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Month: August 2024

Ukraine aims to create Kursk ‘buffer zone,’ Zelensky says, as Kyiv’s forces blow up second Russian bridge

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CNN By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military incursion into Kursk aims to create a “buffer zone” to prevent cross-border attacks by Moscow’s forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Sunday, as his troops blew up a second bridge in the Russian border region. Ukrainian forces are inching forward in Kursk amid

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These Democratic senators are in some of the most competitive races of 2024. They also won’t be at the DNC

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By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — A trio of Democratic senators running in some of the most competitive races in the country are opting against attending the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago, even as their party looks to display a heightened level of enthusiasm and unity for newly minted presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Sens. Sherrod Brown

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Hollywood heads to Chicago for the Democratic convention, as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift speculation swirls

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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, Samantha Waldenberg and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — When Barack Obama accepted his presidential nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Jennifer Lopez was in town, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner attended the proceedings together, and Kanye West performed at an Obama campaign party. Four conventions later, many things are different in

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Perdue recalls 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after consumers find metal wire in some packages

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NEW YORK (AP) — Check your freezer. Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products. According to Perdue and the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select lots of three products: Perdue Breaded

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Pop star Bebe Rexha alleges airline worker threatened her for being Albanian

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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Pop star Bebe Rexha has said she was “threatened” by a Lufthansa airline worker for being Albanian, something the airline says they are reviewing. In tearful posts on her Instagram story Saturday, the singer – who was born in the United States to Albanian parents – wrote: “Lufthansa, l’ve been threatened because I thought the

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Biden was a spectator at his first DNC. Now, at his 13th, he’s an incumbent president passing the torch

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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When Joe Biden traveled to Miami Beach for his first Democratic National Convention in 1972, his presence generated little more than a footnote. “Councilman Joseph R. Biden, D-Faulkland Heights, a non-delegate, also is attending,” reads the only reference to his being there, turned up in a Delaware newspaper archive.

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Natchitoches police captured two escapees, one still on the run

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By Trevor Glisson Click here for updates on this story     NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright announced that two escapees from the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center, Johnny Williams and Malakhi Nathaniel Gallant, were captured early Sunday morning in the City of Natchitoches. The apprehension followed a coordinated manhunt involving multiple law enforcement

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Convention delegates will nominate Harris, again. This time, there’s less suspense and more pizzazz

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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been nearly two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris officially won the Democratic presidential nomination in an online vote. But the roughly 4,700 delegates charged with picking a nominee did so in relative isolation from one other in a process that wasn’t much fun for anyone. Democratic party leaders

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