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August 24, 2023 |
On Wednesday, South Carolina’s all-male Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in a 4-1 decision, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty being the sole dissenter. Chief Justice Beatty said in his...
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August 23, 2023 |
Tropical Storm Harold made landfall Tuesday with sustained winds of 50 mph on Padre Island, Texas, but was downgraded to a tropical depression after moving quickly inland at 21 mph, weakening as it moved...
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August 23, 2023 |
UPS workers ratified the labor deal negotiated by the Teamsters nearly a month ago, which will allow the five-year contract to take effect. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said in a statement Tuesday: “This contract...
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August 22, 2023 |
A 19-year-old Ohio woman was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Monday for deliberately crashing her car into a brick wall at 100 mph, killing her boyfriend and another teenaged friend....
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August 22, 2023 |
According to federal prosecutors, agents arrested a Chicago-area woman on Monday after a criminal complaint accused her of sending emails threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump and his son Barron. According to the...
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August 21, 2023 |
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall Sunday in the northern part of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, as National Hurricane Center warned “catastrophic and life-threating flooding” in that region , including across portions of the southwestern...
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August 21, 2023 |
Nine people were shot after multiple gunmen opened fire on a crowd at a block party in West Philadelphia on Saturday, killing one person and wounding eight others. The shooting happened at about 1:30...
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August 18, 2023 |
On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four Russians accused in the poisoning of currently imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The Treasury Department said the four individuals were members of Russia’s Federal Security...
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August 18, 2023 |
U.S. mortgage rates rose to their highest level in 21 years this week, as demand for mortgages decreased. According to data released Thursday, in the week ending August 17, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged...
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August 17, 2023 |
A campaign fundraiser who worked with Rep. George Santos has been indicted on four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, after he allegedly impersonated a top aide to a...