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• Midwives Check on Pregnant Migrants Traveling Through Mexico

  20-10-2023 23:59
  By Jose CortesSAN SEBASTIAN TUTLA, Mexico (Reuters) - At a dusty migrant camp in southern Mexico, 19-year-old Luzmar Rodriguez is leaning on a...
  
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• Who's In, Who's Out of Race to Become US House of Representatives Speaker?

  20-10-2023 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top job in the U.S. House of Representatives remained vacant on Saturday, after hardline Republican Jim Jordan failed in...
  
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• Factbox-Who's In, Who's Out of Race to Become US House of Representatives Speaker?

  20-10-2023 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top job in the U.S. House of Representatives remained vacant on Friday, after hardline Republican Jim Jordan failed in...
  
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• NFL Fines Seahawks' Jamal Adams $50K for Latest Incident With Concussion Consultant, AP Source Says

  20-10-2023 23:40
  
  The NFL has fined Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams $50,000 for his “directed verbal remarks” toward a concussion doctor during the team’s Week 6 game against Cincinnati
  
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• US Backs Canada in Dispute With India Over Diplomats

  20-10-2023 23:37
  
  (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday urged India not to insist on Canada reducing its diplomatic presence in the country after Ottawa...
  
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• US and UK Back Canada in Dispute With India Over Diplomats

  20-10-2023 23:37
  
  By Kanishka Singh and Costas PitasWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Britain on Friday urged New Delhi not to insist on Canada's reducing...
  
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• Biden's Speech on Israel and Ukraine Draws 20.3 Million Viewers -Nielsen

  20-10-2023 23:35
  
  By Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway(Reuters) - An estimated 20.3 million people watched U.S. President Joe Biden's Thursday night prime-time...
  
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• Judge Loses It Over Social Media Post, Threatens Trump with Imprisonment

  20-10-2023 23:33
  
  Whatever else you might say about former President Donald Trump, you’d have to agree that he gives as good as he gets.
  Democrats have tried just about everything to bring down the former president. They invented a tale about Russian collusion, impeached him, called him a Nazi and, according to the Associated Press, indicted him on “91 felony counts in four criminal cases in Washington, New York, Florida, and Georgia.”
  Now, a New York judge is threatening to put Trump in jail fo
  
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• Georgia Medicaid Program With Work Requirement Has Enrolled Only 1,343 Residents in 3 Months

  20-10-2023 23:33
  
  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s new health plan for low-income adults has enrolled only 1,343 people through the end of September about three months after launching
  
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• Ohio Embraced the 'Science of Reading.' Now a Popular Reading Program Is Suing

  20-10-2023 23:31
  
  The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court
  
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• Air France Pilot Falls off Cliff to His Death While Hiking California's Towering Mount Whitney

  20-10-2023 23:30
  
  A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California’s towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000 feet off a cliff
  
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• Marine Fatally Shot at Camp Lejeune Was 19 and From North Carolina, the Base Says

  20-10-2023 23:28
  
  A Marine killed in a shooting at Camp Lejeune has been identified by officials as a 19-year-old lance corporal from North Carolina
  
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• GOP Runs Risk of Inadvertently Electing Democrat as Speaker This Weekend

  20-10-2023 23:27
  
  Could Republicans hand over control of the House to Democrats through a procedural fluke?
  MSNBC’s Jake Sherman indicated in a Friday social media post that a number of GOP representatives were leaving Washington to return home for the weekend.
  He noted the development could open a path for Democrats to elect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the House.Several House GOP sources tell me some Republican lawmakers are going home this weekend. So the GOP has to be very careful
  
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• The Father of American Teenage Hostage Freed by Hamas Says She Is 'Doing Very Good'

  20-10-2023 23:17
  
  The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan says she's doing well after her release Friday by Hamas
  
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• Aid Groups Poised to Provide Gaza Relief After Biden Deal Opens Border Crossings

  20-10-2023 23:15
  
  Aid groups prepare to deliver humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip as negotiations continue over how to get the urgently needed aid across the Rafah border crossing.
  
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• Virginia NAACP Sues Youngkin for Records Behind the Denials of Felons' Voting Rights

  20-10-2023 23:12
  The Virginia NAACP has filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration failed to turn over public records
  
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• Brazil's Lula Vetoes Bill Restricting Indigenous Land Claims

  20-10-2023 22:56
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vetoed the core parts of a bill backed by the country's powerful farm lobby...
  
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• Deputies Find 5-Year-Old Twins Dead After Recovering Body of Mother Who Had Jumped From Bridge

  20-10-2023 22:52
  Deputies in central Florida investigating a woman who had jumped to her death later found her 5-year-old twins dead at her home
  
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• Jon Stewart's Show Gets Axed Over Disagreements on China: Report

  20-10-2023 22:49
  
  There are two types of people who consume pop culture: Those who are aware and those who are not.
  Those who aren’t aware will consume every last bit of entertainment they want, enjoying it as much or as little as they please with nary a thought beyond the direct correlation between what they’re consuming and the dopamine being pumped out by their brain.
  Those who are aware do all that, too. They just do it with an unshakable and growing sense of dread.
  That dread stems from the outsi
  
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• Software Firm Okta's Shares Slump on Cyber Breach

  20-10-2023 22:47
  
  (Reuters) - Okta on Friday disclosed a breach of its customer support system that allowed some hackers to view files uploaded by certain clients,...
  
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• The Supreme Court Allows the White House to Continue Work to Combat Controversial Social Media Posts

  20-10-2023 22:46
  
  The Supreme Court says it will indefinitely block a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security
  
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• University of Virginia Says Campus Shooting Investigation Finished, Findings to Be Released Later

  20-10-2023 22:44
  
  Officials say an external investigation of the events surrounding the shooting that killed three University of Virginia student-athletes and wounded two others on campus last year has been completed
  
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• France's Macron Sees Hope for Hostages in Gaza After Qatari Mediation

  20-10-2023 22:44
  
  By John IrishPARIS (Reuters) - France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed the release of two American hostages in Gaza, highlighting...
  
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• Trump Asks Judge to Pause Gag Order in 2020 Election Case While He Pursues His Appeal

  20-10-2023 22:41
  
  Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to lift a narrow gag order imposed on him in his 2020 election interference case while the former president pursues a challenge to the ruling aimed at reining in his incendiary rhetoric
  
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• Judge Temporarily Lifts Narrow Gag Order on Trump in 2020 Election Interference Case

  20-10-2023 22:41
  
  The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington has agreed on to temporarily lift her narrow gag order
  
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• Judge Temporarily Lifts Narrow Gag Order on Trump in 2020 Election Case

  20-10-2023 22:41
  
  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has temporarily lifted her narrow gag order in Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington to give lawyers time to file more briefs on the matter
  
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• Man Previously Dubbed California’s “Hills Bandit” to Serve Life in a Nevada Prison for Other Crimes

  20-10-2023 22:37
  A serial bank robber who recently completed a 10-year prison term in California will spend the rest of his life behind bars in Nevada as a habitual criminal
  
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• 'We Found Some': Oversight Chair Highlights Suspicious Direct Payment Made To Joe Biden

  20-10-2023 22:34
  
  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Friday that the committee obtained bank records showing a $200,000 direct payment to President Joe Biden from his brother James Biden’s personal bank account.
  The payment came on the same day James Biden received a $200,000 payment from Americore, a rural hospital operator, into that same personal account belonging to him and his wife Sara Biden.
  In a news release, the House Oversight Committee noted that Comer issued three subpoenas
  
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• Rep. Ken Buck Gets Eviction Notice from Landlord After Casting Vote Against Jordan for Speaker

  20-10-2023 22:30
  
  GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado said he has received a notice of eviction because he refused to support Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to become speaker of the House.
  Buck appeared on NBC News’ “Meet the Press Now” on Thursday to talk about the response to his stance.
  “So far I’ve had four death threats,” he said. “I’ve been evicted from my office in Colorado — I have a notice of eviction because the landlord is mad with my voting record on t
  
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• Biden to Host South American Leaders for Summit on Migration

  20-10-2023 22:30
  
  (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders from South American nations at the White House for a summit on Nov. 3 where the United States...
  
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• Biden to Host South American Leaders for Nov. 3 Summit

  20-10-2023 22:30
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders from South American nations at the White House for a summit on Nov. 3 in which the United...
  
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• GOP Businessman Perry Johnson Suspends Long-Shot Presidential Bid After Failing to Make Debates

  20-10-2023 22:24
  
  Republican businessman Perry Johnson has suspended his long-shot bid for president after failing to gain traction in the race
  
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• Bears QB Justin Fields Expected to Avoid Thumb Surgery; Tyson Bagent to Start Vs. Raiders

  20-10-2023 22:23
  
  Bears quarterback Justin Fields is not expected to need surgery for his dislocated right thumb
  
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• Venezuela Sets Referendum Date on Territory Dispute With Guyana

  20-10-2023 22:21
  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans will vote on Dec. 3 in a referendum on "the rights" over a potentially oil-rich territory in dispute with its...
  
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• US Supreme Court Blocks Order Curbing Biden Administration Social Media Contacts

  20-10-2023 22:19
  
  By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions imposed by lower courts on the ability of President Joe Biden's...
  
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• Long-Shot Republican Candidate Perry Johnson Drops Out of White House Race

  20-10-2023 22:18
  By Tim Reid(Reuters) - Perry Johnson, a businessman and long-shot for the Republican presidential nomination, dropped out of the 2024 White House...
  
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• Biden Facing a Mutiny 'at All Levels' in State Department: Report

  20-10-2023 22:08
  
  Talk to a State Department official and he or she might say Israel can go ahead and defend itself — but not too much.
  The fact that the United States is promoting Israel’s retaliation after Hamas terrorist attacks killed 1,400 people has disrupted things at the State Department.
  “There’s basically a mutiny brewing within State at all levels,” one department official said, according to a HuffPost report Thursday.
  Among those in the State Department dissenti
  
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• No. 2 Michigan Suspends Staffer After NCAA Launches Investigating Into Allegations of Sign-Stealing

  20-10-2023 22:05
  
  No. 2 Michigan has suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing that it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals used by its opponents
  
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• The Supreme Court Keeps a Missouri Law on Hold That Bars Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws

  20-10-2023 22:01
  
  The Supreme Court is keeping a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws, rejecting an emergency appeal from the state
  
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• Youth Football Team Suspended After Parent Allegedly Shoots Coach in Front of Kids

  20-10-2023 22:00
  St. Louis has suspended a youth football team whose coach was shot allegedly by an upset parent in front of players
  
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• Hamas Says It’s Releasing Two American Hostages

  20-10-2023 21:55
  
  The terror group that attacked Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and taking scores of hostages, said it would release two Americans it is holding for humanitarian reasons.
  
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• Florida Lawmakers to Return to Capitol to Impose New Sanctions on Iran

  20-10-2023 21:54
  
  Florida lawmakers will return for a special session to impose additional sanctions against Iran, express support for Israel and provide additional security to protect Jewish institutions in Florida
  
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• DeSantis Will Call Florida Lawmakers Back to Capitol to Impose New Sanctions on Iran

  20-10-2023 21:54
  Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special session to impose additional sanctions on Iran
  
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• Trump Announces Florida Rally as He Prepares to Skip Yet Another GOP Debate

  20-10-2023 21:49
  
  Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Florida as counter-programming to the third Republican presidential primary debate, which he is once again choosing to skip
  
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• Pennsylvania Governor's Office Settles for $295K a Former Staffer's Claim Senior Aide Harassed Her

  20-10-2023 21:43
  According to documents released by the administration late Friday under the state’s open records law, the office of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro settled a former employee’s claim she was sexually harassed by a senior aide earlier this year by agreeing to pay her and her lawyers $295,000
  
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• Owner of California Biolab That Fueled Bio-Weapons Rumors Charged With Mislabeling, Lacking Permits

  20-10-2023 21:39
  The Chinese owner of an unauthorized California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and bio-weapons was arrested on charges of manufacturing and distributing misbranded medical tests and making false statements
  
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• US Supreme Court Won't Revive Law Targeting Federal Gun Curbs

  20-10-2023 21:33
  
  By John KruzelWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a Missouri law that bars state and local officials from...
  
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• Trump Fined $5,000 for Violating Gag Order in New York Civil Trial

  20-10-2023 21:30
  
  By Jack Queen and Jasper Ward(Reuters) -A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order barring the former U.S....
  
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• Trump Fined $5,000 for Post Disparaging Court Clerk in New York Case Filing

  20-10-2023 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York judge has fined former U.S. President Donald Trump $5,000 for a post disparaging a court clerk, according to a...
  
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• US Warns of a Russian Effort to Sow Doubt Over the Election Outcomes in Democracies Around the Globe

  20-10-2023 21:23
  
  The U.S. is warning other democracies that Russia appears to be opening up a new front in its covert campaign against democracy by sowing doubts about the reliability of elections in general
  
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