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Attackers set fire to the headquarters of a Bangladesh party that backed ousted leader Sheikh Hasina

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Attackers have set fire to the headquarters of a Bangladesh party that supported the country’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jatiya Party offices on Thursday night in Bangladesh’s capital. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the attack.

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Baltimore DPW operating at “historic” levels of wastewater treatment

By Cristina Mendez Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Baltimore City’s Department of Public Works is operating at “historic” levels when it comes to wastewater treatment, according to Michael Hallmen, the Deputy Bureau Head of Water and Wastewater. On Wednesday, DPW held the first of three informational meetings scheduled this

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Trump transition team co-chair endorses Kennedy anti-vax theories and says he would be able to access health data

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team on Wednesday night endorsed vaccine conspiracy theories pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and suggested the activist and Trump ally would be given federal data in order to check vaccines’ safety if former President Donald Trump is elected. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan

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DPW worker’s family calls report of omitted heat-related illnesses “heartbreaking”

By Tara Lynch Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The family of a Baltimore Department of Public Works employee who died on the job in August called a new Inspector General report that shows heat-related illnesses were omitted “heartbreaking.” Ronald Silver II died of hyperthermia, or overheating, during one of

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Film academy adds handwritten ‘Pulp Fiction’ script, Miyazaki art, more to vast collection

AP Film Writer Quentin Tarantino’s handwritten script for “Pulp Fiction” is the stuff of moviemaking legend. And now it’s going to be preserved by the Academy Collection in Los Angeles. The script is one of many new acquisitions to the vast academy collection, the largest film-related collection in the world, the organization announced Thursday. Other

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Western envoys concerned about arrests and disappearances as Kenya takes UN rights council seat

Associated Press NAIROBI (AP) — Western envoys in Kenya have raised concerns over reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for swift investigations as the country takes up its seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council. In a joint statement on Thursday, the nine ambassadors and high commissioners said they “will support

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Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots generating unfounded claims in Spanish about voting rights. AI models are producing a stream of election-related falsehoods in

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Finland charges a combatant with war crimes allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Prosecutors in Finland have filed charges over alleged war crimes in 2014 by a combatant who fought against Ukrainian forces in a Russian-backed separatist region of Ukraine.The National Prosecution Authority did not identify the suspect while announcing the five charges Thursday in a statement, but Finnish media outlets as Russian

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Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,”

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Autoridades confirman otra persona muerta tras el derrumbe de un hotel en la ciudad argentina de Villa Gesell

Joaquín Caballero (CNN Español) — El ministro de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Javier Alonso, confirmó a CNN el hallazgo del cadáver de María Rosa Stefanic, exdueña del hotel Dubrovnik, de 52 años, entre los escombros del edificio de 10 pisos ubicado en Villa Gesell, en la costa atlántica, a unos 370 kilómetros

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23-year-old Plano man released after 8th arrest, accused of stalking and harassing SMU students

By Amelia Mugavero Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Ian Smith from Plano is out of jail after being behind bars for the eighth time, accused of stalking and harassing multiple female Southern Methodist University students. Last week, the 23-year-old was charged with a misdemeanor of harassment. Police records say

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