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Leading up to Tuesday’s West Virginia primary, three of the Republican candidates for governor have been trying to outdo each other in proving their opposition to transgender rights. In TV ads running in West Virginia, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Chris Miller and Moore Capito have been accusing each other of harboring transgender sympathies while
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A severe geomagnetic storm headed toward Earth has the potential to knock out power and electronics this weekend, but it could also bring a spectacular light show from the aurora borealis as far south as Alabama and Northern California. After days of heightened solar activity, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued Thursday its first watch
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U.S. weapons possibly used in ways “inconsistent” with international law in Gaza, report says – CBS News Watch CBS News Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered to Congress a highly-anticipated report on Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The State Department investigation found no humanitarian law violations by Israel, but determined that “it is reasonable
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At least 7 killed, driver arrested in Russia bus crash – CBS News Watch CBS News Russian officials are investigating a terrifying commuter bus crash Friday on a bridge in St. Petersburg which killed at least seven people and injured several more. Chris Livesay has details. View CBS News In Be the first to know
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Miss USA alleges “toxic work environment” in resignation – CBS News Watch CBS News There’s new reporting on the controversy surrounding the Miss USA organization. Both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA relinquished their crowns and titles this week amid reports of a work environment that included bullying and harassment. Natalie Morales as more on
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered to Congress on Friday a highly anticipated report on the Israeli military’s operations in Gaza that accused Israeli forces of potentially violating international humanitarian law but did not formally find they had already done so, according to the document’s key findings. The report states that though there are allegations
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Barron Trump, the 18-year-old son of former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump, has turned down an offer to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention. “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to
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London — One of the youngest children in the world to receive a new type of gene therapy to treat genetic deafness can now hear for the first time in her life. The family of the toddler taking part in a medical trial has called the change in their daughter “mind-blowing.” Opal Sandy, now 18
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Washington — Republican officials in Louisiana asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step into a long-running dispute over the state’s congressional districts after a panel of lower court judges said upcoming elections can’t be held under a recently adopted map that included a second majority-Black district. Top lawyers for the state requested the justices
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A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new government rule that would slash credit card late-payment charges, a centerpiece of the Biden administration’s efforts to clamp down on “junk” fees. Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Friday granted an injunction sought by the banking industry and other
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