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• US Says a Smuggler With Terrorist Ties Helped Get Migrants From Uzbekistan Into the Country

  29-08-2023 23:53
  The Biden administration says it has detected and stopped a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States and says at least one member of the network had links to a foreign terrorist group
  
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• West Virginia University Recommends Keeping Some Language Classes, Moving Forward With Axing Majors

  29-08-2023 23:52
  
  West Virginia University plans to eliminate its world languages department but is recommending letting students take some language elective courses as it faces a growing budget shortfall
  
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• Russian Court Extends Detention of Ex-US Consular Employee -Tass

  29-08-2023 23:51
  
  (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Tuesday extended for three months the detention of a former U.S. consular employee accused of gathering information...
  
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• Melania Trump Sticking by Husband After Mug Shot: 'Election Interference by His Political Rivals'

  29-08-2023 23:51
  
  Former first lady Melania Trump is reportedly standing by her man following former President Trump’s fourth round of indictments by the Biden administration and local Democratic prosecutors.
  A source told People that Melania “shares her husband’s view — and anger — that most of these legal issues are ‘election interference by his political rivals.'”
  Regarding the mug shot that Fulton County required Donald Trump to take last week following county Distric
  
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• Recently Signed Dalvin Cook Practices for the First Time With the Jets

  29-08-2023 23:47
  
  Dalvin Cook stepped into the practice huddle for the New York Jets for the first time and finally settled into his new backfield
  
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• U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase for 6th Straight Week

  29-08-2023 23:44
  
  The summer increase remains small compared to previous coronavirus waves in the country.
  
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• Manhattan Building Superintendent Accused of Killing Wife, Two Young Children in Murder-Suicide

  29-08-2023 23:38
  A longtime superintendent at a New York City building fatally stabbed his wife and two young children before taking his own life earlier this week
  
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• What Makes Idalia So Potent? It's Feeding on Intensely Warm Water That Acts Like Rocket Fuel

  29-08-2023 23:36
  
  Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, forecasters expect Hurricane Idalia to rapidly strengthen as it bears down on Florida
  
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• Hurricane Idalia Menaces Florida's Big Bend, the 'Nature Coast' Far From Tourist Attractions

  29-08-2023 23:36
  
  Florida’s Big Bend is one of the last truly natural places in the state
  
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• Peter Doocy Already Getting Under WH Press Secretary's Skin as He Returns to Work

  29-08-2023 23:35
  
  Fox News’ Peter Doocy may have been gone from the White House briefing room, but he couldn’t have been forgotten.
  When the White House correspondent returned to active duty on Monday after taking paternity leave for the birth of his new daughter, Bridget, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got a reminder of what it was like to be asked tough questions from the media.
  She kept her plastered smile on her face for the most part, but it was clear it wasn’t an enjoyable
  
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• Trades Dominate the Day as NFL Teams Trim Rosters to 53 Players

  29-08-2023 23:29
  A slew of trades highlighted roster cutdown day in the NFL
  
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• EPA Head Says He's 'Proud' of Decision to Block Alaska Mine and Protect Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay

  29-08-2023 23:28
  
  The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that action
  
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• John McEnroe Says He Tested Positive for COVID and Will Miss US Open TV Coverage

  29-08-2023 23:27
  
  John McEnroe has COVID-19 and is missing time as ESPN’s lead tennis analyst for its U.S. Open television coverage
  
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• Late-Night TV Hosts Join on Podcast to Help Striking Writers

  29-08-2023 23:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -An all-star lineup of late-night television hosts are uniting to chat about Hollywood's ongoing labor disputes on a new...
  
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• South Carolina High Court Will Not Reconsider Abortion Ban Decision

  29-08-2023 23:16
  
  By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - South Carolina's top court on Tuesday declined to reconsider a recent ruling upholding the state's ban on abortion after...
  
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• New Mexico's Top Prosecutor Vows to Move Ahead With Native Education Litigation

  29-08-2023 23:16
  A landmark court ruling in 2018 determined New Mexico wasn’t meeting its responsibilities when it came to providing an adequate education to Native American students and many others, but tribal leaders say change has been slow
  
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• Alabama Describes Proposed Nitrogen Gas Execution; Seeks to Become First State to Carry It Out

  29-08-2023 23:09
  Alabama’s proposed procedures to carry out executions with nitrogen gas include fitting a mask over the inmate’s nose and mouth and replacing their breathing air with nitrogen gas until their heart stops The state described the procedures for the proposed new execution method in a court filing
  
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• For Travelers Who Want to Avoid Babies and Kids, One Airline Will Test an Adults-Only Section

  29-08-2023 23:06
  
  One airline is betting that passengers will pay extra to sit away from babies and young children
  
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• New Jersey Ban on Immigrant Detention Blocked in Lawsuit by CoreCivic

  29-08-2023 23:05
  By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday struck down the state's ban on the detention of immigrants awaiting...
  
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• Rapper 50 Cent Cancels Phoenix Concert Due to Extreme Heat That Has Plagued the Region

  29-08-2023 23:04
  
  The extreme heat that has plagued metro Phoenix this summer has led to another concert cancellation
  
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• England to Rollout World-First Seven-Minute Cancer Treatment Jab

  29-08-2023 22:58
  
  (Reuters) - Britain's state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats cancer to hundreds of...
  
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• National Weather Service Projects Hurricane Idalia Will Be 'Unprecedented Event' with 'Impassable' Escape Routes

  29-08-2023 22:57
  
  The National Weather Service is not mincing words about the threat Florida might face from Hurricane Idalia.
  The storm was closing in on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday afternoon with a projected landfall of Wednesday morning.
  “Hurricane #Idalia will likely be an unprecedented event for many locations in the Florida Big Bend. Looking back through recorded history, NO major hurricanes have ever moved through the Apalachee Bay,” the weather service’s office in Tallahassee,
  
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• New Police Chief for Mississippi's Capital City Confirmed After Serving as Interim Since June

  29-08-2023 22:56
  The man who’s been serving as interim police chief in Mississippi’s capital has been chosen to fill the seat on a permanent basis
  
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• Smuggler With Extremist Ties Helped Uzbeks Cross US-Mexico Border, US Says

  29-08-2023 22:48
  
  By Ted HessonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A smuggler with ties to a foreign extremist group helped Uzbek migrants enter the U.S. from Mexico, the White...
  
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• Wisconsin Prep Football Poll

  29-08-2023 22:45
  Here is The Associated Press high school football poll. The poll includes first-place votes in parentheses, season record, and total points, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers. Teams are arranged in three divisions of equal size based on current enrollments:
  
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• Some Tampa Gas Pumps Shuttered as Hurricane Idalia Approaches

  29-08-2023 22:44
  
  By Erwin SebaHOUSTON (Reuters) - With Hurricane Idalia approaching, Florida authorities said on Tuesday that 17 Tampa-area gas stations supplied by...
  
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• Are Mobile Games Targeting Your Kids?: Lawsuit Alleges Company 'Preys on Children' with 'Illegal Gambling'

  29-08-2023 22:40
  
  An online game platform was accused of illegally engaging in child gambling, per a new lawsuit.
  Rachelle Colvin and Danielle Sass, the parents of two minors, alleged in the class-action lawsuit that Roblox “is preying on children nationwide” via third-party gambling websites, according to the court documents.
  The formal complaint was filed in a San Francisco federal court on Aug. 15.
  “Roblox allows third-party gambling websites, including the highly popular online casinos opera
  
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• Acuña's Encounter and Guaranteed Rate Field Shooting Raise Questions About Safety of Players, Fans

  29-08-2023 22:40
  
  A shooting that likely happened inside of Guaranteed Rate Field, followed by a scary moment for Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. in Colorado
  
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• $5.6 Million Bid for One Offshore Tract Marks Modest Start for Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy

  29-08-2023 22:37
  
  A company has bid $5.6 million to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation
  
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• FBI and European Partners Seize Major Malware Network in Blow to Global Cybercrime

  29-08-2023 22:35
  U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks
  
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• Mercosur Reply on EU Trade to Be Ready in September, Brazil Minister Tells Farm Caucus

  29-08-2023 22:29
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - South American trade bloc Mercosur will have its counterproposal to a European Union addendum to their long-overdue trade...
  
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• Exonerees Support Adnan Syed in Recent Court Filing as Appeal Drags On

  29-08-2023 22:28
  
  More than 70 wrongfully convicted people from across the country have expressed their support for Adnan Syed in a recent court filing as his case continues crawling through the appeal process
  
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• DeSantis Hecklers Silenced After Black Councilwoman Grabs the Mic and Chews Them Out

  29-08-2023 22:26
  
  Ju’Coby Pittman — a Democratic member of the Jacksonville, Florida, City Council — stepped in to stop hecklers from booing GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a prayer vigil Sunday for the three victims of an apparently racially motivated shooting the previous day.
  On Saturday, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter shot and killed Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr., 19, and Jerrald Gallion, 29 at a Dollar General store in Pittman’s Jacksonville district, acc
  
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• Louisiana Plagued by Unprecedented Wildfires, as Largest Active Blaze Grows

  29-08-2023 22:25
  
  One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to burn through land and threaten rural communities, which are used to flooding and hurricanes this time of year rather than drought and blazes
  
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• Boston Will No Longer Require Prospective Spouses to Register Their Sex or Gender to Marry

  29-08-2023 22:24
  
  Couples filling out marriage certificates in Boston will no longer be required to identify their sex or gender
  
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• Guatemala's President-Elect Faces Legal Challenges That Seek to Weaken Him. Here's What's Happening

  29-08-2023 22:15
  
  Guatemala's Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61% of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres' 39%
  
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• Oher Seeks Contract and Payment Information Related to 'The Blind Side' in Conservatorship Battle

  29-08-2023 22:13
  
  Lawyers for former NFL player Michael Oher are seeking his school records and information about contracts and payouts related to the film “The Blind Side.”
  
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• Court Rejects Connecticut Officials' Bid to Keep Secret a Police Report on Hospital Patient's Death

  29-08-2023 22:12
  
  The Connecticut Supreme Court says police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret
  
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• A New Titanic Expedition Is Planned. the US Is Fighting It, Says Wreck Is a Grave Site

  29-08-2023 22:06
  
  The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to the sunken Titanic shipwreck that could recover items of historic interest
  
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• California Moves Closer to Historic Caste Discrimination Ban

  29-08-2023 21:51
  By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON (Reuters) - California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw...
  
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• Watch: Sheriff's Office Helicopter Spirals Out of Control, Slams Into US Apartment Building

  29-08-2023 21:49
  
  Two people are dead after a Broward County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crashed in Florida on Monday.
  Footage of the crash showed a smoldering helicopter spiraling to the ground, with its tail severed from its body.
  WARNING: The following videos contain images that some readers may find disturbing. Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed in Pompano Beach this morning around 8:45. No reports of deaths so far, only 3 people injured which is a miracle after seeing th
  
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• Graduate Student Charged in Shooting Death of North Carolina Professor

  29-08-2023 21:47
  By Sharon Bernstein(Reuters) - A University of North Carolina graduate student has been charged in the fatal shooting on Monday of a professor at...
  
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• Blue State to Hand Over Millions of Dollars to George Floyd Protesters

  29-08-2023 21:47
  
  Denver will hand over nearly $5 million to protesters who participated in 2020 demonstrations after the death of George Floyd after settling a class-action lawsuit on Aug. 23 that alleged they were selectively targeted for violating curfew, according to the court document.
  The lawsuit, filed in November 2021 by seven protesters, alleged that more than 300 people were arrested for violating the curfew. The settlement awarded over $4.7 million to the protestors and promised that the city would not
  
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• 2 Found Dead in Michigan Apartment With Running Generator Likely Died From Carbon Monoxide

  29-08-2023 21:44
  Authorities say a man and woman who were found dead in a Lansing apartment where a gasoline-powered generator was operating most likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning
  
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• Muslim Call to Prayer Can Now Be Broadcast Publicly in New York City Without a Permit

  29-08-2023 21:28
  
  The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced by Mayor Eric Adams
  
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• 12-Year-Old Kid Kicked Out of Class for Gadsden Flag Patch, Told It Has 'Origins with Slavery'

  29-08-2023 21:26
  
  A 12-year-old boy was kicked out of his class in Colorado because he had a Gadsden flag sticker on his backpack.
  An official with the Vanguard School, a charter school in Colorado Springs, told the boy’s mother that he was kicked out of class over the flag “due to its origins with slavery and the slave trade” and insisted that she was “following district policy,” according to a video of their meeting posted to social media by Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas
  
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• White House Suggests Kremlin Behind Prigozhin Death

  29-08-2023 21:24
  
  By Nandita Bose and Steve HollandWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday came close to declaring that the Kremlin was responsible for the...
  
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• India's Moon Rover Confirms Sulfur and Detects Several Other Elements Near the Lunar South Pole

  29-08-2023 21:23
  
  India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole a week after the country’s historic moon landing
  
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• Canada, Citing Potential Dangers, Warns LGBTQ Travelers of US Risks

  29-08-2023 21:21
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, citing the risk of potential dangers, is advising LGBTQ travelers planning trips to the United States to check how they...
  
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• Four People Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Home in North Texas City of Allen

  29-08-2023 21:20
  Police in the north Texas city of Allen found four people dead in what investigators say was an apparent murder-suicide
  
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