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2 dead after a hydrogen sulfide leak at a Houston-area Pemex facility
Two people died and more than two dozen were treated Thursday when a chemical leaked at an industrial plant, Texas officials said. A hydrogen sulfide leak was reported Thursday evening at a Pemex facility in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, the city said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said workers were working on a…
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Lynx stun Liberty with 95-93 overtime win in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals
NEW YORK — Napheesa Collier’s turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday night. With the game tied in overtime, Collier faked in the lane and scored. New York had a chance to tie it…
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Baby boy born during Hurricane Milton is a ‘miracle’
It was 4 a.m. ET Wednesday when Kenzie Lewellen’s labor began at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida, with Hurricane Milton hurtling toward the Gulf Coast. Lewellen and her boyfriend, Dewey Bennett, 24, were both on edge. “My mind was just running a million miles an hour, like, what am I going to do?” said…
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Trump has kept in touch with more foreign leaders than Putin since leaving office
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has kept a toe in foreign policy since leaving the White House, talking not just Russian President Vladimir Putin — who he reportedly has spoken to seven times since leaving office, a revelation that has raised eyebrows. At his Manhattan and Mar-a-Lago homes, foreign delegations from Israel and Ukraine…
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Obama tells men that Trump doesn’t represent ‘real strength’
PITTSBURGH — Rallying for Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama spoke directly to American men and characterized Donald Trump as mendacious and self-centered, saying he doesn’t represent “real strength.” “I’m sorry gentlemen, I’ve noticed this especially with some men who seem to think some of Trump’s behavior — the bullying and the putting people down…
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Kamala Harris points to California experience and criticizes Trump when asked how she would differ from Biden on border policy
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a town hall question Thursday about how she would handle the border differently than President Joe Biden, instead pointing to her experience on the issue and pivoting to attack former President Donald Trump’s policies. “Let me start with this, perhaps what distinguishes me from at least a…
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Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan spar over abortion and party ties in Maryland Senate debate
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In their first and only debate of an unusually competitive Maryland Senate race Thursday, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and former Gov. Larry Hogan sparred over the issue of abortion and whether the deep blue state would be best represented by a staunch Democrat or an anti-Donald Trump Republican. Hogan…
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One dead, a dozen others trapped inside Colorado tourist mine after equipment malfunction
At least one person is dead and others are injured after an equipment malfunction trapped nearly two dozen people underground in a Colorado tourist mine, officials with the Teller County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday. Eleven people have been rescued, the sheriff’s office said, and officials are working to get to the 12 people who remain…
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New wave of GOP lawsuits target overseas ballots in key swing states
Republicans have filed lawsuits over the past week in three pivotal battleground states seeking to challenge the legitimacy of some ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including military members, arguing that some votes are particularly prone to fraud. Election officials in those states — Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — and nonpartisan voting experts…