Tag: wave
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Anti-LGBTQ bills launch a wave of trans candidates to join the 2024 election race
Ashley Brundage, a transgender woman running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, is looking forward to shaking Gov. Ron DeSantis’ hand. Brundage, a Democrat, credits DeSantis, a Republican, for inspiring what could be political history: If she wins, she’d be the first trans woman elected to public office in Florida. Brundage said…
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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…
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October heat wave sets records in California and Arizona
The Summary More than 50 heat records were broken in the western U.S. on Wednesday. New daily temperature records set included a high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix and 106 degrees in San Jose, California. The October heat wave is expected to continue into the weekend, with extreme conditions in states including California, Arizona…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing dozens of new allegations of sexual assault in a series of civil lawsuits. At a press conference held on Tuesday, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee said he is representing 120 accusers with allegations against the entertainment mogul that occurred over 20 years. “We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct…
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Verizon acknowledges technical issue amid wave of outage reports
Verizon acknowledged its network was experiencing a technical issue amid hundreds of thousands of reports indicating users were unable to access their mobile phone services Monday. The telecom giant said in a statement that it was “aware of an issue impacting service for some customers.” “Our engineers are engaged and we are working quickly to…