The military said in a brief announcement that it has begun a ‘limited, localized’ operation against Hezbollah targets near the Israel-Lebanon border.
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Donald Trump suggests ‘one rough hour’ of policing will end theft
The former president has a long history of encouraging rough treatment of people in police custody.
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CMP dispatches line crews to help restore power in Virginia, North Carolina
The Augusta-based utility sent line workers and damage assessment teams to areas hard hit by Hurricane Helene.
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Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only Massachusetts has done it
A study out in Science this month finds that states’ attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.
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Trump is pointing to new numbers on migrants with criminal pasts. Here’s what they show
The numbers have become a flashpoint in the campaign between Donald Trump, who has vowed to carry out mass deportations, and Kamala Harris.
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Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights onslaught of streaming services
More than 2 decades ago, the companies almost merged, but the deal was blocked by federal authorities. Since then, the pay-for-TV market has changed significantly.
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Hezbollah’s acting leader vows to fight on after Nasrallah’s death
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in the past two weeks, nearly a quarter of them women and children.
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Supplies arrive by plane and mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
A crisis is unfolding in western North Carolina, where residents are stranded by washed-out roads and lack power and cellular service.
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John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76
Ashton is survived by his wife of 24 years, two children, three stepchildren, a grandson, two sisters and a brother.
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Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.