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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them


ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. So Gabriel Sterling, a Republican who had defended the 2020 election in Georgia amid an onslaught of threats, posted a message to his nearly 71,000 followers on the social platform X explaining what had happened and saying that all votes would be counted correctly.























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Al Jazeera to be shut down in Israel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel accuses Al Jazeera of bias, but the Qatar-based network says Israel wants "to cover up its crimes".
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'Student arrests will be my final college memory'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As graduations begin, three students reflect on a college experience bookended by Covid and now campus protests.
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Annual 'rocket war' sees Greek churches bombarded

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In a tradition going back centuries, two rival churches fire at one another during Orthodox Easter mass.
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Zebra on the run for nearly a week in Washington found in woods

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The female mare, named Shug, was one of four zebras that escaped a trailer in Washington state on April 28.
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Madonna's free Brazil show draws 1.5 million fans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The show at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach was the final stop on the pop idol's Celebration Tour.
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6 months out, tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Locked in a tight presidential race, Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes.
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Transcript: Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan on "Face the Nation," May 5, 2024

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan that aired on May 5, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Your Majesty, thank you for making time for us.

QUEEN RANIA AL ABDULLAH: Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Jordan has two field hospitals inside of Gaza, Jordan is helping to get aid into the Strip. The UN estimates that at least 15,000 children have been killed since this war began in October. What is the impact in the region?

QUEEN RANIA: Well, look, first of all, Gaza in the last seven months...
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Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel after rising tensions

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel
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Several injured in Long Beach shooting, police say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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About seven people were injured in a shooting in Long Beach, California, late Saturday, police said.
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Watch: Madonna free beach gig attracts 1.6m people

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The concert in Brazil marked the end of the singing icon's 'Celebration' world tour.
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Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Traders suffer a case of déjà-vu as any savings are wiped out with a new currency called the Zig.
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Watch: Madonna free beach gig attracts 1.6m people

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The concert in Brazil marked the end of the singing icon's 'Celebration' world tour.
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Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles D.C.

  • News source: Peter Baker
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It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?

Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.

They’re joking. Sort of. At least in most cases. It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge. Much of official Washington is bracing for the possibility that former President Donald J. Trump really could return — this time with...
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Trump’s Appeal to Latino Evangelicals: One Pastor’s Conversion Story

  • News source: Jennifer Medina and Isadora Kosofsky
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On a recent Tuesday evening, two teenage boys approached their pastor, Camilo Perez, before Bible study. They wanted his take on a debate that had been gnawing at them. Their friends from a local public high school had been talking about discrimination against Latinos. Did the pastor agree? Does the government give white people more power?

“No, no, no. That’s not true. We are not in oppression. Everybody here has the same rights,” Mr. Perez recalled telling the boys in a mini-sermon that hit on some of his favorite themes: freedom in the United...
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For Markus Johnson, Prison and Mental Illness Equaled a Death Sentence

  • News source: Glenn Thrush and Carlos Javier Ortiz
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Markus Johnson slumped naked against the wall of his cell, skin flecked with pepper spray, his face a mask of puzzlement, exhaustion and resignation. Four men in black tactical gear pinned him, his face to the concrete, to cuff his hands behind his back.

He did not resist. He couldn’t. He was so gravely dehydrated he would be dead by their next shift change.

“I didn’t do anything,” Mr. Johnson moaned as they pressed a shield between his shoulders.

It was 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2019, in the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison a...
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