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Month: September 2023

Putin talks military cooperation with Kim as North Korean leader endorses Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Larry Register, Simone McCarthy, Anna Chernova and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has said Russia is considering and discussing some military cooperation with North Korea, following a summit at which that country’s leader Kim Jong Un appeared to endorse Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The leaders met at the

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Love pop music? Largest US newspaper chain is hiring Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter writers

By MARIA SHERMAN and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two unusual job listings: a Taylor Swift reporter and a Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter. Gannett, which owns more than 200 daily papers, will employ these new hires through USA Today and The

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Love pop music? Largest US newspaper chain is hiring Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter writers

By MARIA SHERMAN and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two unusual job listings: a Taylor Swift reporter and a Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter. Gannett, which owns more than 200 daily papers, will employ these new hires through USA Today and The

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Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia island fear losing their culture and some property after a change in zoning laws

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws. Historians believe Hogg Hammock, on Sapelo Island,

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Judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public, siding against New Mexico governor

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area, with criticism mounting and political divides widening over the Democratic governor’s action. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge

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Massa anuncia la devolución del IVA sobre los alimentos de la canasta básica: ¿quiénes serán los beneficiados?

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El ministro de Economía y candidato a presidente por Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, anunció este miércoles la devolución del impuesto IVA a trabajadores, jubilados y monotributistas (también conocidos como trabajadores autónomos), a través de un programa que fue bautizado como “Compre sin IVA”. De acuerdo con el ministro, esto beneficiaría

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Former suburban Detroit prosecutor gets no additional jail time in sentence on corruption charges

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A former Detroit-area prosecutor will serve no additional time behind bars after being sentenced on corruption charges that he embezzled more than $600,000 from drug and drunken driving forfeiture funds. A Michigan State Police investigation found former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith used the funds to throw parties, buy gifts and

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Delaware man gets 7 1/2-year federal term in carjacking of congresswoman’s SUV in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison in the carjacking of a U.S. congresswoman’s sport utility vehicle in a Philadelphia park almost two years ago. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 21-year-old Josiah Brown was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia. U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon

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Disney shares new images of Neighborhood Parks at Rancho Mirage’s Cotino community

Disney shared new images of the Neighborhood Parks that will be at Cotino in Rancho Mirage, the very first Storyliving by Disney community. Initial plans for the first “chapter” of the community’s story include more than 300 homes and a collection of community parks set in the heart of the Coachella Valley. In June, the Rancho Mirage Planning Commission

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Facing $1.5B deficit, California State University to hike tuition 6% annually for next 5 years

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trustees at California State University, the nation’s largest public university system, voted Wednesday to raise student tuition by 6% each year for five consecutive years to try to narrow a $1.5 billion deficit, a decision that some students called disheartening. The university’s governing board voted

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Santos misses extended deadline to file financial disclosure, blames fear of a ‘rushed job’

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos has missed another deadline to submit a key financial disclosure report to the House Committee on Ethics. The disclosures provide a public snapshot of a representative’s personal finances. Santos had already missed two deadlines. The embattled New York Republican told The Associated

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