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A sign supporting Kamala Harris in the Boston Edison neighborhood on Oct. 5, 2024 in Detroit, Mich.

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  • Politics

It’s a close race for Michigan. These factors could decide it for Harris or Trump

Vice President Harris needs to win back Michigan voters President Biden looked poised to lose. Donald Trump’s appeal remains strong here, but he’s not without his own struggles.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term this week, with public opinion of the court at near record lows.

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  • Law

Guns, transgender rights, porn: The Supreme Court begins another term

For the most part, the justices still try to portray the court as amicable, but you don’t have to be a genius to see that they are not exactly happy campers.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Ilana Dutton
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Sunday in Butler, Pa. This was the first time that Trump has returned to Butler since he was injured during an attempted assassination on July 13.

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  • Politics

Trump and his faithful followers return to Butler, Pa., to energize the flock

Former President Donald Trump credited the "grace of God" for his survival of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 in his return to the site for a rally on Saturday.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Comedian and author Kate McKinnon with the cover of her new book.

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  • Books

Kate McKinnon's new middle-grade mystery is for all her fellow misfits

The SNL star says her new book is part of what she calls her “private mission to give a wink and a nod” to young people who might feel “different” — like she did — growing up.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on <em>Billboard</em>'s album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at the top of the chart in a six month span before.

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  • Music News

Future has dropped three chart-topping albums in just six months

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks as she tours the U.S. Forest Service's Del Rosa Fire Station, in San Bernardino, California, U.S., January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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  • News

Harris campaign focuses on Georgia as storm recovery continues and election looms

With just under five weeks until the presidential election, the Harris-Walz campaign is ramping up efforts in Georgia. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta this week to assess damage from Hurricane Helene, balancing storm recovery with campaign demands. The campaign is also looking into concerns over potential voting disruptions caused by the hurricane.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Vice President Harris hands out food to people at the Henry Brigham Community Center in Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 2, during a tour of hurricane damage in the area.

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  • Politics

The October surprise: Harris is navigating a pair of them

Devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Escalated tensions in the Middle East. The Harris campaign is navigating a pair of October surprises as Election Day draws closer.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Gus Contreras and
  • Franco Ordoñez
Most bananas imported to the U.S. come through ports affected by the dockworkers' strike. And the fruit's limited shelf life made it hard to stockpile in advance.

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  • Business

Why bananas may become one of the first casualties of the dockworkers strike

One of the first places shoppers may feel the effects of the dockworkers' strike is in the produce aisle. Hundreds of tons of bananas are stuck in transit — and they won't keep for long.

October 03, 2024
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  • Scott Horsley
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul attends the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2024 in New York City. Middle: U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on the Family and Medical Leave Act at the U.S. Capitol on February 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Right: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

How Democrats are targeting red seats in blue New York to help win back the House

New York Democrats launched a coordinated campaign modeled on more traditional battleground state efforts. Federal, state and local leaders are combining efforts to target a group of House GOP freshmen.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB1046, a hotly contested measure that would have been the nation's strictest AI safety law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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  • Technology

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

The measure, known as SB 1047, was one of the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming AI industry. It would have held AI companies legally liable for harms caused by AI and enabled a "kill switch" if systems went rogue.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
In this 2014 photo, a Kenyan medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit at a Nairobi hospital wears full gear when bringing a meal to a man in quarantine in isolation housing after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg virus.

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  • Global Health

Marburg is an especially scary virus. How scared should we be of Rwanda's outbreak?

Rwanda is dealing with its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus. It's related to Ebola and has a mortality rate as high as 88%. What do disease experts say about the global risk?

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
A table covered with a cloth featuring the Loyola Marymount Hillel logo in the front, and six portraits of hostages who were killed sitting on top of it.

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  • Religion

October 7th anniversary weighs heavy as Jews enter the High Holy Days

The anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel takes place during the Jewish High Holy Days. It's a time of ending things that need to be ended in order begin things that need to be begun.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
Workers walk the picket line outside Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 1, 2024.

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  • Business

Dockworkers go on strike, snarling traffic at East and Gulf Coast ports

Union dockworkers at ports across the U.S. began walking picket lines early Tuesday, snarling the movement of billions of dollars' worth of goods.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Scott Horsley
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent checks pedestrians' documentation at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Ysidro, California. A growing number of experts believe the flow of deadly street fentanyl from Mexico into the U.S. has been disrupted, contributing to a drop in fatal overdoses.

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  • Health

The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts say

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S. and fatal overdoses are dropping.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21, in Leesport, Penn.

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  • Politics

JD Vance’s time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy

Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has at times been overshadowed by controversy often of his own making.

October 01, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
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