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Washington — The Georgia Court of Appeals has tentatively set arguments for Oct. 4 in a bid by former President Donald Trump and his allies to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from the case involving an alleged effort to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The appeals court
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A growing Russian disinformation network is targeting European Union countries ahead of the EU Parliament elections scheduled for June, researchers say, largely focused on spreading false claims about the war in Ukraine and political leaders who are critical of Russia. The disinformation network, which operates under the “Pravda” name and masquerades as news websites, is
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Hallie Biden, widow of the president’s late son, Beau, plays a key role in the backstory to Hunter Biden’s trial on federal gun charges that begins this week. And her potential testimony is expected to be critical in his trial. Jury selection in Hunter Biden’s trial began Monday in Delaware. The president’s surviving son is accused
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Washington — A corporation that breeds and sells animals to the scientific community for testing admitted to knowingly violating federal law when it failed to provide adequate care to thousands of beagles at its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility, the Justice Department announced Monday. File: Dog trainer Janice du Plessis pets Nami, a beagle rescued from
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The Israeli military on Monday confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas — including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. The three men, Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger and Haim Peri, were all age 80 or older. Looking weak and wary, they appeared in a video in
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El Paso, Texas — President Biden is expected to issue a long-anticipated executive order as early as Tuesday to partially shut down asylum processing along the U.S.-Mexico border, three people briefed on the planned announcement told CBS News. The sweeping move is expected to allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly deport migrants who enter the
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Berlin — A recent survey conducted for a sports program that airs on a regional public broadcaster in Germany revealed that one in five Germans (21% of respondents) would prefer to see more White players on the German national soccer team. The survey conducted for Western Germany’s WDR network’s “Sport Inside” show has drawn sharp
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Johannesburg — On April 27, 1994, Black and White South Africans voted side by side for a new government for the first time in the country’s history. Nelson Mandela’s party, the African National Congress (ANC) had defeated apartheid and ushered in a new democratic era. The ANC swept to power with ease and Mandela became South
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The nation’s largest broadband affordability program is coming to an end due to a lack of congressional funding. The Federal Communications Commission is reluctantly marking the end, as of Saturday, of a pandemic-era program that helped several million low-income Americans get and stay online. Created in December 2020, what became the Affordable Connectivity Program, or
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Adele helps couple with their gender reveal during performance Adele helps couple with their gender reveal during performance 01:28 Adele had some choice words for an audience member at her Las Vegas residency who hurled an anti-LGBTQ+ remark. The singer, performing at the “Weekends with Adele” show on June 1, was caught on video reprimanding
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