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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a funding bill to keep the government running through Dec. 16, averting a shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline.
Ian lashes South Carolina as Florida's death toll climbs
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian pounded coastal South Carolina on Friday, ripping apart piers and flooding streets after the ferocious storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida, trapping thousands in their homes and leaving at least 27 people dead.
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Russia vetoes UN resolution condemning Ukraine annexation
Resolution called for condemnation of ‘illegal’ referendums in Ukraine and for states to not recognise border changes.
Ukraine war: Biden says US will not be intimidated by reckless Putin
The US president condemns Russia's leader over his declared annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine.
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Putin announces Russian annexation of four Ukrainian regions
The move has been condemned by Ukraine and Western countries and represents major escalation in seven-month war.
Hurricane Ian updates: Florida death toll climbs
The remnants of Ian are charging up the East Coast on Saturday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in South Carolina on Friday afternoon.
Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a bill that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine after lawmakers acted to avert a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight.
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Lawmakers furious at Democratic leaders after stock trading ban stalls
Anger is boiling over at House Democratic leadership for failing to deliver on a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks — a key priority for voters on both sides of the aisle — ahead o…
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Trump launches direct attack on McConnell a month out from midterm elections | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump on Friday night directly ridiculed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying on his social media platform that the Kentucky Republican had a “death wish” for supporting “Democrat sponsored bills.”
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DeSantis campaign claps back after VP says Ian aid will be 'based on equity'
As Florida residents affected by Hurricane Ian come to terms with the devastation, Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) campaign is angry with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Biden: Destruction from Hurricane Ian likely to be among the worst in U.S. history
President Joe Biden on Friday said the destruction in Florida from Hurricane Ian is likely to be among the worst in U.S. history and he has directed every possible action be taken to save lives.
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West condemns Russia’s ‘illegal’ annexation of Ukraine provinces
Russia’s move to proclaim the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces has drawn prompt rebuttals by Western countries.
Ukraine war: Putin raises stakes in speech full of anti-Western bile
This is an attempt to divert from Russia's problems on the battlefield, says the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
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Zelensky says Ukraine filing expedited application to join NATO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country will file an expedited application to join NATO after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to annex parts of eastern Ukraine. In …
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Most registered voters say Trump shouldn’t be allowed to serve a second term, says new poll
Most Americans say that former President Trump should not be allowed to serve another term in the White House in the near future, according to a new Yahoo News-YouGov poll. With several invest…
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Texas gubernatorial debate: Beto O'Rourke, Greg Abbott spar on guns, abortion and immigration
While recent polls have shown O'Rourke trailing Abbott by around 7 points, this still could be the closest Texas governor's race in years.
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Biden vows Russia won't 'get away with' Ukraine annexation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its allies hit back at Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, slapping sanctions on more than 1,000 people and companies including arms supply networks as President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin he can't "get away with" seizing...
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Trump is accused of stonewalling rape accuser to avoid Oct. 19 deposition
The writer suing Donald Trump for defamation after he denied having raped her in the mid-1990s accused the former U.S. president of stonewalling and trying to avoid a scheduled deposition as he tries to delay the case indefinitely.
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Ukrainians dismiss Russian attempt to annex more of their country
Everyday Ukrainians, officials, and many observers say Russia’s move is little more than a sham.
House Dems say their legislative record is the best weapon against MAGA Republicans in the midterms
House Democrats are confident their accomplishments and the "extreme" views of MAGA Republicans will keep the House under their control.
Putin’s speech on annexation: What exactly did he say?
President Vladimir Putin announced that four occupied regions of Ukraine would formally be incorporated into Russia.
Republicans call for Biden to take cognitive test over 'Where's Jackie' gaffe
President Joe Biden's latest mishap onstage has raised new concerns from Republicans over the president, with some renewing their requests for Biden to take a cognitive test.
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Supreme Court rearranges its seating chart as Jackson takes the bench | CNN Politics
Tradition is a long-held value at the US Supreme Court, where the nine justices’ adherence to a myriad of historic rules makes the inner workings of America’s highest court reliably consistent even as its decisions sometimes send shock waves through the country.
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Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina as Florida counts cost of destruction
Hurricane Ian slammed into South Carolina on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across Florida that washed away houses, stranded thousands and left an unknown number of people dead.
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Rep. Ted Deutch submits resignation letter, effective close of business Friday
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) officially submitted his resignation letter on Friday, as he leaves Congress to go lead the American Jewish Committee. Deutch, who first began serving in Congress in 2010, …
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Fox's Jeanine Pirro is back in the hot seat in $1.6 billion election defamation case
Dominion Voting Systems' lawyers want to question the Fox News star again over texts they got just hours before she sat for a sworn deposition. Dominion sued Fox over false claims of election fraud.
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Japan PM condemns Russian annexation of parts of Ukraine
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in telephone call Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemned Russia’s new annexation of parts of Ukraine as illegal and a violation of the country's sovereignty.
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Russia's Putin announces annexation of 4 Ukraine regions, despite global outcry
Ukraine's president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.
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Defense secretary condemns 'nuclear saber-rattling' but says he doesn't believe Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a new interview condemned “nuclear saber-rattling,” and said while he hasn’t seen anything to suggest Vladimir Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons in the ongoing war on Ukraine, the choice is up to the Russian President.
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Meta provides security detail to former COO Sheryl Sandberg over death threats
Meta will provide former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg with a security detail due to death threats.
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Inflation hits record 10% in 19 EU countries using euro
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as prices for electricity and natural gas soar , signaling a looming winter recession for one of the globe's major economies as higher prices undermine consumers' spending power.
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Library of Congress explains why it hosted Jackson investiture but not for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
The Library of Congress hosted an event for Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's investiture, but does not appear to have held events for other new justices.
Defense & National Security — Putin annexation reverberates
Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed four Ukrainian territories on Friday, a move that reverberated quickly across the West. We’ll recap the international fallout. Plus, we’ll talk …
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Trump to headline Arizona rally for Kari Lake and Blake Masters before early voting begins
Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he will headline a rally in Arizona next month on behalf of his MAGA-endorsed candidates, including gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Senate hopeful Blake Masters.
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Ukraine tells Russia to appeal if it wants imperilled troops freed
Ukraine said on Friday it had all the supply routes to the Russian stronghold of Lyman in the crosshairs of its artillery in the east, and told Moscow it would have to appeal to Kyiv if it wanted its forces to be allowed out.
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US judge dismisses Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit against gun makers
Mexico estimates that 2.2 percent of the nearly 40 million guns made annually in the US are smuggled across its border.
New York attorney general wants Trump Organization to go on trial next year
The request for an expedited schedule says the lawsuit against Donald Trump and his company "involves allegations of an ongoing scheme."
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Sebastian Gorka wants in on House GOP Hunter Biden probe
Conservative commentator and former Trump White House adviser Sebastian Gorka on Friday said House Republicans should form a select committee to investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings —…
thehill.comArizona GOP chair: DOJ has not attempted to enforce false-elector subpoenas
The batch of subpoenas was one of the earliest public signs of DOJ’s rapidly unfolding criminal investigation related to Trump’s effort to remain in power.
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The Memo: Michigan appears set to deliver a blow to Trump
Former President Trump is headed to Michigan on Saturday for the latest in a series of campaign rallies. But the event, to be held in Warren, will only sharpen questions about whether Trump’s influ…
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Tesla unveils humanoid 'Optimus' robot at AI event
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the prototype of the Optimus, the company's first humanoid robot that it intends to sell to the public.
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Biden fires back at Putin: US, allies 'not going to be intimidated' by threats
President Biden responding to threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden said Ukrainian annexation is "a sign he is struggling."
Hurricane Ian death toll now more than 100 after storm slams into Florida, North Carolina
At least 127 people in Florida have been reported dead due to Hurricane Ian, ABC News has found.
Texas attorney general's office knew of subpoena before Paxton fled home to avoid being served
The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) knew he would be subpoenaed days before he and his wife fled their home to avoid a process server, according to communications records.
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2020 election conspiracists could soon oversee voting in U.S. battleground states
The two far-right politicians want to upend the way votes are cast and counted.
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Five takeaways from the Abbott-O’Rourke debate showdown in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke traded barbs and sought to paint each other as inherently out of touch with the state in their first and only televised debate on F…
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Dysfunction in Texas AG’s office as Paxton seeks third term
GATESVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff this month quietly dropped a series of human trafficking and child sexual assault cases after losing track of one of the victims, a stumble in open court emblematic of broader dysfunction inside one of America’s most prominent...
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What happens next after Putin’s annexations in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move Friday to annex parts of southern and eastern Ukraine amid Moscow’s war in the country has elevated the stakes of the conflict…
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Newsom signs legislation making California a sanctuary state for transgender procedures
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that aims to make California a sanctuary state for transgender proceduers.
Cyclone Ian batters South Carolina in second US landfall
After wreaking deadly havoc in Florida, Ian smashes piers in South Carolina and floods neighbourhoods.
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Biden signs bill to honor Jackie Walorski
President Biden on Friday signed a bill to honor the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), days after the president asked if the congresswoman, who died in an August vehicular accident, was in the ro…
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North Korea conducts 4th round of missile tests in 1 week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbors said, the fourth round this week of weapons launches that prompted quick, strong condemnation from its rivals.
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Democrats and Republicans are courting Latinos on the economy in Nevada's tight Senate race
Latinos make up 20% of the electorate in Nevada, which Republicans see as one of their best chances to flip a Democratic seat in the Senate.
www.cbsnews.comThese 7 union-backed workplace laws are coming to California
Gavin Newsom has sided with unions and worker advocates on a number of closely watched proposals.
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Russian consulate in New York vandalized with red paint
The exterior of the Consulate-General of Russia in the Manhattan borough of New York City was vandalized with red paint on Friday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the in Europe since World War Two.
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The Left and the media are trying to 'bully' Trump out of running for president again: Lawyer
Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, said that he is being "bullied" out of running for president in 2024 by the Left and the media.
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Stocks end September down 9.3%, worst month since March 2020
Wall Street closed out a miserable September on Friday with the S&P 500's worst monthly skid since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic crashed global markets. The benchmark index ended the month with a 9.3% loss and posted its third straight losing quarter.
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Energy & Environment — Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case
The Supreme Court is set to review water regulations, the Federal Reserve will pilot an analysis of climate risks and California enacts a ban on “forever chemicals” in cosmetics. This i…
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Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's national police says the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a convoy of cars on the outskirts of Zaporizhzha has risen to 30 people, including children. Police said 88 people were wounded in Friday's S-300 missile attack on a column of vehicles that...
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Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation as military setback looms
A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia's annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its "special military operation" even as he faced a potentially serious new military reversal.
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Pipeline sabotage is mystery, but Putin, Russia are prime suspects
CORRECTION: Former Poland Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski urged President Biden to impose sanctions to halt the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline. A previous version o…
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Abortion ruling intensifies fight over state supreme courts
Surrounded by states with abortion bans that took effect after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois is one of the few places where the procedure remains legal in the Midwest. Abortion-rights supporters are worried that might not last.
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Trump scheduled to be deposed in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
The author has accused former President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a New York City department store in the 1990s.
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United Airlines to halt service at New York's JFK airport in October
United Airlines said on Friday it will suspend service in late October to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK).
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‘He’s not going to scare us’: Why the West isn't buying Putin’s bluster
The Russian leader's boasts don't match the reality in Ukraine.
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Former Cowboys player Gavin Escobar found dead after rock climbing accident
Former Dallas Cowboys player Gavin Escobar was one of at least two people confirmed to have died Wednesday following a rock climbing accident, authorities said.
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Brazil votes: Bolsonaro allies stand firm in Amazon bastion
Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro trails in national polls, but leads by a wide margin in Brazilian state of Roraima.
Democrats lead generic congressional ballot by 4 points: poll
Democrats lead Republicans in the generic congressional ballot by 4 points with Election Day less than six weeks away, according to a new poll. A Yahoo News-YouGov poll released Friday found …
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First on CNN: Election workers to be trained to deal with violence at polls as midterms approach | CNN Politics
Federal officials are offering state and local election officials training to “safely de-escalate” confrontations with voters that could turn violent ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to an email to election workers obtained by CNN.
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Viewers outraged at NFL for Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa repeat injury
Viewers were outraged over the scary hit Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took Thursday, with many questioning the NFL's concussion protocol.
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DeSantis drops provocations — for now — in response to Ian
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has whipsawed his way through the national conversation this month, first by putting migrants on planes or buses to Democratic strongholds and then shifting to a more traditional role of crisis manager as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S.
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Burkina Faso soldiers announce overthrow of military government
The ouster is the second coup in the troubled West African country this year.
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Ron Johnson comes under heavy fire from home-state colleague
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) is leading the charge against Sen. Ron Johnson, the Senate’s most vulnerable Republican incumbent and a fellow Wisconsin senator, accusing him of being out of step with…
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Kellyanne Conway says Trump "wants his old job back," and would like to announce within weeks
She talked with CBS News' Catherine Herridge about the ex-president, who has indicated he plans to run for president in 2024.
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4 things holding back restoration of Florida’s electric grid
More than 1.6 million customers in the state remained without power Friday, with no estimate of how many weeks it will take to restore them all.
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Steny Hoyer praises GOP hopeful as ‘quality opponent’ and ’pretty popular'
Rhode Island congressional hopeful Alan Fung (R) recently earned kind words from a surprising source: the No. 2 House Democrat.
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GOP lawmakers demand answers from John Kerry over ‘effectively outsourcing’ US policy-making
Rep. Michael McCaul led his fellow GOP foreign affairs committee members in a letter to Climate Envoy John Kerry over green groups playing a key role in crafting US foreign policy.
After #FreeBritney, California to limit conservatorships
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill limiting conservatorships that grant legal guardianship over individuals, a move that comes after Britney Spears’ conservatorship case garnered national attention amid her attempts to regain control over her finances...
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Afghan evacuee charged with child sex crime in New Mexico: officials
A man suspected of enticement and coercion of a minor in New Mexico came to the U.S. via the Afghan evacuation effort late last year, Fox News has learned.
Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday, approving measures to seal criminal records and free dying inmates but denying bids to restrict solitary confinement and boost...
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Before, after images show Hurricane Ian storm surge completely destroyed some Sanibel Island, Florida hotels | CNN
Many beach cottages that lined the shores of Sanibel Island were wiped away by Hurricane Ian’s storm surge, new aerial imagery from NOAA shows.
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Nord Stream gas 'sabotage': who's being blamed and why?
Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few clear answers about who or what caused the .
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Russia-Ukraine war by the numbers: Live Tracker
The Russian offensive enters its 219th day, we track where battles are taking place and the human cost of war.
Fetterman’s lead over Oz shrinks in Pennsylvania Senate race: poll
Democratic candidate John Fetterman’s lead over Republican Mehmet Oz is narrowing in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, according to a new Emerson College Polling-The Hill survey released Friday. T…
thehill.comLawmakers split on Ukraine’s new NATO bid
When asked by POLITICO if she backed Ukraine’s NATO accession, Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to explicitly endorse it, but said she supports a “security guarantee” for Kyiv.
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Las Vegas resort temporarily closes dolphin habitat after third animal death
The dolphin and wildlife attraction at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has temporarily closed after three dolphins died at the enclosure this year.
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Vicente Gonzalez attends campaign event the same day he failed to show in-person for key votes, citing COVID
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, failed to show up for a number of House votes but still managed to attend a campaign event, taking advantage of COVID rules allowing members to vote remotely
US slaps new sanctions on Russia after Putin annexes parts of Ukraine
The U.S. on Friday condemned Vladimir's Putin's move to annex occupied areas of Ukraine. All eyes are now on the West's response to the provocation.
In Ian's wake, worried families crowdsource rescue efforts
Many people whose loved ones stayed behind in the pathway of Hurricane Ian are crowdsourcing rescue efforts as they grapple with the helplessness of waiting and not knowing.
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Europe steps up energy security amid sabotage allegations
Major leaks from Nord Stream gas pipelines off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden have been blamed on sabotage.
The grotesque politicization of Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida this week and caused enormous suffering. Hundreds have possibly died, a tragic toll that will most likely continue to grow. Millions are without power. The scope and scale of property destruction are impossible to put into words. And while many are stepping up to…
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LIVE COVERAGE: Ian downgraded to post-tropical cyclone, to weaken further
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ian has dropped from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved across South Carolina. Ian made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of de…
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Hurricane-slammed Florida election offices scramble to meet Thursday deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots | CNN Politics
Elections officials in portions of Florida hard hit by Hurricane Ian are scrambling to meet a fast-approaching deadline to begin sending out absentee ballots and are working to develop contingency plans for November’s general election.
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Russians push baseless theory blaming US for burst pipeline
The Kremlin and Russian state media are aggressively pushing a baseless conspiracy theory blaming the United States for damage to natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in what analysts said Friday is another effort to split the U.S.
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Nord Stream rupture may mark biggest single methane release ever recorded, U.N. says
Europe and the United States have heaped sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, raising worries the Kremlin will try to deprive Europe of energy supplies leading into the winter. Both sides have suggested saboteurs caused the leak.
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Gavin Newsom Brings the Fight to Red States
He says he’s not running for president, but he is carving out a lane in a possible future Democratic primary.
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Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke dodges twice when asked if he would 'take your AR-15'
Beto O'Rourke dodged a debate question on Friday night asking if he would confiscate AR-15's, as he said in a 2019 Democrat primary debate.
Arizona judge won’t suspend ruling that halted all abortions
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold, saying abortion rights groups that asked her to block the order are not likely to prevail on appeal.
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Justice Jackson says she has 'a seat at the table'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday she has “a seat at the table now and I’m ready to work,” leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
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More cheese recalled due to listeria outbreak
Federal officials are investigating an outbreak of bacterial infection that has sickened six, hospitalizing five.
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Column: Tua shouldn't have played, but complex issues remain
There's one thing we can all agree on: Tua Tagovailoa had no business being on the field. Not in the second half last Sunday. Not in the first half Thursday night.
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Justice Department to seek prison time for Texas family of 5 in Jan. 6 case
The Munn family acknowledged spending nearly an hour in the Capitol on Jan. 6. The mother still questions the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
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Indiana court won't halt Biden student debt cancellation following lawsuit
An Indiana court rejected a request to place a temporary restraining order on President Joe Biden's plan to forgive millions of dollars in student debt, finding that a plaintiff who sued "cannot be irreparably harmed."
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NFL's handling of concussions questioned after Tua's injury
The NFL’s handling of concussions has evolved dramatically from the days when players were given smelling salts on the bench and sent back into the game. The league and the NFL Players Association have implemented extensive protocols and hired unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants (UNC) to work...
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Obama warns 'a lot of mischief' is possible if Republicans win back House | CNN Politics
Former President Barack Obama painted a grim picture of the GOP at two California fundraisers this week, according to excerpts provided to CNN, warning Democrats that Republicans could oversee “a lot of mischief” if they win the House in the November midterm elections.
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Slain New York City medic Lt. Alison Russo-Elling was stabbed more than a dozen times in random attack: Officials
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling was stabbed approximately 19 times in an apparently random attack in New York City.
NATO says Putin's 'serious escalation' will not deter it from supporting Ukraine
NATO accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday of provoking "the most serious escalation" of the war in Ukraine since it began, but said he would not succeed in deterring the alliance from supporting Kyiv.
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Hack puts Latin American security agencies on edge
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A massive trove of emails from Mexico’s Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by a group of hackers from military and police agencies across several Latin American countries, Mexico's president confirmed Friday.
apnews.comPelosi says farmers need illegal immigrants ‘to pick the crops’ in Florida
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that farmers in Florida need migrants "to pick the crops" as she renewed Democratic calls for comprehensive immigration reform.
Silicon Valley billionaires square off over support for Trump and the MAGA movement
Business executives deploying millions of dollars in political donations to shape midterm results
The turning points in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Seven months into the invasion of Ukraine, Russia controls less land than it did in the initial days of the war. See how the advances stalled.
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Small protests appear in Havana over islandwide blackout
HAVANA (AP) — The widespread power outage caused by Hurricane Ian prompted several hundred people to protest in Havana, and a monitoring group said the island's internet service shut down again Friday in what appeared to be an attempt to curb information about the demonstrations from spreading.
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Mayor's migrant tents being built by Trump border wall contractor
A City Council member will raise the issue at a hearing Friday.
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Biden says Nord Stream pipeline damage was "a deliberate act of sabotage"
The president said divers would eventually be sent to the pipelines, which were designed to bring gas from Russia to Europe, to determine what happened.
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Roblox removes 'meat grinder' Ukraine v Russia game
The War on Larkiv game was accepted and promoted by the world's largest children's game platform.
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Justice Department asks court to speed up appeal of special master review in Mar-a-Lago case | CNN Politics
The Justice Department has asked a federal appellate court to speed up its schedule for weighing the department’s appeal of a judge’s order requiring a special master to review classified documents from Mar-a-Lago.
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Methane blast in Baltic Sea highlights global problem
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have been measuring the scale of the massive methane leak from damaged pipelines in the Baltic Sea, with the latest figures equating the levels of gas escaping to the annual emissions of some whole countries.
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Florida election supervisors scramble to get power back ahead of mail-in ballot deadline
Florida election officials are scrambling to to get the power back on at their offices in order to meet the deadline to send out mail-in-ballots.
Food stamps benefits to jump 12.5% starting in October due to inflation | CNN Politics
Come October, it will be a little easier for food stamp recipients to afford groceries.
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Hurricane Orlene strengthens some off Mexico's Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Orlene strengthened some Saturday while heading for an expected landfall early next week on Mexico's northwestern Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Orlene had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) at midafternoon.
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Derek Schmidt responds to 'attacks' on education ad from Kansas Democrats ahead of gubernatorial election
Derek Schmidt, the GOP nominee for governor of Kansas, has responded to Democrats in the state who criticized his ad that took aim at Laura Kelly's decision to close schools.
Biden reestablishes arts committee that was dissolved over Trump's handling of Charlottesville | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Friday that includes a provision reestablishing the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a panel that was dissolved in 2017 when the committee’s members resigned over then-President Donald Trump’s handling of a deadly White...
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Iran protests: 'Nine Europeans' arrested in latest unrest
Germany, France, the UK and Sweden have been warned over the involvement of their "agents", Iran says.
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Ian inflicts staggering losses on Florida's growth machine
Floridians attempting to rebuild from the hurricane will confront rising insurance premiums, construction costs and interest rates — along with flood losses that many were not insured against.
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988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline sees 45% increase in contacts, but funding concerns remain
An update on the new nationwide suicide & crisis 988 lifeline as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month comes to a close.
Hardship for Brazil's poor may cost Bolsonaro election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential election will be decided by tens of millions of poor people, and they look set to eject incumbent Jair Bolsonaro from office — either in Sunday's first round or in a runoff.
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Ian expected to dissipate soon after striking Carolinas and killing at least 45 in Florida | CNN
Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, was moving farther inland Friday night after pummeling South Carolina with fierce winds and a destructive storm surge, less than two days after killing at least 45 people in Florida and leaving behind an apocalyptic path of destruction.
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House approves $2.7 billion in payments to 9/11 victims after years of delay
Republicans said Democrats took too long to provide compensation for thousands of 9/11 victims, including spouses and children, but the House passed $2.7 billion Friday after years of delay.
Palestinians mourn boy who died 'of fear' of Israeli troops
TEQUA, West Bank (AP) — A throng of men clutching the body of a 7-year-old Palestinian boy marched through a town in the occupied West Bank toward the child's final resting place on Friday, a day after his parents say he died from fear of Israeli soldiers.
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Department of Justice seeks expedited appeal of special master appointment from 11th Circuit
The DOJ is seeking an expedited appeal of the decision to appoint a special master to review documents taken by the FBI during its search of Mar-a-Lago.
Jimmy Carter celebrating 98 with family, friends, baseball
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history , turned 98 on Saturday, celebrating with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born in the years between World War I and the Great Depression.
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Woman uses social media to help find mom whose home flooded in Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian pummeled Fort Myers, Florida, where Beth Booker's mom lives.
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin suspends key US-Russia nuclear treaty in speech denouncing West
Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Kabul blast kills teenagers sitting practice exam
The suspected suicide bombing in the Afghan capital targeted students at a tuition centre.
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Oz closes in on Fetterman in new poll
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is just 2 points behind Democratic rival John Fetterman in a new poll, the closest he has yet been.
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Governor debate: Noem for abortion ban, Smith wants changes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem indicated Friday during her reelection campaign's lone debate with her Democratic challenger, state lawmaker Jamie Smith , that if reelected she will uphold the state's abortion ban that provides no exceptions for rape or incest.
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Biden, Harris join Ketanji Brown Jackson at investiture ceremony ahead of justice's first term
President Biden, Vice President Harris and several White House officials Friday attended a formal investiture ceremony for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Liz Truss admits disruption after tax cut pledges
The prime minister acknowledges her economic plans will "involve disruption in the short term".
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Prince William makes online safety plea after Molly Russell verdict
The Prince of Wales says online safety for young people should be "a prerequisite, not an afterthought".
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Myanmar accuses rebels in east of shooting passenger plane
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government accused rebel forces in the eastern state of Kayah of firing at a passenger plane as it was preparing to land Friday, wounding a passenger who was hit by a bullet that penetrated the fuselage.
apnews.comGiorgia Meloni's Hard Right Playbook
POLITICO Europe’s Hannah Roberts dissects right-wing Italian politics and the rise of Giorgia Meloni, the firebrand politician poised to be Italy’s first female Prime Minister.
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In Hurricane Ian's aftermath, new head of FEMA faces historic challenge
Deanne Criswell has jumped on handling response to the storm that's brought havoc to the southeastern U.S.
Democrats blaming climate change for Hurricane Ian at odds with science, experts say
Experts strongly pushed back against suggestions from Democrats, the media and commentators that Hurricane Ian was caused by human-caused global warming.
Uvalde shooting, border dominate only Texas governor debate
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday night that Texas would send busloads of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to more cities and Democrat challenger Beto O’Rourke pledged tighter gun laws as parents whose children were killed in the Uvalde school shooting...
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Newsom signs ban on ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics and clothes, but vetoes tracking program
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) late Thursday night signed two bills that will ban cancer-linked “forever chemicals” from cosmetic products and textiles in the state beginning in 2025. The same ev…
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Sailor found not guilty in fire that destroyed $1.2 billion USS Bonhomme Richard
Sailor found not guilty in fire that destroyed the billion-dollar USS Bonhomme Richard.
Latvian PM's New Unity party ahead in vote, exit poll shows
The centre-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins was set to win Saturday's national election, an exit poll showed, after a campaign dominated by security concerns following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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New law aims to make California haven for transgender youth
A new law aims to stop other states from punishing children who come to California for gender-affirming care
Photos: What Ian's havoc looks like in South Carolina
The storm landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.
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DOJ seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case
The Department of Justice requested an expedited ruling in its appeal of the appointment of a special master to examine the classified documents obtained during a raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
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Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban
Gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Takeaways: Immigration, abortion take center stage at the Texas gubernatorial debate
GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke, candidates for governor, debated on immigration, abortion, gun control, school safety and more.
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Uvalde shooting, border dominate only Texas governor debate
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday night that Texas would send busloads of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to more cities and Democrat challenger Beto O’Rourke pledged tighter gun laws as parents whose children were killed in the Uvalde school shooting...
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Biden warns Putin that U.S. will defend 'every single inch' of NATO territory as Russia formally annexes Ukraine regions
President Joe Biden in remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine called the Nord Stream pipeline leaks an act of sabotage.
Burkina Faso unrest: Military officers remove leader Damiba
An army captain has announced the removal of the country's military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba.
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Jill Biden: GOP leaders underestimate the power of women
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden told a Democratic women's group Friday that Republicans underestimated the power of women but that, together, they will “make sure that they never make that mistake again.”
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'Day Without Us' protesters walk out over abortion-rights reversal, days before Supreme Court returns
People across the country skipped work on Friday to protest the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion.
Hurricane Ian: Storm drives black family away from historic island home
Their family lived on Sanibel for a century, but Hurricane Ian drove them away.
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Biden's bizarre 'Where's Jackie?' episode cause for alarm, Republicans say: 'Diminished capacity'
Several GOP lawmakers shared their concerns about President Biden's latest gaffe in which he appeared to search for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, whose death he had mourned last month.
Biden uses $130M in frozen Egypt aid to help Pacific Islands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will pay for $130 million in new climate initiatives for Pacific Island nations by reallocating money that had originally been earmarked for military assistance for Egypt but withheld because of concerns over human rights abuses.
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Damage from Hurricane Ian cuts Sanibel Island off from Florida's mainland
Hurricane Ian washed away several portions of the Sanibel Causeway, a series of bridges linking the island to the rest of the state. It will require structural rebuilds, Florida's governor says.
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TikTok politics: Candidates turn to it 'for better or worse'
Wade Herring didn't know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew Herring, a Democrat running for Congress in Georgia, from his campaign videos on TikTok.
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Some officials now say monkeypox elimination unlikely in US
NEW YORK (AP) — Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon. The disease’s spread is slowing but the virus is so widespread that elimination is unlikely, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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CDC has ‘moderate confidence’ that monkeypox cases will keep falling or plateau
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it has “moderate” confidence that the rate of monkeypox cases in the U.S. will continue to decline or hit a plateau in the next…
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Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases going into fall
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall, and urged older people to get a second booster shot tweaked to protect against new variants.
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California: Docs may be disciplined for spreading COVID lies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors who spread coronavirus lies could be disciplined for unprofessional conduct in California under a law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bill, AB2098 , introduced by Democratic Assembly Member Evan Low, declares that a physician or surgeon commits...
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Hollywood’s Covid Protocols To Remain In Place As Negotiations Continue
Hollywood’s Covid-19 protocols, which were set to expire Friday, will remain in place while negotiations continue between the AMPTP and DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the Teamsters and…
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Half of Adults Have Heard Little or Nothing About New Covid Boosters, Survey Finds
The latest shots, which target Omicron and its subvariants, could offer protection against a winter surge in cases. But many people are unsure if they’re eligible.
Coronavirus: Asymptomatic Covid test pause in NI health buildings
The chief medical officer says the prevalence of the virus in NI has fallen significantly.
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Study on the lung-function trajectories in COVID-19 patients
A new study analyzed the data from a prospective longitudinal cohort follow-up study of COVID-19 survivors over two years after infection.
www.news-medical.netNYC has lots of new COVID boosters. Will New Yorkers get them?
Only 175,000 New Yorkers have received the new boosters.
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Simple nasal wash can prevent hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19
Simple nasal washes with mild saline water can prevent hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19, if applied twice daily following a positive diagnosis, according to research led by the US-based Augusta University.
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Weekly COVID Cases in Illinois Reach Level Not Seen in Months
Illinois health officials reported the state's weekly COVID metrics, noting two important milestones in this week's numbers.
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