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Month: October 2023

6-year-old boy is buried, mother treated after attack that police call an anti-Muslim hate crime

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-year-old boy was being buried Monday and his mother was hospitalized with stab wounds after their 71-year-old landlord attacked them because of their Muslim faith and high emotions over the Israel-Hamas war globally and nationwide, police said. Jewish and Muslim groups have reported an increase of

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Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits like the ability for their parents to come to

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Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits like the ability for their parents to come to

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Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties that promised to reverse democratic backsliding and repair the nation’s relationship with allies, including the European Union and Ukraine, near-complete results showed Monday. The result was a disappointment for the Law and

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Judge weighing gag order on Trump in 2020 election case says prosecutors’ proposal may be too broad

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election interference case forcefully pushed back against the defense’s claims that a proposed gag order would unfairly censor the Republican’s political speech, but she also suggested on Monday she believed prosecutors’ request could be too

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US wildfires cost up to $893 billion annually with major hit to real estate value, congressional report shows

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Climate change-fueled wildfires are costing the US economy between $394 billion to $893 billion annually, a new congressional report suggests – a shocking figure that is more than double what previous government reports have estimated. The new report from the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich

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UPenn in crisis over antisemitism allegations: Jon Huntsman is the latest donor to stop giving, and a board member resigns

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Former US Ambassador Jon Huntsman blasted the University of Pennsylvania’s response to antisemitism and is promising to halt his family’s donations to the prestigious university. The strong criticism from Huntsman, a 1987 graduate and former UPenn trustee, comes amid a growing backlash from donors and trustees. The

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