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Florida teen arrested after brandishing machete outside early voting location, police say

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A Florida teenager has been arrested after he “brandished a machete in an aggressive, threatening posture over his head” at two women Tuesday outside an early voting location near Jacksonville, police said. Caleb James Williams, 18, joined by seven juveniles, approached sign wavers and antagonized the “opposing political side,”

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The Portland Police Bureau released photos of the suspected vehicle connected to the ballot box fire in Southeast Portland early Monday morning.

Police are searching for the person who set ballot boxes on fire in Washington and Oregon. Here’s what we know

CNN, KATU, KPTV, PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU, CLARKE COUNTY NEVADA, GETTY IMAGES By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged in fires set Monday at two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest – and investigators are searching for a person they believe is responsible for both incidents. Almost all the ballots

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Man faces charges after officials say he shot a man walking to synagogue in Chicago. Here’s what we know

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man is facing 14 felony charges after officials say he shot a man walking to a synagogue and then fired at responding officers during a weekend shootout in Chicago. The suspect fired several shots at a 39-year-old man Saturday morning on the city’s North Side before firing “at responding officers and paramedics

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Super Typhoon Kong-rey edges towards Taiwan, could sweep ‘almost the whole’ island

By Kathleen Magramo and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after bashing the Philippines. Kong-rey, moving northwest over the Philippine Sea, reached super-typhoon strength on Wednesday, according to

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A Massachusetts pizza shop owner is sentenced to more than 8 years for forced labor and threats of deportation

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The owner of two Boston-area pizza shops has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for subjecting employees to years of violence and intimidation, according to prosecutors. Stavros Papantoniadis was sentenced in federal court to 102 months in prison on Friday, along with one year of supervised

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Hezbollah names a new leader to replace Nasrallah. Here’s what we know about him

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Hezbollah has named Shiite cleric Naim Qassem as leader, over a month after his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The group’s Senior Council elected Qassem as secretary-general, Hezbollah’s media office said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that Qassem is committed to prophet “Mohammed’s authentic

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