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• Walz tramps through tall grass on pheasant hunting season opener but bags no birds

  12-10-2024 23:58
  
  The campaign is highlighting the governor's rural roots and love of outdoors.
  
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• Harris medical report released amid new Trump health scrutiny

  12-10-2024 23:42
  
  Harris released her medical report to give Trump's health and advanced age new scrutiny, a senior aide told ABC News.
  
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• Head and hands found in Colorado freezer belong to 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005

  12-10-2024 22:58
  
  The head and hands of a 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005 has been discovered in a freezer by someone who was collecting the free appliance from a recently sold home.
  
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• Floridians returning home after Milton battle traffic jams and fuel shortages

  12-10-2024 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 1.5 million people still without power as damaged communities confront lengthy rebuildingThousands of people who fled the onrushing Hurricane Milton are facing fuel shortages, debris and long traffic jams as they return to damaged Florida communities that are confronted with lengthy rebuilds.Millions of people were urged to evacuate before Milton, which slammed into western Florida on Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane, causing more than a dozen deaths, ruined homes and flooding and t
  
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• Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists

  12-10-2024 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Rights group in Caracas says at least 40 people affected, as Maduro government continues clampdown on oppositionThe Venezuelan government has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups said is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times has reported.At least 40 people, mostly journalists and human rights activist
  
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• Thousands rally at Christian nationalist event in DC to ‘turn hearts back to God’

  12-10-2024 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Jenny Donnelly, leader of anti-trans Don’t Mess With Our Kids, bills first pre-election event as rallying call for mothersTens of thousands of Christians poured onto the National Mall on Saturday to atone, pray and take a stand for America – which, in their view, has been poisoned by secularism and must be ruled instead by a Christian god.Summoned to Washington DC by the multilevel marketing professional-turned-Christian “apostle” Jenny Donnelly and the anti-LGBTQ+ celebr
  
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• More Australians being ‘priced out’ of homes by big rent hikes, advocates fear

  12-10-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Renters in some cities forced to spend on average nearly $15,000 more a year on rent since the start of the pandemic, analysis revealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRenters in Australian capital cities are on average spending nearly $15,000 more a year to rent a house since the start of the pandemic, analysis has revealed.Research from the advocacy organisation Everybody’s Home showed on average renters in ca
  
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• Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

  12-10-2024 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firma ‘rogue operator’, threateninginvestment summitKeir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, after an explosive cabinet row cast fresh doubt over his Downing Street operation and threatened to overshadow a key international investment summit in London.Government sources said the prime minister and Haigh had spoken and made up on Saturday after Starmer appe
  
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• Kamala Harris releases medical report saying she is in ‘excellent health’

  12-10-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Release of vice-president’s medical history highlights questions around Trump’s physical and mental fitnessKamala Harris on Saturday released a report on her health and medical history, which found that “she possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency” if voters elect her in November.A senior aide to Harris, 59, said the vice-president’s advisers viewed the publication of the health report and medical hi
  
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• Political and media figures pay tribute to former first minister Alex Salmond

  12-10-2024 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-leader of the SNP, who has died at 69, described by Keir Starmer as a ‘monumental figure of Scottish and UK politics’Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69Politicians and commentators in the UK have been paying tribute to Alex Salmond after the death of the former first minister of Scotland on Saturday.Keir Starmer called Salmond a “monumental figure of Scottish and UK politics”. Continue reading...
  
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• Migrants not taking jobs from Black, Hispanic people, data shows

  12-10-2024 20:06
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected
  
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• Scottish DJ Jack Revill AKA Jackmaster dies aged 38

  12-10-2024 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Family announce DJ’s death in Ibiza after complications arising from accidental head injuryThe Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill, known to many as Jackmaster, has died aged 38, his family has announced.Revill died in Ibiza on Saturday morning after “complications arising from an accidental head injury”, his family said. Continue reading...
  
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• Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69

  12-10-2024 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  High-profile politician reported to have collapsed after delivering speech in North Macedonia on SaturdayAlex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who led Scotland to the brink of independence, has died at the age of 69.Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007. He stood down from the role after failing to secure independence in the 2014 referendum, handing over to his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go

  12-10-2024 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Roughly 400,000 people trapped in latest offensive with most of territory under evacuation ordersAt least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes in northern Gaza, with Israeli forces stepping up their campaign on the besieged Palestinian territory even as fighting in the new war in Lebanon escalates.On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) renewed its evacuation orders for Palestinians still living in the decimated northern half of Gaza, although many residents say the fighting and Israeli
  
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• WATCH: Miniature dachshund refuses to take a nap

  12-10-2024 18:56
  
  Winnie the miniature dachshund is staying awake at all costs in fear of missing out.
  
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• Tribal clashes in north-west Pakistan kill at least 11 people

  12-10-2024 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Shooting incident in Kurram district between rival tribes follows attack on coalmine in south-west Pakistan At least 11 people have been killed in tribal clashes in the north-west of Pakistan, a local official has said.Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting. Continue reading...
  
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• Enrico Berlinguer: the 1970s communist hero inspiring Italy’s youth – and the far right

  12-10-2024 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian PM Giorgia Meloni among those admiring Berlinguer as new film and exhibitions celebrate his role as a unifierEnrico Berlinguer was a giant of the Italian left in the 1970s and 80s, coming close to leading the Communist party into government through a “historic compromise” with the country’s Christian Democrats, and championing “Eurocommunism”, a liberal, anti-Stalinist version of Marxism that briefly swept the continent.But his death 40 years ago, and the co
  
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• Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship off Channel Islands

  12-10-2024 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  French navy helicopter winched woman from the sea, but she was later pronounced deadA woman has died after going overboard from a passenger ship off the Channel Islands.The French coastguard said it received a distress message saying a woman in her 20s had gone overboard north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney, shortly after midnight on Saturday. The woman went overboard from the Maltese-flagged cruise ship MSC Virtuosa. Continue reading...
  
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• Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals

  12-10-2024 15:38 via theguardian.com
  
  In secret journal, Putin’s fiercest critic writes: ‘If your convictions mean something, you must be prepared to stand up for them’ The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, excerpts from his memoir reveal.Navalny was the most prominent foe of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and relentlessly campaigned against official corruption in Russia. He died in a remote Arctic prison in February while serving a 19-year sentence on several ch
  
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• Hurricane Milton updates: 16 dead across Florida in storm's aftermath

  12-10-2024 14:45
  
  Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on Florida's west coast near Siesta Key.
  
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• King Charles won’t stand in the way if ‘Australia wants to become a republic’

  12-10-2024 13:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Charles said to be adopting ‘anti-confrontational approach’ to republican campaigners before visit King Charles has said he will not stand in the way if Australia wishes to replace him as the country’s head of state, it has been reported.Ahead of his visit later this month, the king is said to be adopting an “anti-confrontational approach” to Australian republican campaigners, the Daily Mail reported. Continue reading...
  
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• The story of the California couple mauled by chimps has become even more disturbing

  12-10-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  St. James and LaDonna Davis spent 30 glorious years with a pet chimp they raised like a son. A horrific attack changed their lives, and then a man allegedly targeted their bank accounts .
  
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• Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election

  12-10-2024 11:06
  
  While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations are up for grabs in several states way down at the bottom of the ballot.
  
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• Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

  12-10-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisionsThe engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.”So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy. It is growing in popularity in
  
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• Foreign Office ‘asked for UK visit by Taiwan ex-president to be deferred’ to not anger China

  12-10-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next weekThe UK Foreign Office (FCDO) asked for a visit by the former Taiwanese president to be postponed so as not to anger China ahead of a trip by David Lammy, the Guardian has learned.Lammy is due to travel to China next week for high-level meetings in his first trip to the country as foreign secretary. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, officials say, as thousands remain trapped

  12-10-2024 05:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Palestinian women and children among dead after Israel reportedly targets schools and homes with quadcopters and airstrikesAt least 30 people have been killed by Israeli strikes throughout the day in northern Gaza’s Jabalia town and refugee camp, Gaza’s civil defence agency has said, a week after Israel launched an offensive there which it claims is aimed at stopping Hamas regrouping.The agency’s spokesperson, Mahmud Bassal, said a strike that occurred before 9.40pm local time
  
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• Shohei Ohtani wins first career MLB playoff series as Dodgers beat Padres in historic game

  12-10-2024 05:18 via foxnews.com
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers will avoid an NLDS upset for a third year in a row.With a tight 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 5 at home on Friday, the Dodgers won their first playoff series of the current postseason format. They lost in the NLDS each of the last two seasons to wild card teams.It is the first postseason series victory of Shohei Ohtani's MLB career.The Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto out-dueled the Padres' Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the
  
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• Trump calls for death penalty against migrants who kill U.S. citizens

  12-10-2024 05:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump repeatedly called for using the death penalty against migrants who kill U.S. citizens and law enforcement officers.
  
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• Dodgers' Kike Hernandez says 'we don't give a f---' uncensored on live TV after leading team to NLCS

  12-10-2024 04:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers player Kike Hernandez had, arguably, the biggest game of his career on Friday, and used his postgame spotlight to say the F word on live television without being censored in front of a live national audience.With a tight 2-0 winner-take-all victory against the San Diego Padres on Friday, the Dodgers are going back to the NLCS for the first time since 2021. The Dodgers' Game 5 victory also marked the first MLB postseason series win of Shohei Ohtani's career. CLICK HERE FO
  
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• Armed attackers storm Pakistan coal mines, killing at least 21

  12-10-2024 04:43 via theguardian.com
  
  About 40 assailants fired rockets and hurled grenades at mines and miners’ quarters in country’s south-west, days before regional summit in IslamabadDozens of attackers armed with guns, rockets and hand grenades have stormed a cluster of private coalmines in south-western Pakistan on Friday, shooting some miners in their sleep and others after lining them up, killing at least 21, police have said.The attack by about 40 armed men days before Pakistan hosts a summit of the Shanghai Coo
  
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• Body parts found in Colorado freezer are those of 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005

  12-10-2024 04:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Body parts found in a freezer earlier this year after a Colorado home was sold have been identified as those of the 16-year-old daughter of the home’s previous owner, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Trump campaign seeks increased security as election draws near, including military aircraft amid Iran threats

  12-10-2024 04:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The campaign for former President Trump has asked the White House for enhanced Secret Service security amid safety concerns in the final stages of the election, citing threats from Iran, Fox News has learned.On Friday, President Biden was asked about the request by the GOP nominee for enhanced security protocols. "As long as you don't ask for F-15s. Well, look, I've told them to give him every, every single thing he needs as if he were a sitting president," Biden said. "If it's within that
  
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• WATCH: Bull moose go antler-to-antler in Alaska neighborhood

  12-10-2024 03:56
  
  A man in Alaska working on his car in his driveway was interrupted by brawling bull moose headed in his direction, clashing antlers as they battled along the road.
  
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• Harrison Butker endorses Donald Trump: 'The most pro-life president'

  12-10-2024 03:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Harrison Butker announced on "The Ingraham Angle" he is supporting former President Trump in this year's election because of an issue that is "the most crucial topic for me."While sitting next to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker said he would be supporting "the most pro-life president.""I’m supporting the president that’s going to be the most pro-life president, and I think Donald Trump is the most pro-life president," Butker said. "That's a topic that is the most
  
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• Nevada teen charged in death of retired police chief found unfit to stand trial

  12-10-2024 03:11 via foxnews.com
  
  One of two teenagers charged in the death of a retired police chief who they allegedly ran over as he was bicycling on a Las Vegas road has been found unfit to stand trial. Jesus Ayala, now 19, has been moved from jail to a secure Nevada psychiatric facility for evaluation, treatment and possible trial if he is found competent, according to cover records. The commitment order suspends criminal charges against him.Fox News Digital has reached out to his public defense attorney, David Westbro
  
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• LAURA INGRAHAM: Barack Obama is making a racially 'insulting' appeal to Black voters

  12-10-2024 03:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Laura Ingraham highlights how former President Obama is trying to persuade Black voters using shame to back Vice President Kamala Harris on "The Ingraham Angle."LAURA INGRAHAM: With Kamala's mounting challenges in battleground states, Obama jetted in and he held court. You saw him there. But rather than addressing concerns about Harris' record on the economy and on the border, people's standards of living — he tried to shame Black men into supporting her…OBAMA CALLS OU
  
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• JESSE WATTERS: Kamala Harris has a 'man problem'

  12-10-2024 03:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Jesse Watters breaks down why Vice President Kamal Harris' campaign is struggling to appeal to male voters.WATTERS: Kamala Harris has a man problem. White dudes for Harris isn't working and the hombres don't trust her. And as Obama said, Harris also has a problem with the brothers. Donors are admitting men are gone. But Democrats say Kamala Harris isn't the issue, men are, and they should see a psychiatrist.  Do you really think Kamala is losing because men are in crisis?
  
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• Rural Minnesotans who voted for Tim Walz 7 times may support Trump in November: report

  12-10-2024 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The people of rural Minnesota voted for Democrat Gov. Tim Walz six times for Congress, and once for governor, but times have changed, according to a new report. Residents of Albert Lea, Minnesota, a rural Midwest town of 18,000 in Freeborn County, seem to be abandoning their support for Walz, Politico reported Friday. "I don’t think Trump has ever been stronger in rural areas," Terry Gjersvik, a local Democrat who lost his bid for a state house seat in 2018, told Politico. W
  
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• Congresswoman says Biden admin shut down FBI briefing over Afghan man charged with Election Day terror plot

  12-10-2024 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., said the Biden administration has blocked the FBI from fulfilling her request for a briefing on the arrest of an Afghan man charged with plotting a terror attack on Election Day. In a letter dated Friday to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Bice said the FBI was fully supportive of her request until the Justice Department stepped in. "When my office requested additional information and a briefing from the Department of Justice on this matter, my
  
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• Whooping cough cases up more than 340% over this time last year

  12-10-2024 02:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating more than 17,600 cases as of Oct. 5.That’s more than a 340% increase over the 3,962 cases reported last October.Pre-pandemic, cases would typically exceed 10,000 per year, spiking to 18,600 in 2019.Post-pandemic, whooping cough diagnoses plummeted, with just 2,100 cases reported in 2021.WITH WHOOPING COUGH CASES ON THE RISE, DO YOU NEED A BOOSTER VACCINE?
  
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• Taylor Swift fans side with Caitlin Clark after Angel Reese interviews Travis Kelce's ex-girlfriend

  12-10-2024 02:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Caitlin Clark may have just won over more Taylor Swift fans than Kamala Harris has. And Clark didn't have to ask for any of it. A viral resurfacing of a social media post Clark sent when she was in college has made her the latest worshipped ally of the Swift army. The post originally came right after Swift went public with her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Clark welcomed Swift to the Chiefs' fan family. Clark has said she is a lifelong Chiefs fan hav
  
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• DOJ sues Virginia for allegedly purging noncitizens from voting rolls too close to election

  12-10-2024 02:38 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Virginia, alleging that the commonwealth removed noncitizens from its voter rolls too close to Election Day.The complaint alleges that the state Board of Elections and Virginia Commissioner of Elections Susan Beals violated the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which mandates that states must complete their maintenance program no later than 90 days before an election under a clause known as the Quiet Period Provision.The agency alleges that R
  
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• HGTV star Christina Hall's estranged husband fires back in an attempt to block her from selling Tennessee home

  12-10-2024 02:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Christina Hall's estranged husband, Josh Hall, has taken his grievances to court and is attempting to stop his estranged wife from selling a Tennessee home.In court documents obtained by People, Josh filed a motion Oct. 9 asking the court to "prevent or postpone the sale of the property." On Oct. 4, Christina listed the home for sale for $4.5 million. Josh has been living at the home since the couple's split in July.Prior to listing the home, Christina entered into a temporary legal agreement wi
  
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• Russell Wilson slated to be active for first time this season — but in unfamiliar role

  12-10-2024 02:09 via foxnews.com
  
  With Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields being more than serviceable so far, it clearly won't be that easy for Russell Wilson to win his presumed job back.The Steelers signed Wilson to a one-year deal during the offseason, but less than a week later, they traded for Fields, causing mass confusion.The wide speculation was that Wilson would be the starter, and he did eventually win the job. However, shortly afterward, he suffered a calf injury, prompting Fields to start.CLICK HERE FOR MO
  
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• 'Wrong' for Barack Obama to 'lecture' Black men for not supporting Kamala Harris: Ex-Bernie Sanders adviser

  12-10-2024 02:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Bernie Sanders campaign adviser slammed former President Barack Obama Thursday for calling out Black men who do not support Vice President Kamala Harris."Why are Black men being lectured to?" former Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner said on CNN. "Why are Black men being belittled?"The former national co-chair of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign said that Obama was "wrong.""Now, a lot of love for former President Obama, but for him to single out Black men is wrong,
  
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• Packers' Romeo Doubs says he regrets skipping practices and meetings, which led to suspension

  12-10-2024 01:53 via foxnews.com
  
  If Romeo Doubs had another shot, he says, he would have done the right thing.The Green Bay Packers wide receiver missed two practices last week and reportedly was upset about his role with the team.The missed practices prompted the team to suspend him for its game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut Doubs showed regret while speaking with reporters Friday."I absolutely wish I would’ve handled things differently," he said.Doubs said he h
  
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• Justice Department sues Virginia over effort to reduce voter rolls close to Election Day

  12-10-2024 01:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The lawsuit — the second of its kind against a state in less than a month — argues that Virginia is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
  
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• LSU player sues school for alleged negligence after brain cancer diagnosis

  12-10-2024 01:41 via foxnews.com
  
  An LSU football player is suing the school for alleged negligence after undergoing surgery for brain cancer.Greg Brooks Jr. was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer, the school announced last year.Brooks underwent surgery in September 2023 after experiencing vertigo. Head coach Brian Kelly said Brooks had been dizzy several days before LSU's game against Mississippi State, which he missed, and an MRI revealed the tumor.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe played in LSU's fi
  
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• Biden to visit Hurricane Milton-ravaged Florida with damage estimates 'around $50 billion'

  12-10-2024 01:39 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden will visit areas impacted by Hurricane Milton in Florida on Sunday, the White House announced.The news comes after Biden announced that early estimates suggest the damage caused by Hurricane Milton could total $50 billion."And, you know, this is the third major storm — third major storm to hit California — I mean, excuse me, Florida, in three months," Biden told reporters on Friday. "And experts estimate that as — and it’s early — early estimate
  
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• New York man fatally attacked by group of dogs in a backyard

  12-10-2024 01:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man was attacked and killed by several pit bull mixed dogs in a backyard this week in Albany, New York, and police are investigating whether charges are warranted.
  
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