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Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders

by SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press October 29, 2024October 29, 2024

French newspaper Le Monde reported that highly confidential movements of some of the world’s most powerful leaders could easily be tracked online through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.

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Steve Bannon spends first day out of prison stumping for Trump

by Associated Press October 29, 2024October 29, 2024

The former aide says 4 months in prison left him feeling ’empowered.’

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Israel passes laws restricting work of U.N. agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

by MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

The laws risk collapsing the already fragile process for distributing aid in Gaza at a moment when Israel is under increased U.S. pressure to ramp up aid.

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Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington, damage 3 in Oregon

by GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

Police say the 2 fires Monday appear to be connected to each other and that they have identified a ‘suspect vehicle’ tied to the situation.

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McDonald’s Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source

by SARAH PARVINI Associated Press October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration believes that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination, McDonald’s said in a statement.

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Philly DA sues to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania

by Jeremy Roebuck and Chris Palmer The Philadelphia Inquirer October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

The suit is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by the X and Tesla executive’s America PAC.

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North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

by LORNE COOK and TARA COPP Associated Press October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

NATO said some of the North Korean troops have already been deployed in the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.

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Trump’s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults

by JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press October 27, 2024October 27, 2024

Several of Trump’s allies have used crude and extreme rhetoric toward Harris and other Trump critics before the former president was to take the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden.