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Why Mexican cartels are increasingly using car bombs and other explosives
So far this year, Zacatecas has recorded 23 attacks involving explosives, including six involving cars or motorcycles packed with explosives, state Attorn...
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Flock cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies' power
Although police say the cameras are an invaluable crime-fighting tool, some critics say their pervasiveness amounts to unconstitutional warrantless mass s...
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U.S. strikes three Iranian oil tankers in renewal of hostilities
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Jazz legend John Coltrane's Philadelphia house to become a cultural heritage site
On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural...
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Trump's first major midterm money move: A $10 million Texas Senate ad blitz
This is the first significant spending in a premier general election contest by MAGA, Inc., and reflects how a once-safe Republican seat in Texas may be v...
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Kennedy Center renews call for Trump-backed shutdown after part of a ceiling collapses
No one was injured when a piece of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center's grand foyer collapsed Friday evening, said Roma Daravi, the center's vice presi...
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U.S.-Venezuela oil deal won't reduce domestic gasoline prices anytime soon, experts say
Oil experts told PolitiFact gains for consumers will not materialize any time soon, and would likely take years — long after November's midterm elections....
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For feminists, the deaths of Parton and Steinem days apart deliver a double dose of grief
Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton's deaths eight days apart sent a double dose of grief around the world and across generations as many women (and some men!...
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New Hampshire's GOP primary features two familiar names from the past, and voters are fine with that
While voters elsewhere have embraced a decidedly anti-establishment sentiment this campaign season, New Hampshire Republican voters appear content with th...
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U.S. military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy ships were targeted with missiles
The strikes — a day after U.S. Newsiline summarises this report from PBS NewsHour Headlines and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.
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Putin orders a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys visit Russia and Ukraine
The envoys' trip comes as both sides escalate aerial attacks, some 4 1/2 years after the Kremlin's invasion of its neighbor. Newsiline summarises this rep...
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US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted
The strikes come a day after President Trump appeared to downplay the war with Iran as "small potatoes" during an exchange with reporters in the Oval Offi...
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Opinion: A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed
"Blue," a statue that's been on the grounds of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR News and links readers to...
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How the U.S. focus on Iran is fueling a more aggressive Putin
Trump's top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR World and links...
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U.S.-Venezuela oil deal puts opposition in a political bind
Venezuelan opposition members are uneasy with new oil deals with the U.S., worried that agreements with authoritarian regime in Caracas could undermine de...
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U.S. envoys in Moscow in new push for peace between Russia and Ukraine
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Flock cameras draw opposition from across the political spectrum
As political races heat up heading into the midterms, candidates from both parties are increasingly joining the fray to voice concerns over Flock surveill...
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Voters are fed up with data centers. Both parties are trying to cash in for midterms
Democrats and Republicans have found common ground in this campaign season. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR News and links readers to the origin...
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Federal judge extends block on Trump order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Newsiline summarises this report from PBS NewsHour Headlines and links readers to the...
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What's next for Lindsay Clancy after a mistrial in her murder case
After five weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who's charged with killing her three children, ended in a mistr...
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Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say
The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater,...
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How Trump's attempt to restrict mail ballots is being challenged in court
A federal judge indefinitely extended her order to prevent the Trump administration from implementing new restrictions on mail-in ballots. Newsiline summa...
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Retired general calls Trump's proposed arch near Arlington a 'sacrilege'
The Trump administration plans to break ground within two weeks on a 250-foot arch just beyond the gates of Arlington National Cemetery. Newsiline summari...
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Brooks and Capehart on Trump calling Iran war 'small potatoes'
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's remarks calli...
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Records show history of safety complaints at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster
A pulp mill in Washington state where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and disc...
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The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
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Pablo Torre breaks down financial questions surrounding Dodgers owner Mark Walter
A controversy is brewing involving the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner Mark Walter and NBA legend Magic Johnson. Newsiline summarises this report from PBS News...
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Trump administration scrubs gender-based bullying data from school civil rights survey
The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbin...
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4 things investigators learned about the dysfunction at Trump's Labor Department
A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment....
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WATCH: Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and 'very intermittent'
President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a "military conflict" because he thinks it's "small potatoes" for the United States. Newsili...
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'Hidden tribunals:' Immigration court due process in tumult with new locations
The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in...
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WATCH: Lindsay Clancy's lead defense attorney speaks after mistrial declared in murder case
Outside the courthouse, Kevin Reddington blasted the juror who he believes stood in the others' way of an acquittal. Newsiline summarises this report from...
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Trump says skilled foreign workers take jobs away from Americans. It's not that simple, experts say
Economists have studied the impacts H-1B employees have within individual companies and at the local labor market level and reached similar conclusions ab...
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El-Sayed split Michigan Democrats. Whether they unify could decide Senate control
After a bruising Senate primary, Michigan Democrats are trying to unify to hold onto a must-win seat. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR News and l...
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WATCH: Prosecutors react after mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case
"This case is not about the healthcare system, or about how women are treated in it," or the diagnosis of different medical conditions, Plymouth District...
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Key things to know about Lindsay Clancy's case after judge declares mistrial
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after the jury failed to come to a unanimous decision following seven days of delibe...