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Month: November 2023

California Democrats cancel some convention events amid large Gaza cease-fire demonstration

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war prompted California Democratic Party officials to cancel evening events during their state convention on Saturday “for the safety and security of our delegates.” California Democrats have been meeting in Sacramento this weekend to consider candidate endorsements ahead of

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Ahead of Dutch elections, food banks highlight the cost-of-living crisis, a major campaign theme

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press VOORBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of families are lining up for free handouts at food banks across the Netherlands. The queues underscore how poverty is taking root even in lower middle class families and why tackling it has become a major theme in next Wednesday’s parliamentary election. The cost-of-living crisis,

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Argentines vote in election that could lead Trump-admiring populist to the presidency

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Voters in Argentina head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift. Populist Javier Milei, an upstart candidate who got his start as a television talking head, has

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Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is facing strong headwinds in the progressive state after an explosion of public drug use fueled by the proliferation

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As the war grinds on, Ukraine needs more troops. Not everyone is ready to enlist

By Maria Kostenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Yulia Kesaieva, Olga Voitivych, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — On the global stage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been consistently on message: In visits to Washington and other Western capitals, he has focused on keeping Kyiv supplied with more advanced arms, ammunition and financing. At home, however,

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Civilians caught in the crossfire as fighting escalates between Myanmar military and armed group

By Heather Chen, Su Chay and Chloe Liu, CNN (CNN) — Renewed hostilities between the Myanmar military and ethnic minority armed group the Arakan Army (AA) have spread to various townships in western Myanmar, including Pauktaw, where civilians have been caught in the crossfire as fighting escalates. A former member of parliament from Pauktaw township,

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32 babies in critical condition are among the patients left at Gaza’s main hospital, UN team says

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A United Nations team said Sunday that 291 patients were left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops had others evacuate. Those left included 32 babies in extremely critical condition, trauma patients with severely infected wounds and others with

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GOP secures all elected statewide offices in Louisiana, after Republican victories Saturday

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republicans in Louisiana have swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. The GOP success secures control over all of Louisiana’s statewide elected positions. Liz Murrill was elected as attorney general Saturday, Nancy Landry as secretary of state

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Biden amenaza con prohibir visas a los “extremistas” que ataquen a los palestinos en la Ribera Occidental y pide nuevamente una solución de dos Estados

Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, pidió el fin de la violencia contra los palestinos en la Ribera Occidental en un artículo de opinión publicado el sábado, señalando que Estados Unidos está preparado para emitir prohibiciones de visas y nuevamente comprometido a buscar un Estado para los palestinos en la

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I listened to Dolly Parton’s new 2 1/2 hour-long ‘Rockstar’ album in one sitting. This is what I took away

Review by Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s already a vital American truth that Dolly Parton is a national treasure, and has been for decades. When the accolade of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was heaped onto the septuagenarian singer-songwriter-actress-theme park owner and entrepreneur last year, a curious thing happened:

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