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How Helene and a locked gate escalated Rep. Virginia Foxx's feud with her North Carolina neighbors
Typically after tragedy strikes a community you hear about how it brought people together.
This is not that story.
Two weeks ago, McClatchy received a report that U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk, North Carolina, was preventing seven people from driving off their property at the base of Grandfather Mountain after the ...Read more
Presidential election puts Affordable Care Act back in the bull's-eye
Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape the Affordable Care Act and the coverage it gives to more than 40 million people.
Besides reproductive rights, health care for most of the campaign has been an in-the-shadows issue. However, recent comments from former President...Read more
Will 2025 be the year Kansas green-lights medical marijuana? Here's what to know
If Nebraska voters approve a pair of medical marijuana ballot initiatives next month, Kansas will be surrounded by states with some form of legal cannabis.
The Sunflower State is one of 10 in the U.S. where marijuana remains illegal and criminalized, including for people who rely on it to treat chronic pain and other medical conditions.
More ...Read more
Teen who lost legs in Gaza bombing now lives in Sacramento. His future remains uncertain
SACRAMENTO — Ahmed remembers only flashes of when a bomb landed near him last February in Gaza.
The 15-year-old and his friend were on their way to pray after a long week of working in nearby agricultural fields. The two were discussing their weekend plans. As usual, Ahmed envisioned spraying passes across dirt fields and scoring goals just ...Read more
Israel launches retaliatory attack on Iran, explosions and smoke near Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again early Saturday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.
Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks ...Read more
Israel launches airstrikes on Iran in fresh escalation
Israel launched airstrikes on targets across Iran early Saturday, fulfilling its promise to retaliate for a missile barrage three weeks ago and fanning fear of open conflict between the two longtime adversaries.
Numerous explosions were reported across Tehran in what appeared to be a first wave of strikes. More than an hour later, Israel’s ...Read more
Israel says it is conducting strikes on Iran military targets
Israel said early Saturday it conducted “precise” strikes on military targets in Iran, in retaliation for a barrage of ballistic missiles earlier this month.
Numerous explosions were reported across Tehran. Early reports suggested that sites linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been hit.
The latest clash between the two ...Read more
Israel launches retaliatory aistrikes on Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again early Saturday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.
Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks ...Read more
Israel says 'precise' strikes on Iran military targets underway
Israel said early Saturday that it is conducting what it called “precise” strikes on military targets in Iran, a salvo meant to retaliate for a barrage of ballistic missiles three weeks earlier.
“In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel – right now the Israel Defense Forces is ...Read more
Israel launches retaliatory aistrikes on Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again Friday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.
Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks came in ...Read more
Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin are regularly in contact, report says
Billionaire Elon Musk and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have reportedly had an ongoing relationship since 2022.
Putin and Musk, the latter of whom has been busily supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in recent weeks, have discussed topics including global politics, according to The Wall Street Journal, which said its story ...Read more
Biden issues rare presidential apology over Indian boarding schools
President Joe Biden apologized for the federal government’s role in running a system of Indian boarding schools that separated Native American children from their families and wreaked havoc on tribal communities.
“It’s a sin on our soul,” Biden said Friday at the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, calling his formal apology “long...Read more
Chaos erupts in Miami courtroom after man convicted of murdering teen leaps at her father
MIAMI — Chaos erupted late Friday after a man convicted of murdering a teenage student during a botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers four years ago tried to attack the girl’s father during the sentencing in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.
Adrian Cosby, 22, leapt from his chair as the father of Andrea Camps-Lacayo read from a prepared statement ...Read more
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GOP leaders say Harris calling Trump a fascist is 'irresponsible rhetoric'
Two key GOP leaders — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — made a pitch for civility on Friday, accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of using "irresponsible rhetoric" and "escalating the threat environment" when she said she ...Read more
Judge rejects motion to dismiss California Highway Patrol wrongful death lawsuit in Roseville park shootout
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges “reckless planning” by California Highway Patrol investigators serving a search warrant last year at a busy Roseville park, where a hostage was killed and two other people were wounded during an afternoon ...Read more
Chaos erupts in Miami courtroom after man convicted of murdering teen leaps at her father
MIAMI — Chaos erupted late Friday after a man convicted of murdering a teenage student during a botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers four years ago tried to attack the girl’s father during the sentencing in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.
Adrian Cosby, 22, leapt from his chair as the father of Andrea Camps-Lacayo read from a prepared statement ...Read more
Secrecy continues into Massachusetts military leaker Jack Teixeira's sentencing
BOSTON — The former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who shared military secrets with fellow video gamers online is getting closer to sentencing — but attorneys are trying to keep even more details out of public view.
Jack Teixeira faces a maximum of 16 years and eight months for six counts of willful retention and transmission of ...Read more
Chicago mayor won't say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested for alleged murder-for-hire plot
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
Johnson suggested he had no immediate intention to give back the money when asked how he would handle...Read more
NYC contract negotiations with NYPD sergeants falls apart; union requests outside mediator
NEW YORK — Contract negotiations between New York City and NYPD sergeants — many of whom are now getting paid less than some police officers they oversee — have completely broken down, forcing the union to declare an impasse with city negotiators and ask for the assistance of an outside mediator, the Daily News has learned.
Vincent ...Read more
Majority of border methamphetamine seizures occur in California, while fentanyl moves east
SAN DIEGO — Seizures at the California-Mexico border accounted for nearly half of all illegal drugs encountered by U.S. border authorities along the Southwest border in the last fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement data released this week.
In all, CBP seized more than 275,000 pounds of illegal drugs along the ...Read more
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