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Gunman in Texas synagogue standoff was known to UK security services, official says
The British national killed by the FBI after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue Saturday was known to UK security services and had been the subject of a brief investigation in 2020, a UK official told CNN.
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Harris says US 'stands with Ukraine' while warning Russia of 'swift, severe and united' consequences
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday vowed there would be a "swift, severe and united" response if Russia invades Ukraine and assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the US "stands with Ukraine."
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Smart City Expo USA to Convene September 14-15, 2022 in Miami, FL
This year's Expo is a White House Summit for Democracy Year of Action event featuring 50+ city and government officials
Fira de Barcelona and Smart City Expo World Congress, the world's leading summit for cities and smart urban solutions, are partnering with the African American Mayors Association, the National League of Cities, Miami-Dade County Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, and Miami Mayor and U.S. Conference of Mayors President, Francis X. Suarez, to host Smart City Expo USA from September 14-15, 2022 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Alongside the expo, Mayor Suarez will host the U.S. Conference of Mayors Fall Leadership Meeting in Miami, FL from September 15-18, 2022.
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Radiation exposure drug maker says it is ramping up supply in Europe
Russia's refusal to rule out nuclear war has put the world in an unsettling reality: The unthinkable is suddenly a possibility -- if extremely remote. One drugmaker, Partner Therapeutics, isn't waiting to take action.
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The housing market was on a wild ride this year. Here's what to expect in 2022
The US housing market has had a white hot year. Home sales are on track to reach the highest level in 15 years, with an estimated 6 million homes sold in 2021.
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Trapped drivers swam out of their cars. A woman died after being swept away by floodwaters. What to know about the heavy rainfall hitting the Northeast
Intense rain and flash flooding that left at least one dead in southeastern New York continued to pelt the Northeast on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and prompting road closures and water rescues.
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Trump and Abbott revive GOP focus on border security in 2024 election
Former President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s contentious new law have reignited Republican efforts to make border security the focus of the 2024 election – elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights.
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Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in civil case, awards her $5 million
A Manhattan federal jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the spring of 1996 and awarded her $5 million for battery and defamation.
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Julie Kent and Stanton Welch Talk About Their New Co-Directorship at Houston Ballet
Stanton Welch and Julie Kent are shown from the waist up, standing next to each other in front of a series of windows. Kent has her elbow resting on Welch's left shoulder and her left hand on her hip, and Welch has his arm crossed. They both look towards the camera with small smiles. Kent wears a blue and purple patterned dress and Welch wears a blue button-down shirt. In the background outside are trees. Houston Ballet artistic directors Stanton Welch and Julie Kent. Photo by Julie Soefer, courtesy of Houston Ballet.
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Explosion likely brought down aircraft purportedly carrying Wagner boss, flight data and video analysis suggest
There is a puff of white and then a plane can be seen falling, a trail of smoke or vapor stretching behind it, descending rapidly against a bright blue sky. The person filming the video zooms in as the aircraft spirals downwards out of control, revealing that it is missing a wing.
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Five takeaways from the New Hampshire primary
Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
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Faith & Relaxation: A Weekend on Grand Bahama Island
Explaining the Bahamas to someone as a child is akin to detailing “Fantasy Island”. Your mind immediately begins tip-toeing across images of white beaches, beautiful women and clear blue water. Of fancy drinks and authentic seafood and a general hospitality that would make any etiquette coach beam with pride. That’s the Americanized version of the Bahamas, a tourist destination where one could wipe away their worries while kicked back with a Nassau Royal with an umbrella to twirl around.
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Byron Mann and Tzi Ma Star in the Netflix Series Wu Assassins
There's something about an action-packed storyline with science fiction flare and brilliantly executed martial arts work that never fails to capture an audiences' imagination. The new Netflix series, Wu Assassins, delivers on all fronts and ushers in a true renaissance for martial arts as the centerpiece of a television show.
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Newsroom leadership has never been this diverse, but that's not enough
A new class of media executives who have taken top jobs at major publications in the US in the last year is much different than any that came before it. Notably, the class is not made up of predominantly White men.
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Lovell's Food For Thought - Again I Ask The Question, Isn't It Time We Really Do Something To Do Something
Passed Time To Really Do Something
In the 60 plus years I have been involved with equity issues, I have come to see very little true progress in significantly reducing health inequities. I have seen a significant increase in the number of seminars, workshops, programs, centers and/or institutes. Even with number of persons of color in leadership positions has increased. But the reductions in with the number of deaths the answer remains NO. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made this apparently clear, that what we are doing is not working. The question is what are we going to do about it other than hold more meetings and give speeches on how we increase our efforts to address this as a national priority?
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New York Democrats are bracing for stunning Election Day losses, and they already have a fall guy
Democratic officials and strategists in New York tell CNN they are bracing for what could be stunning losses in the governor's race and in contests for as many as four US House seats largely in the suburbs.
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Pence details fracture with Trump over his refusal to overturn 2020 election in new book
Former Vice President Mike Pence wrote in his new memoir that former President Donald Trump warned him days before the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that he would inspire the hatred of hundreds of thousands of people because he was "too honest" to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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The 75 most impactful TV moments are debuts, farewells and historic firsts
It was through a television screen that most people witnessed the 1969 lunar landing and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
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Liberty University Alumni Return Degrees in Protest
More than 200 Liberty University alumni have signed on to a Facebook group proposing they return their degrees in protest of University President Jerry Falwell Jr.'s unwavering support of President Donald Trump.
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Trump Berates 'sick' News Media In Fresh Tirade
Think President Trump couldn't ratchet up his attacks on the news media any more than he already has?

