Ties between the nations have plunged to their lowest point in years after the Canadian prime minister says there are ‘credible allegations’ of Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil.
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No Labels push in closely divided Arizona fuels Democratic anxiety about Biden spoiler
While it hasn’t committed to running candidates for president and vice president, No Labels has already secured ballot access in Arizona and 10 other states.
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Moose charges, headbutts and stomps on woman who was walking dog in Colorado
Authorities said the woman was taken to a hospital but they declined to provide information on the woman’s injuries or condition.
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First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half-hour, on sale for nearly $10 million
‘A Walk in the Woods’ is the first of more than 400 paintings that Ross produced on-air for his TV series ‘The Joy of Painting.’
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Senate confirms chairman of joint chiefs but a Republican is blocking other military nominees
An Alabama senator is holding up military nominations unless the Pentagon ends its policy of paying for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.
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UAW strikes a Mercedes parts plant while union eyes more targets
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has said more plants would face walkouts if General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., and Stellantis NV didn’t sweeten their offers.
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Free at-home COVID tests will again be available by mail
Orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and the no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.
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This simple structure may be oldest example of early humans building with wood
A pair of crossed logs in Zambia are nearly half a million years old and provide a rare look at how ancient human relatives were working with wood and changing their environments.
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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, other authors sue OpenAI over copyright
they call the ChatGPT program a ‘massive commercial enterprise’ that is reliant upon ‘systematic theft on a mass scale.’
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Fed keeps interest rates unchanged but it expects another increase this year
Even as inflation has slowed significantly, the job market and the economy have remained resilient, confounding expectations that the Fed’s series of hikes would cause widespread layoffs and a recession.