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Aug 19, 2024, 9:48AM
Ernesto picked up strength as a hurricane early Monday as it headed farther out in the Atlantic toward easternmost Canada, but the storm is expected to stay offshore, causing powerful swells, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Aug 15, 2024, 4:18PM
Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.
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Aug 15, 2024, 10:11AM
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some states gets underway for the general election.
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Aug 14, 2024, 10:21AM
Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that…
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Aug 14, 2024, 10:18AM
Election officials in Arizona and Missouri this week announced that abortion-rights supporters in their states had gathered enough petition signatures to…
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Aug 14, 2024, 10:15AM
Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico on Wednesday and left hundreds of thousands of people without power…
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Aug 14, 2024, 9:43AM
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, has…
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Aug 13, 2024, 5:06PM
President Joe Biden is zeroing in on the policy goals closest to his heart now that he’s no longer seeking a second term, visiting New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming at dramatically reducing cancer deaths.
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Aug 13, 2024, 9:53AM
California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials planning to take up the issue Tuesday.
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Aug 13, 2024, 9:18AM
Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — a conversation that was plagued by technical glitches.