State Attorney Monique Worrell vowed to seek reelection next year and said her removal was political and not about her performance, suggesting that the governor’s timing was to distract from his stagnant presidential campaign.
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Utah man suspected of threatening Biden is shot and killed as FBI serve warrant
Craig Deleeuw Robertson posted online Monday that he had heard the president was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and ‘clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle.’
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Wildfires wipe out communities in Hawaii, kill at least 6
Wildfires continued to burn Wednesday, fueled by strong winds from Hurricane Dora as it passed well south of the Hawaiian islands. Officials feared the death toll could rise.
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Scientists look beyond climate change, El Nino for other factors heating up the Earth
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
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Unprecedented damage from storms this year is upending the insurance industry
The storms in the U.S. were so severe, there were 10 that resulted in damages of $1 billion or more, and Texas was the state most severely effected.
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How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collaborations
The music genre germinated 50 years ago as an escape from the poverty and violence of New York City’s most distressed borough, the Bronx, where few wanted to invest in its businesses or its people.
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Special counsel got search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say
A judge levied a $350,000 fine on Twitter for missing the deadline to comply, according to court documents released Wednesday.
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New Hampshire nurse and young daughter freed nearly 2 weeks after abduction in Haiti
The U.S. State Department welcomed the news that the 2 had been freed and thanked its Haitian and U.S. interagency partners for facilitating the release.
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Russian rocket kills 3 near Ukraine nuclear plant; blast at factory near Moscow adds to jitters
Shelling in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant have raised persistent fears of a nuclear accident.
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Bernie Kerik, who advised Giuliani after Trump’s 2020 election loss, meets with Jack Smith’s team
Kerik’s attorney said his client sat down with officials from the government for about 5 hours for a discussion centered around the efforts of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to overturn Trump’s loss.