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Jack and Renée: The Swirl Enters John McCain’s Family

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Whoopi Goldberg Fumes at Trump’s “Birther” Charges

• March 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Oprah is So Not Believing Rielle Hunter, and I Don’t Either

• April 30, 2010 • 1 Comment

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Afghan Nonprofit Workers Desperately Scramble to Evacuate September 24, 2021
Women who steered programs to empower girls are fleeing the country. But unlike people who worked for the U.S. military, they have no clear path to the United States.
Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election September 24, 2021
The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones.
Thousands of Haitian Migrants to Stay in U.S. September 24, 2021
Border agents are making life-altering decisions for thousands of Haitian families on the border on whether they can stay in the U.S. or be deported.
Jim Justice's Basketball Dreams Are Blocked. And He Is Crying Foul. September 23, 2021
As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.
Subtropical Storm Teresa Forms North of Bermuda September 24, 2021
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Penny Harrington, Who Broke a Blue Ceiling, Dies at 79 September 24, 2021
Overcoming bias, she became the first woman to head a major city police department in the nation, in Portland, Ore. But a rocky tenure led her to resign 17 months later.
States Begin a Complex Booster Shot Rollout for Pfizer Recipients September 24, 2021
Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad eligibility guidelines.
How Democrats Could Shrink Their $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill September 24, 2021
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Meng Wanzhou: US prosecutors reach deal in case of Huawei executive at center of diplomatic row September 24, 2021
The agreement with Wanzhou clears a topic of dispute between US and China and could bring release of two CanadiansA senior Chinese executive from Huawei, held in Canada since 2018 on US charges of bank and wire fraud, will be allowed to leave the country after a deal with prosecutors, removing a major irritant from US-China relations.Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s c […]
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A coalition appears inevitable after two surveys suggest almost equal support for CDU and former favouriteThe race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor remains completely open two days before western Europe’s most populous country goes to the polls, with the latest predictions showing the leading parties almost neck and neck.Two leading polls publis […]
Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world September 24, 2021
Rally to demand government action on climate crisis is first worldwide since start of pandemicHundreds of thousands of people in 99 countries have taken part in a coordinated global climate strike demanding urgent action to tackle the ecological crisis.The strike on Friday, the first worldwide climate action since the coronavirus pandemic hit, is taking plac […]
More towns evacuated as volcanic eruptions on La Palma intensify September 24, 2021
Flights cancelled and firefighters forced to stop work due to shockwave and huge cloud of gas and ash on Spanish islandIntensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma have forced firefighters to retreat and authorities to evacuate three more towns, while airlines cancelled flights because of a cloud of gas and ash, the biggest since the vo […]
Carles Puigdemont freed after arrest in Sardinia, says lawyer September 24, 2021
Former Catalan leader free to travel but must attend extradition hearing on 4 OctoberThe former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who was detained in Sardinia on Thursday under an international arrest warrant issued by a Spanish court over his alleged role in the failed bid for regional independence, was released from custody on the Italian island late on […]
Notorious gangster gunned down in Indian courtroom September 24, 2021
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Prince Andrew accepts he has been served in US sexual assault lawsuit September 24, 2021
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Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands displaced since the volcano erupted on Sunday.
Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border September 23, 2021
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Afghanistan: Executions will return, says senior Taliban official September 24, 2021
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Kim Yo-jong says North Korea open to ending war if conditions met September 24, 2021
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China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal September 24, 2021
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