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Harris follows Oprah event with crucial swing state visit as Trump tries to escape scandal-plagued Republican

<p>South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997. Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, 46, died by lethal injection on Friday evening after the US Supreme Court refused to stop the execution and the state’s governor Henry McMaster denied clemency</p>

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South Carolina executes first death row inmate in 13 years

<p>Schwartz appeared on MSNBC to discuss what he suggested was Trump’s cognitive decline </p>

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Trump has ‘lost a great deal mentally’ says Art of the Deal co-writer

<p>New York City’s Covid czar was recorded acknowledging that he engaged in sex parties while he was shaping the city’s pandemic rules</p>

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Ex-NYC Covid czar attended sex parties while shaping pandemic rules

<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is once again the subject of a raft of allegations </p>

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Matt Gaetz accused of attending drug-fueled sex party with teen

The sworn affidavits contain details that previously only existed as rumors, according to a new report

Coast Guard released more footage on Wednesday of OceanGate’s Titan subersible wreckage found on the sea bed

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OceanGate’s rival warned Stockton Rush about submersible’s viewport before doomed dive

<p>In a September 20 op-ed, Gov. Mike DeWine denounced Donald Trump and JD Vance’s ‘verbal attacks’ against Springfield’s Haitian migrants </p>

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Ohio’s Trump-supporting governor condemns ex-president’s attacks on Haitian migrants in emotional op-ed

<p>U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett defended the Biden-Harris administration’s DEI efforts at the GOP-led House panel </p>

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‘Simple-minded, underqualified white man’: Jasmine Crockett is back at it with the one-liners

<p>Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson joins the stage with former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina</p>

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Trump once praised North Carolina’s self-proclaimed ‘Nazi’ candidate. Now he’s scrambling to distance himself

Fox host says he’s ‘never heard of’ Mark Robinson — despite interview

<p>Reporter Olivia Nuzzi arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, April 29, 2023</p>

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New York magazine suspends star reporter over claims of romantic relationship with RFK Jr

Who is Olivia Nuzzi? The reporter on leave for disclosing ‘relationship’ with RFK Jr

<p>Voters cast ballots in Georgia's primary election at a polling location on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia</p>

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Georgia’s GOP-led elections board OKs controversial voting change that local officials warned against

<p>Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is one of many Republicans who tried to behave like Donald Trump but has not succeeded. </p>

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Trump reshaped the North Carolina Republican Party in his image. It could cost him the state

<p>Republican candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson speaks during the RNC. He is now under fire for alleged posts he made on a porn forum. </p>

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'Black Nazi’ and ‘perv’: Stunning report details NC Republican candidate’s posts about self on a porn forum

<p>Harris now has a 2.8-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

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<p>Rayne Beau, below, and his sister Starr Jasmine, above, at their home in Salinas, California. Rayne Beau disappeared into the woods at Yellowstone National Park in June and traveled more than 800 miles to Roseville, California, where a shelter found him and reunited him with his owners in September 2024</p>

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Family’s cat goes missing in Yellowstone and makes the 800-mile journey back to California home

<p>Will Ferrell, star of ‘Elf’ and ‘Anchorman’ </p>

Hollywood is leaving Will Ferrell behind – and it will regret it

The voice of Thunderbirds Parker, David Graham, has died (Ben Birchall/PA)

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Peppa Pig voice actor David Graham dies aged 99

<p>Livia Firth, founder of EcoAge, the Green Carpet Challenge, and campaigner against fast fashion</p>

Climate 100 List: Livia Firth’s long fight against fast fashion. ‘Once you see that, you can never turn away’

<p>Who are Dr Jerome Oziel and Judalon Smyth? The two key witnesses in the Menendez Brothers trial </p>

Who is Dr Jerome Oziel? The Menendez brothers’ therapist who got their confession and cracked the case

<p>An area of the Thwaites Glacier, around two-thirds the size of New York City’s Manhattan borough, is lost. The West Anatarctic ice sheet has slowly been disintegrating, and scientists say that additional ice loss will accelerate within the next century. </p>

Doomsday Glacier won’t collapse in coming decades, but outlook remains ‘grim’: report

<p>Having more than one wife is a way to “avoid sexual temptation,” Dr. Vince Bantu allegedly argued, according to a new report </p>

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Pastor accused by fellow ministers of ‘secretly practicing polygamy’

<p>Kennedy Stith (left) and her boyfriend Edevion White (right) </p>

Crime

Woman who blamed boyfriend’s death on men in masks charged with murder

<p>Texas National Guard installs concertina wire along Rio Grande river banks facing New Mexico, a move that angered New Mexico’s governor. </p>

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Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border

<p>Vladimir Kara-Murza sits down with The Independent in London to recall his Siberian prison ordeal </p>

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How I survived 11 months in Putin’s gulag - as told by prisoner freed during high-stakes swap

<p>Artist illustration of solar storm</p>

Scientists find evidence of past solar storms that would have catastrophic impact on Earth today

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Harry to return to UK for awards without Meghan as they launch US election voting campaign

<p>Morning Alexander grew up in the Homestead Heritage community — but decided to leave when her son was a toddler </p>

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Living in a ‘cult’ was all she knew — until a traumatic birth pushed her to escape

<p>Arizona inmate caught crawling past guard to reach female side where he tried to assault a woman</p>

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Inmate caught on camera sneaking past guard to assault woman

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Top Hezbollah commander among 12 killed in Beirut airstrike, Israeli military says

<p>History made as Shohei Ohtani enters 50-50 club </p>

Shohei Ohtani makes baseball history as he becomes first MLB player to enter 50-50 club

<p>Leslie Boileau, a deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, told 911 dispatch that he accidentally shot his girlfriend</p>

Crime

Florida deputy arrested after fatally shooting girlfriend while cleaning guns, police say

<p>DeAnna and Michael Madsen attend the actor’s hand and footprint ceremony at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre in 2020</p>

Michael Madsen files for divorce and alleges wife’s ‘neglect’ drove son to suicide

<p>Michael Jordan sparks health concern among fans after a recent outing </p>

Michael Jordan sparks health concerns among fans after recent outing

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<p>Trump claims Jewish voters will be to blame if he loses the election in November</p>

Politics

Trump vows to not take refugees from ‘infested countries’

‘I’m the one protecting you,’ he told Jewish Americans at the event

<p>Barron Trump walks off stage at his high school graduation earlier this year. The 18-year-old now attends New York University, where many students are taking rushed and blurry videos of him as he goes about his day </p>

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Giddy NYU students share videos of Barron Trump sightings on TikTok

<p>Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert claimed a six-month stopgap bill woud ‘screw’ over the US more than a ‘Diddy freak off’ </p>

Politics

Lauren Boebert compares government funding bill to a Diddy ‘freak off’

<p>Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York, U.S., September 18, 2024</p>

Trump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him

<p>Donald Trump appeared on Fox News show Gutfeld to talk about his September 10 debate with Kamala Harris </p>

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Trump says debate audience ‘went crazy’ for him. There was none

Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager is leading a new PAC to help candidates fight GOP legal challenges to election results

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These three states will essentially decide the 2024 presidential election

<p>Stephen Colbert was left baffled after Melania brought up her own nude modelling photos in an X post on Wednesday </p>

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Stephen Colbert reveals bewilderment at Melania Trump bringing up nude modeling photos

<p>Trump supporters raise fists during the rally in Tucson last week. Some attendees have since complained about suffering eye burning symptoms </p>

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Mystery as Trump rally attendees report bizarre eye burning symptoms post-even

<p>Kremlin-affiliated troll farms spread false stories about car accident and Harris policies, Microsoft found </p>

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Fake story claiming Kamala Harris was involved in a hit-and-run was created by Russian troll far: Microsoft

<p>Michelle Obama spotted at a Costco in California promoting her new drink line</p>

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TikTok video shows Michelle Obama touting her new ‘healthy’ soda at a California Costco

<p>Maria Bartiromo tried to link the timing of Diddy’s arrest to Trump’s latest assassination attempt</p>

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Fox News host peddles wild conspiracy about Trump shooting attempt and Diddy’s arrest

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<p>Joseph Rallo is facing a raft of sordid allegations from his firm. </p>

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Lavish meals, IV drips: Investment bank CEO and Trump pal accused of spending $5.4m on bogus ‘expenses’

Bayesian yacht sinking: Horror of those trapped in cabins described

Crime

Police ‘very confident’ body found in Kentucky woods is gunman who wounded five in highway mass shooting

<p>One of the patients in the study is Robert Chelsea. Chelsea, 68, became the first Black patient, and the oldest, to receive a full face transplant at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in July 2019. A resident of Los Angeles, Chelsea had suffered burns over 60 percent of his body and face after his car was hit by a drunk driver in 2013. His surgery lasted for 16 hours, involving a team of 45 professionals. Reconstruction procedures can last for up to 30 hours, and take months for recovery. The recovery process is physical and mental.</p>

In first major review of face transplants, scientists discover that majority have survived

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sent back to jail as shocking texts after Cassie hotel attack revealed

<p>Billionaire Jared Isaacman is seen above the Earth during the first private spacewalk performed by the crew of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. Isaacman helped fund the historic mission in space, and spent minutes outside the Dragon capsule to test new SpaceX astronaut suits. </p>

Space

Billonaire-funded Polaris Dawn crew share what it was like to go further in space than any human for 50 years

<p>Police on the scene in Houston where a shooting left a father dead and a mother injured </p>

Crime

Argument over children’s bath time leaves dad dead and mom shot in the leg

<p>A co-defendent has insisted Freddie Eugene Owens, pictured, is innocent, despite previously testifying against him. </p>

Crime

Man whose testimony sent South Carolina inmate to death row admits he lied days before scheduled execution

<p>Daniel Reiner was found dead in the lake at his $2.4m property (pictured) </p>

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Mystery as billionaire investor found dead in lake on his luxury $2.4m estate

<p>Stephen Castaneda and Marissa Calhoun during a news conference on Tuesday. The couple have filed a lawsuit after they said that a Los Angeles-area fertility clinic threw away their embryos</p>

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Couple accuses California fertility clinic of throwing out their unlabeled embryos

<p>Attorney Tim Anderson and Rachel Wigand speak to WAVY about her son’s school suspension after he reported that a classmate had a bullet</p>

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School suspends student who reported classmate with bullet saying the pupil took too long to report the threat

<p>Tallulah Willis (left) and Bruce Willis</p>

Tallulah Willis shares health update on father Bruce Willis amid ‘painful days’

<p>Meg Ryan in ‘In the Cut’, Faye Dunaway in ‘Mommie Dearest’ and Brandon Routh in ‘Superman Returns’ </p>

17 acting careers destroyed by a single role: ‘I lost everything overnight’

<p>David Phenix, right, has described the choas of the Apalachee High School shooting </p>

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‘Everlasting gratitude’: Teacher injured in Georgia school shooting thanks teen students who stopped his bleeding

<p>A 12-year-old boy shot a black bear in Wisconsin to stop it from mauling his father </p>

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12-year-old son shoots and kills bear mauling his dad’s face

<p>Massive explosion at ammo depot in Toropets, Tver forces Russian town’s evacuation</p>

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Drone attack ‘wipes Russian arms depot off face of the Earth’, says Kyiv

<p>Lady Gaga at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2024 </p>

Lady Gaga reveals why she never responded to rumors she was a man

<p>The ‘racoon roundworm’ parasite lives in the intestines of raccoons</p>

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Rare ‘raccoon roundworm’ brain-infecting parasite found in two LA residents

<p>Salvage personnel work to clear wreckage after the cargo ship Dali crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 2, in Baltimore, Maryland. </p>

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Feds slam Dali owners for putting 'profit over safety' as they demand $100m for bridge cleanup

<p>Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Uniondale, New York, on Wednesday night. In an interview with Fox News this week, Trump said he’s met better pilots than Tom Cruise</p>

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Trump says he’s met pilots better than Tom Cruise when grilled on aliens at Area 51

<p>Gabriella Tovar and Jesus Mendoza are accused of robbing “Fire House” - an unlicensed Los Angeles cannabis dispensary in 2023</p>

Crime

L.A. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ accused of terrorizing weed dispensaries

<p>A representative for Axon Enterprise Inc. demonstrates the company's TASER 7 in Washington on Thursday, May 12, 2022. </p>

NEWS

When a Taser failed, the NYPD started shooting. Why does this keep happening?

<p>Members of the U.S. Army Task Force Geronimo kneel during an operation deploying soldiers, radar, and rocket-launchers to Shemya Island, Alaska, amid increase Russian military activity.</p>

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US soldiers stationed on Alaskan island armed with rocket launchers after Russian activity detected

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<p>Martha Stewart, right, has opened up about her time behind bars and its impact on her relationship with Ina Garten, left </p>

Martha Stewart spills real reason Ina Garten and her lost touch while she was in prison

<p>Strader wrote a lengthy statement on his Instagram Story explaining that the restraining order was ‘never granted’ </p>

Bachelorette winner Devin Strader denies ‘misconstrued’ restraining order reports

<p>‘“The Substance” is not a glamour role. I knew going in that I had to be vulnerable and raw’ </p>

Demi Moore on her graphic new film: ‘It’s not a glamour role’

<p>Emotionally violent: Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’ </p>

The Substance loses its way, but Demi Moore is sensational

<p>Chester Bennington performing with Linkin Park in LA in March 2008</p>

Chester Bennington’s mother says she feels ‘betrayed’ by Linkin Park reunion

<p>Zach Bryan attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. </p>

Zach Bryan deactivates account after ‘Kanye over Taylor’ tweet

<p>Hayden Panettiere has previously spoken about her struggles with sobriety and substance abuse</p>

Hayden Panettiere representative defends actor’s sobriety after fans express concern over unsettling interview

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<p>Watch moment billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX rocket after historic mission.</p>

Watch: Billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX rocket

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<p>Try Koh Samui for a more relaxing, calmer Thai escape</p>

These are the Thai islands to visit instead of Phuket

<p>With turquoise waters and rugged cliffs, this is a striking region of France </p>

Why you should swap the French Riviera for Marseille’s quieter shores

<p>The Esperance inlet, Lucky Bay, has blinding white sands and a palette of turquoise waters </p>

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