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Harris quickly pivots to convincing Arab American voters of her leadership

Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Osama Siblani’s phone won’t stop ringing. Just days after President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, top officials from both major political parties have been asking the publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News if Harris can

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Iran’s supreme leader endorses reformist Pezeshkian as new president. He takes oath Tuesday

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader has endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as president, allowing the reformist heart surgeon to take charge of a country weakened by economic sanctions over its nuclear program. During a ceremony marking the endorsement on Sunday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Pezeshkian to prioritize neighbors, African and Asian nations as

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UK’s new Treasury chief axes projects to save costs and confirms deal to end doctors strike

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour government has axed several construction projects and withdrawn a winter fuel payment for millions of retirees to cover what it calls a newly found 22-billion-pound ($28 billion) shortfall in the public finances. It blames the former Conservative administration. The Treasury chief in her first major speech accused

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Infants’ tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tongue-tie —a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a prominent doctors’ group said Monday. The American Academy of Pediatrics is the latest, and largest, medical society to sound an alarm about the increasing

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What to stream this weekend: Zendaya hits aces, Orville Peck duets and Elizabeth Taylor sparkles

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an EP from country-turned-pop singer Maren Morris, Léa Seydoux and George MacKay lead the intriguing French sci-fi “The Beast,” and an HBO documentary lets Elizabeth Taylor tell her story by relying on 40 hours of recently discovered audio. Just in time for Olympics fever, director Luca Guadagnino’s sweaty,

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Text messages from law enforcement show concerns were raised more than 90 minutes before Trump rally shooting

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Text messages between law enforcement before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month suggest that some officers raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at the former president. In text messages obtained by

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President Milei renews his vow to scrap export taxes as Argentina’s powerful farmers get impatient

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei has told his country’s struggling farmers that he was committed to scraping export taxes and rescuing the key agricultural industry. Miller was addressing the gathering of farmers in flat caps and home-knit sweaters, a powerful group that helped vault him to power but has

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