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Month: October 2023

Mitch McConnell warns GOP senators they’ll face ‘incoming’ if they back Hawley bill to limit corporate giving in campaigns

CNN By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC

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Deputies killed a Maine man outside a police station. Police say he was armed with a rifle

RUMFORD, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Maine have killed a man who confronted officers outside a police station with a rifle. Twenty-three-year-old Sean Dyment of Canton, Maine was shot by two officers from Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Monday night. Dyment was transported to Rumford Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities said they

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Massachusetts emergency migrant shelters nearly full, families soon to be put on waitlist

By KRISTINA REX Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — The state’s migrant crisis is reaching a critical point, according to numbers, provided by the Healey administration on Monday. There are currently 7,319 families in emergency shelter, according to Lt. General Scott Rice, the state’s emergency assistance Director. Earlier this month, Governor

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Investigation finds a threat assessment should have been done before the Oxford High School shooting

OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — An independent investigation has concluded that a threat assessment should have been conducted by school officials into Ethan Crumbley’s behavior prior to a shooting that left four students dead and others wounded at Michigan’s Oxford High School. A more than 500-page report released Monday says Crumbley’s conduct included viewing bullets, watching

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U.S. military and diplomatic leaders urge a divided Congress to send aid to both Israel and Ukraine

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top military and diplomatic leaders urged an increasingly divided Congress on Tuesday to send major immediate aid to Israel and Ukraine, arguing at a Senate hearing that broad support for the assistance would signal U.S. strength to adversaries worldwide. The testimony from Defense Secretary

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Israeli troops advance in Gaza, hostage freed and ‘impossible’ hospital evacuation: What to know Monday

By Abeer Salman, Ivana Kottasová, Amir Tal, Pierre Meilhan, Paul P. Murphy and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Monday its ground offensive will “intensify” after troops appeared to advance more than two miles into Gaza, according to a CNN analysis. Meanwhile, aid groups say civil order is breaking down in the enclave, as

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CNN Poll: Trump dominates South Carolina GOP primary, with Haley a clear but distant second

By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump currently holds majority support in the early primary state of South Carolina, where his strongest challenger is Nikki Haley, the state’s former governor, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Fifty-three percent of likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina

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In Kenya, King Charles III plans to acknowledge ‘painful aspects’ of Britain’s colonial past

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III is in Kenya for his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. Buckingham Palace says he will acknowledge the “painful aspects” of Britain and Kenya’s shared history while underscoring his commitment to an organization that’s been central to

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