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Month: September 2022

Defense secretary condemns ‘nuclear saber-rattling’ but says he doesn’t believe Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a new interview condemned “nuclear saber-rattling,” and said while he hasn’t seen anything to suggest Vladimir Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons in the ongoing war on Ukraine, the choice is up to the Russian President. “To be clear, the guy who makes that

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Details revealed about migrant shooting in Hudspeth, brother claims they were hunting; officers note inconsistencies

HUDSPETH, Texas — ABC-7 obtained documents that reveal more information about the shooting incident that killed one migrant and injured another. The shooting happened Tuesday evening south of Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County. An affidavit ABC-7 obtained states that the shooting happened around 7 p.m. on Tuesday. A group of migrants traveled in the desert

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Biden reestablishes arts committee that was dissolved over Trump’s handling of Charlottesville

By Maegan Vazquez and Shawna Mizelle, CNN President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Friday that includes a provision reestablishing the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a panel that was dissolved in 2017 when the committee’s members resigned over then-President Donald Trump’s handling of a deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville,

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Four teenagers were shot at a protest in Papua. Eight years on, only one suspect is facing trial

By Heather Chen, CNN Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality — and the seeming impunity of those behind it. On December 8, 2014, a crowd of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in Paniai district, Papua province, were fired upon — allegedly by Indonesian soldiers —

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Hurricane-slammed Florida election offices scramble to meet Thursday deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Elections officials in portions of Florida hard hit by Hurricane Ian are scrambling to meet a fast-approaching deadline to begin sending out absentee ballots and are working to develop contingency plans for November’s general election. In Lee County, Florida — home to Fort Myers, which saw homes and businesses torn apart

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