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HARRIS, TRUMP, DNC, BIDEN
CHICAGO — Former President Obama will headline the second night of the Democratic National Convention under the banner of the Democrats' "Bold Vision for America’s Future."
The convention, which is being held at United Center, started Monday and runs through
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GAZA, ISRAEL, BODIES, HOSTAGES
Blinken heads to Egypt and Qatar to try to seal Gaza cease-fire deal Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has agreed to a cease-fire proposal for the war in Gaza. That announcement came after he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu in
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BAN, DEPOT
Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv's incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday.
Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region
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YACHT, MISSING, SEARCH, RESUMES
Deep-sea divers with Italy’s firefighter corps resumed their search on Tuesday morning for six passengers — including a British software mogul and his daughter — who are missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily the previous day.
There were 22 people
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DNC, ISRAEL, PROTESTERS, PRO
President Joe Biden told the Democratic National Convention on Monday evening that the pro-Palestinian protesters “on the street” outside — who included supporters of Hamas, and who shouted antisemitic slogans — “have a point.”
As Breitbart News reported,
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VANCE, JD, RAPE, BESHEAR
Another day, yet another bizarro attack on Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) from our supposed intellectual betters on the left.
When last we left you, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) was on the Democrat National Convention stage in Chicago on Monday proclaiming that the 2024
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TRUMP, KERR, STEVE, NIGHT
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr speaks Monday during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Kerr, who led the U.S. men’s basketball team to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, is backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
Steve Kerr
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MIGRANT, KIDS, DHS, WATCHDOG
The cases in question spanned both the Trump and Biden administrations.
The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog says it has uncovered an "urgent issue" with how immigration officials handle cases involving unaccompanied migrant children, warning
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WALZ, TIM, CLAIMS, WIFE
Tim Walz made an impression in China, students and teachers say
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BEIJING — When Vice President Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on the Democratic ticket earlier this month, a Chinese woman in
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GAETZ, MCCARTHY, PRIMARY, CHALLENGER
Rep. Matt Gaetz defeated his Republican primary opponent on Tuesday in one of Florida's most conservative congressional districts, according to an Associated Press projection, handing former Speaker Kevin McCarthy a final blow to his so-called "revenge tour"
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JENNIFER, BEN, AFFLECK, LOPEZ
Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck
Lopez listed the date of their separation as 26 April in court documents
Their romance began after they met while working on the set of the 2003 crime caper Gigli. They had originally planned to marry that
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PRIMARY, FLORIDA, SCOTT, CHALLENGERS
Republicans and Democrats head to the polls Tuesday to choose their party's nominee in primary races across Florida, Wyoming and Alaska.
Republicans will keep a keen eye on the Florida primary races of Rep. Matt Gaetz, amid his feud with former House Speaker
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LAWSUIT, DISNEY, DEATH, WRONGFUL
Disney has decided to forego its attempt to push arbitration over a wrongful death that occurred in one of their restaurants after the case caught the public's attention and came down on Disney for what is definitely one of the more horrific things it's done
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MAINE, ARMY, REPORT, MASS
Army and police missed chances to remove Maine gunman's weapons
On 25 October 2023, the US Army reservist opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston in the deadliest shooting in Maine’s history.
Yet officials did not follow up on warnings about
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PRISON, GEORGE, CONVICTED, FLOYD
A former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was released from prison Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News.
Thomas Lane, 41, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to state charges of aiding and
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was roasted on social media on Monday over a "painful" speech she delivered at the Democratic National Convention.
In fact, George Washington would like a word.
Hochul kicked off her widely panned speech by asking attendees if they
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JUDGE, BAN, FTC, NONCOMPETE
A sweeping federal ban on noncompete agreements -- which was set to take effect for tens of millions of Americans nationwide on Sept. 4 -- is now permanently on hold.
In a ruling Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas upheld a challenge to the FTC's rule banning
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PRICE, HARRIS, PLAN, CNBC
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris holds a bag of Doritos at a convenience store in Pennsylvania on Sunday as her running mate, Tim Walz, looks on. Harris has proposed federal limits on price-gouging by food companies.
The best thing about Kamala
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BIDEN, NUCLEAR, STRATEGY, SECRET
When I was a little tad back in northeast Iowa, the Cold War was still an ongoing thing. We did "duck and cover" drills at school, in which we practiced the essential tasks of crawling under our desks, putting our heads between our legs, and kissing our butts
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TRUMP, DOJ, 2020, PROTESTERS
Former President Donald Trump is entitled to support from the government if he's found liable in a civil suit claiming he violated the rights of racial justice protesters who were driven out of a park near the White House in June 2020, according to the Justice
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BACKED, DESANTIS, CANDIDATES, SCHOOL
Incumbent school board members in one of Florida's largest swing counties appear to have held off a challenge from candidates backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to preliminary results. Activists had hoped that three challengers endorsed by the local chapter
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WNBA, OLYMPICS, GABBY, ANGEL
WNBA teams resumed play just four days after the end of the Paris Olympics. For some players, this has been a difficult turnaround.
Two-time WNBA MVP and New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart spoke out about the lack of time off for the players that represented
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KAMALA, CELEBRITY, COLOR, VOTERS
Former NBA player Kwame Brown, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, shared a rant Monday afternoon in which he said he believes Black celebrity "gatekeepers" are "shaming" people into voting for Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States.
He
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TUA, FLORES, TAGOVAILOA, BRIAN
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa recently opened up about his negative relationship with former head coach Brian Flores. Flores’ constant barrage of harsh comments left Tagovailoa with very low morale.
Tagovailoa said that he had to have the negativity
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