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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2023, both are celebrated on October 9.…
Continue Reading Transgender North Carolinians file federal lawsuit challenging gender-affirming care ban for minors
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Continue Reading His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas fighters attacked. He survived. They did not
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Continue Reading Social Security cost-of-living adjustment coming — but it won’t be as big as this year’s
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Continue Reading Families in Israel and abroad wait in agony for word of their loved ones taken hostages by militants
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Continue Reading Huge rocket motors arrive at Los Angeles museum for space shuttle Endeavour display
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Continue Reading ‘Turtleboy’ blogger charged with witness intimidation in murder case in Massachusetts
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Continue Reading Purchase of old ship yard from port operator put on hold amid questions from state financing panel
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Continue Reading Rare birdwing butterflies star in federal case against NY man accused of trafficking insects
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Continue Reading Chris Rock allegedly asked Jada Pinkett Smith out on a date amid divorce rumors
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Continue Reading Federal Reserve minutes: Officials signal cautious approach to rates amid heightened uncertainty
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Continue Reading Oklahoma Supreme Court chief justice recommends removing judge for texting during a murder trial
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Continue Reading “Addictive” social media feeds that keep children online targeted by New York lawmakers
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Continue Reading El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members
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Continue Reading Hunter Biden judge agrees to drop old gun count after indictment replaces scuttled plea deal
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Continue Reading New national wildlife refuges in Tennessee, Wyoming created to protect toads, bats, salamanders
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Continue Reading Gaza is tiny and watched closely by Israel. But rescuing hostages there would be a daunting task
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Continue Reading Finland police investigate undersea gas pipeline leak as possible sabotage
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Continue Reading Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk’s X is the most egregious
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Continue Reading Former Slovak president convicted of tax fraud, receives a fine and suspended sentence
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Simpson cosponsors resolution Standing with Israel
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored H.Res. 768 – Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and…
Continue Reading Fed officials expect one more interest rate hike and higher-for-longer rates, minutes show
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Continue Reading Jill Biden is recognizing 15 young women from around the US for work to improve their communities
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Continue Reading Wild beavers return to west London for the first time in 400 years
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Continue Reading The housing market looks like a bubble, 2008 regulator says
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Continue Reading A winning ticket sold in California nabs a Powerball jackpot of more than $1.7 billion
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Continue Reading Israel is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know
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Continue Reading NASA shows off its first asteroid samples delivered by a spacecraft
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Continue Reading Democratic challenger raises more campaign cash than GOP incumbent in Mississippi governor’s race
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Continue Reading `The Laramie Project’ stages a special reading in Wyoming on the 25th anniversary of Shepard murder
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Continue Reading Brendan Malone, former Detroit ‘Bad Boys’ assistant and father of Nuggets coach, dies at 81
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Continue Reading Confrontation led to fatal shooting at private party at Pennsylvania community center, police say
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Continue Reading Wisconsin GOP leader reveals names of former justices he asked to look at impeachment
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DEQ announces drinking water and wastewater funding opportunities for fiscal year 2025
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing fiscal year 2025 funding opportunities for Idaho’s drinking water and wastewater…
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Continue Reading Protests over Israel-Hamas war sweep the globe as nations ramp up security
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Continue Reading Capitol riot prosecutors seek prison for former Michigan candidate for governor
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Continue Reading Climate activist Greta Thunberg fined again for a climate protest in Sweden
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Continue Reading What is a kibbutz? A brief history of the communes targeted in the Hamas terror attack
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Continue Reading Iraqi man arrested in Germany over alleged involvement in war crimes as a member of IS
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Continue Reading Former NFL player Sergio Brown taken into custody in the murder of his mother, police say
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Continue Reading Kenya ends arrangement to swap doctors with Cuba. The deal was unpopular with Kenyan doctors
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Continue Reading Australia in talks with Indonesia about a possible challenge to Saudi Arabia for the 2034 World Cup
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Continue Reading Maps show the extreme population density in Gaza
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Continue Reading Charles Spencer, younger brother of Princess Diana, is writing a book about his boarding school
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Continue Reading Belgium’s prime minister says his country supports a ban on Russian diamonds as part of sanctions
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LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will travel to Kenya later this month. His state visit from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 holds great…
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Continue Reading German government forecasts that the country’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says it expects the country’s economy to shrink by 0.4% this year. The German government joined a string…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack
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Continue Reading This woman held off Hamas by barricading safe room door with a vacuum cleaner and rolling pin
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Continue Reading The Supreme Court weighs whether South Carolina targeted Black voters in redistricting
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