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Month: September 2023

Pope gives ‘noble’ Chinese people a shoutout at Mass in Mongolia in bid to warm ties

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis sent a special greeting to China’s “noble” people on Sunday, giving them a special shout-out at the end of a Mass celebrated in neighboring Mongolia during the first-ever papal visit that was largely overshadowed by Beijing and its crackdown on religious

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Start your week smart: Burning Man, Proud Boys sentenced, astronauts returning, Florida congressional map, Jimmy Buffett

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Happy Labor Day weekend, also known as summer’s unofficial last hurrah. Unfortunately, the long holiday weekend is often punctuated by heavy highway traffic and lengthy airport delays — no doubt exacerbated by the damage caused by Hurricane Idalia last week. If you’re among the millions traveling today

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Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential primary. Here’s how he discusses race

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does the Republican presidential candidate have to. He is often the only Black person at his campaign events in the state. The South Carolina senator introduces himself as the product of early-life mentors who taught him

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Pope gives ‘noble’ Chinese people a shout-out at Mass in Mongolia in bid to warm ties

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis sent a special greeting to China’s “noble” people on Sunday, giving them a special shout-out at the end of a Mass celebrated in neighboring Mongolia during the first-ever papal visit that was largely overshadowed by Beijing and its crackdown on religious

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Windy conditions through Sunday

Conditions are still fairly muggy on Sunday morning, meaning additional moisture is still in the atmosphere. This extra moisture could prompt patchy showers through this afternoon. Drier and cooler air will be ushered into the region as low pressure begins to shift eastward today. This shifting low pressure system will also strengthen onshore winds by

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Death under investigation at Burning Man as flooding strands thousands at Nevada festival site

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in Nevada were investigating a death at the site of the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stranded Saturday night as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert. Organizers closed vehicular access to the counterculture festival and attendees trudged through mud, many barefoot or wearing plastic bags

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