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Year: 2024

‘Wild west of election work’: How certification fights are already cropping up in battleground states

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Georgia conservative Julie Adams spread conspiracies about election workers, concocted a baseless story about ballot couriers drinking beer and doing drugs while hoarding ballots, and boasted of her contentious relationship with local election officials. Then, in February, Adams was sworn in as a member of the Fulton County Board

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French police investigating abuse targeting Olympic opening ceremony DJ over ‘Last Supper’ scene

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has taken a legal turn. French prosecutors on Tuesday ordered police to investigate complaints from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon that she suffered a torrent of online threats and abuse after performing in contentious scenes at the Games’ opening ceremony.

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China’s top leaders vow to support consumers and improve confidence in its slowing economy

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party’s strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote “survival of the fittest.” A statement issued Tuesday after the meeting of the 24 highest leaders of the party warned that coming months

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Europe’s growth lags US again, as Germany remains the eurozone’s economic problem child

AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy enjoyed only modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap. Germany, the leading European economy, remained in the dumps while hesitant consumers saved more rather than spending on new houses or cars. Gross domestic product, the

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It’s not just ‘cat ladies’: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including fundraising off his now-infamous “childless cat lady” remarks in a series of emails that called Democratic leaders “childless sociopaths”

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Police clash with a violent crowd gathered near the site of UK stabbing attack that killed 3 girls

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Far-right protesters fueled by anger and false online rumors hurled bottles and stones at officers and set a police van ablaze Tuesday outside a northwest England mosque near where three girls were fatally stabbed a day earlier. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “thuggery” and said the crowd had hijacked

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Interpol anti-narcotics operation leads to 206 arrests, seizure of $1.6B of illegal drugs, chemicals

LYON, France (AP) — Interpol says more than 200 people have been arrested and some $1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking across Europe, North America and Africa. The international police organization, based in Lyon, France, said Operation Lionfish Hurricane in April and

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The Taliban disavows many Afghan diplomatic missions abroad. Afghans call that unfair, impractical

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban has disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration. It’s the Taliban’s latest attempt to seize control of diplomatic missions. Some Afghans abroad protest this as unfair and impractical. The Ministry

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Los mensajes de texto y las conversaciones por radio muestran la confusión de las comunicaciones en torno al seguimiento del posible asesino de Trump

Julia Hernández (CNN)– Los mensajes de texto publicados y las conversaciones de radio detalladas este lunes muestran que los agentes de la ley perdieron de vista al posible asesino de Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, e ilustran aún más las confusas comunicaciones en torno a su seguimiento en el mitin del 13 de julio. Según los

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El descubrimiento de una posible señal de vida en las nubes de Venus desató la polémica. Ahora, los científicos dicen tener más pruebas

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Hace cuatro años, el inesperado descubrimiento en las nubes de Venus de un gas que en la Tierra es signo de vida -la fosfina- suscitó controversia, y se ganó críticas en observaciones posteriores que no coincidían con sus hallazgos. Ahora, el mismo equipo que realizó aquel descubrimiento volvió con más observaciones, presentadas

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