CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stargazers are in for a double treat this week: a rare blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it’s considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big […]
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10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
The move is expected to cut costs for some patients but faces litigation from the drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republican lawmakers.
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Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
The Georgia case alleges that Trump, Meadows and 17 others participated in a wide-ranging conspiracy to try to keep the Republican president in power illegally.
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University of North Carolina graduate student left building right after killing adviser, police say
A since-deleted page on the school’s website listed Tailei Qi as part of Zijie Yan’s research group, though police say their ties were still under investigation.
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Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee called Idalia ‘an unprecedented event’ since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend region.
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Trump, 18 others charged in the Georgia election case are set to be arraigned on Sept. 6
All 19 defendants, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, have been scheduled for arraignment on Sept. 6.
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Ceremony marks start of journey home for Indigenous totem pole taken to Scotland a century ago
Carved from red cedar in the 1860s, the pole includes family crests and animal and human figures.
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Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.
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Pope says ‘backward’ U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology
Pope Francis made the comments in a private meeting with Portuguese members of his Jesuit religious order while visiting Lisbon in August.
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Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building
A lockdown Monday paralyzed the campus community for hours as police searched for a suspect.