strikes against Iran. The decision was announced just hours before a Hezbollah drone strike on an Israeli base killed four soldiers and wounded…
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North Korea to blow up cross-border roads with the South, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarized border with South Korea, Seoul said Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital, Pyongyang. North Korean troops were working under camouflage on the roads on…
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Nobel economics prize goes to global inequality researchers
Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize on Monday for their research into why global inequality persists, especially in countries dogged by corruption and dictatorship. Simon Johnson and James Robinson, both British-American, and Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu were commended for their work on “how institutions are formed and affect prosperity,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences…
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Man posed as utility worker charged with murder over home invasion as police hunt second suspect
A man who was caught on camera posing as a utility worker to gain entrance to a Michigan house on Friday has been charged with murdering a man in a “gruesome” attack and tying up his wife, prosecutors said Sunday. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, from Dearborn, Michigan, was arrested in Louisiana and charged with felony…
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The fight for white women voters and Hezbollah strikes Israeli base: Morning Rundown
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a closely divided campaign for white women. Middle-class homeownership is becoming more difficult. And what you may have missed in Week 6 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today. Trump, Harris and the battle for white women Getty Images; AP White women helped Trump win in 2020.…
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Arab and Muslim leaders risk blowback for endorsing Harris
Last month, Mohammed Hassan, a longtime city councilor in Hamtramck, Michigan, the only Muslim-majority city in the country, got a call from someone with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign asking him what they needed to do to win back disaffected Michigan Muslims. “I shouted at them. I shouted, really, I said, ‘You guys are not doing…
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Harris, Trump campaign in Pennsylvania
The Harris-Walz campaign today blasted Trump for suggesting in an interview that abortion rights are not a top concern for voters this election. “Because of extreme Trump abortion bans, women’s health, freedoms, and lives are on the line — yet Donald Trump says women ‘will no longer be thinking about’ it this November. Doctors are…
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Kamala Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on ‘blue wall’ states
ERIE, Pa. — Kamala Harris will rally voters Monday in Erie County, a bellwether that has a knack for predicting who carries Pennsylvania, having mirrored the outcome of this crucial battleground state in the last four elections. The Democratic vice president’s trip kicks off a campaign blitz this week in a trio of Northern battlegrounds…
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Trump, Harris and the end of Roe all collide in closely divided battle for white women
ERIE, Pa. — Dr. Theresa Wheeling had always been a registered Republican. She voted third party in 2016 and then for Donald Trump in 2020, in large part because she felt it would be “hypocritical” to vote against her kids’ chosen jobs, which were related to various Trump administration policies and promises. But one day…
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Folie à Deux’ collapses with brutal 81% drop
There’s only room for one killer clown at the top of box office charts. “Terrifier 3” slashed its way to No. 1 in North America, collecting a stellar $18.3 million from 2,514 theaters in its opening weekend. It’s a huge start for the ultra-gory, independently made, low-budget slasher film about a demonic clown who brutalizes…