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First on CNN: US is receiving dozens of UFO reports a month, senior Pentagon official tells CNN

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US government is receiving dozens of reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, each month, according to the director of the office established to investigate the incidents, with the potential for “hundreds, if not thousands” more reports expected in the near future. The office has

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GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry,

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Nebraska governor faces backlash for comments on investigative reporter’s Chinese nationality

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing backlash after comments he made about the Chinese nationality of a reporter whose story cited environmental concerns at farms owned by the governor. Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu wrote a story in September revealing that 16 of Pillen’s farms recorded nitrate levels at least

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Coastal county and groups sue to overturn federal approval of New Jersey’s 1st offshore wind farm

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s southernmost county has joined with environmental and fishing industry groups in suing the federal government in a bid to overturn its approval of the state’s first offshore wind energy farm. Cape May County and the other groups filed suit Monday against the National

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Magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes part of Northern California, setting off quake alert system

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook part of Northern California between the state capital and the San Francisco Bay region on Wednesday, setting off automated quake alerts. The 9:29 a.m. quake was centered in the agricultural Isleton area about 32 miles (52 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Newly released video shows moments before a recently exonerated man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop

By Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Isabel Rosales and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across

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More arrests to be announced in shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer, authorities say

By RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities plan to announce more arrests in an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and wounded another last week. Police scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon. On Monday, authorities said that at least two other suspects were being sought as they announced

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Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of protesters clashed Wednesday with Lebanese security forces in a Beirut suburb near the U.S. Embassy during demonstrations in support of both Gaza’s civilian residents and the militant group Hamas in its war with Israel. The protest in the Aukar neighborhood came as U.S. President Joe

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