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Canadian freight trains could stop moving Thursday. If they do, many businesses will be hurt

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Businesses across a variety of industries are bracing for freight trains to stop moving Thursday at both major Canadian freight railroads if they can’t resolve a contract dispute. The impact will be widespread because so many companies rely on Canadian National and CPKC railroads to deliver their raw materials and

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African health officials hopeful mpox shots will start within days as WHO says outbreak is ‘not the new Covid’

By Alex Stambaugh, Larry Madowo and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — African nations could begin vaccinations against mpox within days, according to the continent’s top public health agency, as a World Health Organization official said the spread of a deadlier strain of the virus could be controlled and “was not the new Covid.” The Democratic

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Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia gun owners, lawmakers and national advocates have been discussing how to encourage people to secure their firearms. The Senate Safe Firearm Storage Study Committee met for the first time Tuesday. Georgia Sen. Emanuel Jones assured the bipartisan group that his goal was not to restrict gun ownership,

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University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation

Associated Press The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday. The action on the Lexington, Kentucky, campus comes after state lawmakers debated whether to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at

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Cowboys receiver Cooks returns to Dallas for personal matter, ending his California camp early

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Cowboys receiver Brandin Cooks returned to Dallas to attend to a personal matter and will miss the final days of training camp in California. “Everything is good,” coach Mike McCarthy said of Cooks before Tuesday’s practice in Oxnard. “It’s a good thing. But he won’t practice today or tomorrow.” Dallas breaks

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Trump campaigns to ‘make America safe again’ as Democratic convention zeroes in on his felony record

Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again” while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him a career criminal. As part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention, Trump stood alongside sheriff’s

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Argentina revisa y pone en cuarentena barco carguero donde un tripulante presentó síntomas compatibles con viruela del mono

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Autoridades sanitarias de Argentina activaron un protocolo preventivo para revisar un barco carguero que se dirige al puerto de San Lorenzo, en la provincia de Santa Fe, pues un tripulante presentó síntomas compatibles con la viruela del mono (mpox), informó este martes el Ministerio de Salud del país sudamercano. El resto de

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Oregon man faces federal charges for making hoax bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers across New York

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — An Oregon man who is accused of targeting several Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats was arrested on federal charges Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with multiple counts of conspiring to make

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