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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a campaign event on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Northwoods, Mo.. Voting in the Democratic House primary race closes Tuesday.

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  • Elections

Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush faces a primary challenger backed by pro-Israel groups

Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush faces a tough primary challenge from St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in what's shaping up to be one of the most expensive House primary races ever.

August 06, 2024
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By:
  • Jason Rosenbaum
Economists say creating a 2% tax minimum for the extremely wealthy would unlock an extra $250 billion per year.

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  • Business

A proposal to tax the uber-rich is gaining traction. But there are skeptics

The Brazilian government has proposed a 2% global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people in the world.

August 06, 2024
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  • Patrick Wood,
  • Kathryn Fink,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Nancy Pelosi talks to NPR about wielding power — and her role as Biden stepped aside

Nancy Pelosi opens up about wielding power — and what she was doing in the days leading up to President Joe Biden announcing he was abandoning his race for a second term

August 06, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Courtney Dorning,
  • and 1 more
The U.N. announced on Monday that it fired nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel.

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  • Middle East

U.N. fires 9 more staffers over potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

The secretary-general's office did not elaborate on the UNRWA staffers' likely role in the attack or on the evidence that prompted its decision.

August 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.

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  • National

A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Kamala Harris

Harris was mentioned 19 times on the account, according to the complaint, including several times in the days after announcing she was running for president in place of Biden.

August 06, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
A stack of the Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building, awaiting unbundling, sorting and distribution, Aug. 16, 2023, in Marion, Kan. Two special prosecutors said on Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town's newspaper, and that the newspaper's staff committed no crimes.

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  • National

Prosecutors say they plan to charge former police chief over Kansas newspaper raid

Prosecutors concluded that the staff at the Marion County Record committed no crimes before former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody led a raid on its offices and the home of its publisher.

August 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Stocks fell sharply in the U.S. and around the world on Monday.

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  • Business

The Dow Jones slumps over 1,000 points as fears about the U.S. economy intensify

Stocks fell sharply across the globe on Monday, as worries about the U.S. economy triggered a worldwide sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 1,000 points or 2.6%.

August 05, 2024
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  • Scott Horsley
Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search on Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Monday that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies.

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  • Business

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

The highly anticipated decision comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.

August 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pictured in May, released a video over the weekend recounting a 2014 incident in which he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park to make it look like it had been in a bike crash.

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  • Politics

RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery

The presidential candidate said he'd planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Students clash with police during a protest over a controversial quota system for government job applicants in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 18.

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  • World

Photos: Bangladesh PM flees the country after weeks of deadly protests

This follows the weeks of protests over job quotas that saw clashes between protestors and ruling party supporters, and several instances of police brutality. The death toll from the crackdown ran into hundreds, and precipitated calls for Hasina’s resignation.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Omkar Khandekar
The Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s attempts to halt former President Donald Trump’s sentencing and gag order in his New York hush money case.

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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects Missouri's bid to halt Trump’s sentencing in N.Y. hush money case

Missouri had argued that the rights of Missouri voters to hear from presidential candidates were being violated by the New York criminal proceeding.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Jordan Thomas
People await their flights at the Beirut International Airport departure hall on Monday. Urgent calls grew for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon, which would be on the front line of a regional war, as Iran and its allies readied their response to high-profile killings blamed on Israel.

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  • Middle East

War fears and flight cancellations in Lebanon send travelers and residents scrambling

The U.S. and other governments issued Lebanon travel advisories and some airlines stopped flying there, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting after assassinations in Iran and Beirut.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis reads a statement after pleading guilty in Atlanta on Oct. 24, 2023, to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings in the Fulton County election subversion case.

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  • Law

Former Trump attorney agrees to cooperation agreement in Arizona 'fake elector' case

Jenna Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, has agreed to a cooperation agreement with Arizona’s attorney general in the state official’s “fake electors” case.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Wayne Schutsky
Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

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  • Sports

As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

August 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Harris has momentum, but the race is still tight. Here are the paths to the presidency

Trump’s leads in the Blue Wall states have been completely wiped out, and they remain true toss-ups. The former president retains a narrow lead in all four Sun Belt states.

August 05, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
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