U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler’s victory ends a 30-year run in Congress for U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
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Florida Democrats choose Rep. Crist to challenge Gov. DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reelection effort is widely assumed to be a precursor to a presidential run in 2024, adding to a sense of urgency among Democrats to blunt his rise now.
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Officers won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting
A specially appointed prosecutor says it was ‘objectively reasonable’ that officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan shot and killed Brooks in June 2020.
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Macy’s, Nordstrom cut profit views along with inventories
Both retailers are suffering from an affliction plaguing most of their competitors: A glut of unsold inventory that they’re resorting to pricing at deep discounts to move.
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Weather whiplash: Summer lurches from drought to flood
In just 2 weeks in late July and early August, the U.S. had 10 downpours that are only supposed to happen 1% of the time, and that’s not counting the Dallas region, a likely 1-in-1,000-year storm.
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U.S. to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months
The money will fund contracts for as many as 3 types of drones, and other weapons, ammunition and equipment that may not see the battlefront for a year or 2, they say.
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Former Louisville officer pleads guilty in Breonna Taylor case
Investigators say Kelly Goodlett, 35, falsified the warrant and conspired with another detective to create a cover story when Taylor’s 2020 death started getting national attention.
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More than 100 classified documents recovered from Trump back in January
The figures make clear the large number of secret government documents recovered, well before FBI officials returned there with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed an additional 11 sets of classified records.
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Drought disaster declared in Rhode Island; Massachusetts city restricts water use
Most of New England is experiencing drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, with about 40% of Massachusetts in ‘extreme drought.’
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Task force urges expanded free school meals ahead of hunger summit
The task force is among the organizations and individuals weighing in as the Biden administration prepares for the first White House hunger summit since 1969, when President Richard Nixon convened the initial conference.