President Joe Biden speaks to the media in the White House press room, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Oklahoma’s school chief required Bibles in class and one seemed to meet the criteria – endorsed by Trump

<p>Jordan Seidhom (left) was threatened with arrest after conducting multiple volunteer rescue missions in his helicopter with his son in North Carolina</p>

Helicopter pilot threatened with arrest after rescuing people stranded by Helene

<p>A woman measures her stomach. US obesity rates have fallen in the last few years, new data shows, possibly the result of new weight loss drugs hitting the market </p>

US has passed peak obesity, survey suggests. Is it the Ozempic effect?

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Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘they’ control the weather after Hurricane Helene kills 215

Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department attended the scene when the plane landed in North Carolina

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American Airlines passengers forced to intervene when man becomes violent towards woman in first class

<p>Damola Adamolekun, Red Lobster’s 35-year-old CEO, says he is not planning any more store closures </p>

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Red Lobster’s new CEO breaks silence over the downfall of the endless shrimp

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Trump breaks silence over abortion rift with Melania

Trump still will not share medical records as he approaches 80

<p>Donald Trump has claimed God spared his life in the two recent assassination attempts </p>

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She escaped the religious sect she grew up in. Now she says Trump’s MAGA movement is eerily similar

Trump ‘launched curse word rant’ during private donors’ dinner

<p>Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris walks out with former US representative Liz Cheney during a rally at Ripon College on October 3 in Ripon, Wisconsin. </p>

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Liz Cheney trolls Trump’s fake tan habit as she campaigns with Harris

<p>Democrats are fearful Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be strategically escalating tensions in the Middle East ahead of the US election </p>

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Democrats fear Netanyahu is pushing his war to influence US election

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County clerk who pushed Trump’s lies sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars for election data scheme

<p>Harris now has a 2.7-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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Garth Brooks returns to the stage after denying rape allegation

<p>The man who sprayed ‘Hamas is coming’ on the side of a Christopher Columbus statue in Washington, DC in July has been identified </p>

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Protester sprayed ‘Hamas is comin’ at a pro-Gaza rally. He was turned in by a gym buddy

<p>Howard Devon Ruffin, 39, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his girlfriend</p>

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‘But he shot my mom’: Man arrested for shooting dead girlfriend in front of her kids

<p>The body of Mathew Johnson (pictured), 51, has not been found </p>

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Utah mom allegedly shot husband dead in bed then ordered a new mattress

<p>Kobe Williams, and her twin sons were killed in their home in Georgia by a falling tree during Hurricane Helene</p>

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Twin babies killed with their mother are Hurricane Helene’s youngest victims

<p>Image taken of the stern of USS Stewart underwater using ‘state-of-the-art’ marine technology </p>

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‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ wreck found off coast of California

<p>Kyle Rittenhouse testifying in Kenosha County Courthouse on November 10, 2021 </p>

Metal festival’s Kyle Rittenhouse booking sparks exodus from bands

<p>Paint your noggin: Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’</p>

Joker: Folie à Deux is just as bleak and daring as the original

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Split verdict reached in case of Memphis cops accused in Tyre Nichols beating case

<p>The actress and rapper first sparked dating rumors in January 2022 </p>

Halle Bailey and DDG announce breakup months after son’s birth

<p>Robert Jarvis’s GMC truck is stuck in the mud after Hurricane Helene brought widespread flooding to northeastern Tennessee last Friday. </p>

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Factory workers say company told them not to evacuate from Hurricane Helene. Eleven were swept away in floodwaters

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Mystery behind 100,000 year-old ‘warrior pillars’ solved

<p>Colt Gray, 14, was charged with four counts of murder for the killings of fellow students at Apalachee High School in Winder Georgia last month </p>

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Inside the upbringing that helped mold school shooting suspect

<p>Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz carries his luggage at Cancun International Airport before boarding his plane back to the United States on February 18 2021</p>

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Pollster blames Ted Cruz’s tough re-election race on Cancun scandal

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Solar flares may cause faint auroras across top of Northern Hemisphere

17 awful performances by great actors from Robert De Niro to Leonardo DiCaprio

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<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘J Edgar’, Tom Hardy in ‘Capone’ and Naomi Watts in ‘Diana'</p>

<p>A man inspects the rubble of damaged buildings following an Israeli airstrike in Al Mreijeh in southern Beirut, Lebanon</p>

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Iran’s leader vows Tehran won’t back down as Hezbollah heir ‘targeted’

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Sisters from Egypt were among those killed in Mexican army shooting

<p>Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. </p>

Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until 2025

<p>Mike Lawler (left) has apologized after a photo of him wearing blackface while dressed as Michael Jackson (right) emerged </p>

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MAGA congressman wore blackface for Michael Jackson Halloween costume

<p>Brawl breaks out at a chicken shop in Michigan where Shaquille O’Neal was making a guest appearance</p>

Crime

Shaq appearance at Big Chicken restaurant leads to brawl between fans and cops

<p>The Google search engine is further integrating AI </p>

Google launches one of its ‘most significant updates’ to add more AI

<p>There are thought to be between 20,000 and 40,000 mountain lions, like this one in Yosemite National Park, in the US </p>

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Man killed mountain lion with a shovel. He says it was to protect his dog

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Supreme Court leaves in place EPA rule aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming gas methane

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<p>‘I don’t apologize anymore,’ Zuckerberg said at a recent event, seemingly only half-joking </p>

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From liberal darling to calls with Trump: Zuckerberg’s political transformation

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Vance says Trump won 2020 election then doubles down on lie in new interview

<p>RFK Jr. is now being accused by more women of having affairs </p>

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Three more women claim they had affairs in past year with RFK Jr

<p>Smith is using Trump’s interactions with Powell (pictured) as evidence he was acting ‘as a candidate’ and ‘not as President’ </p>

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Trump laughed at Sidney Powell conspiracy, compared to Star Trek: docs

<p>Pro-Trump rioters storming the Capitol in January 2021</p>

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How an ‘October surprise’ could change everything in the presidental election

<p>Republican Virginia Senate candidate Hung Cao went on a wild rant during his debate against Democrat Tim Kaine on October 2 2024</p>

Politics

GOP hopeful sends debate off the rails when he says military needs ‘alpha’ recruits who will ‘eat their own guts’

<p>Waterfowl at Peanut Pond in Snyder Park, Springfield. The welfare of the Ohio town’s geese has become an unexpected hot button issue in the 2024 presidential election </p>

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Someone really has been killing geese in Springfield, Ohio – but it wasn’t Haitian immigrants

<p>Despite being a billionaire himself, former president Trump doesn’t enjoy the support of most wealthy Americans </p>

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Poll shows America’s millionaires back Harris over Trump — even the over-60s

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<p>Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference following his meeting with Nato chief Mark Rutte </p>

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US reacts as Zelensky accuses West of ‘dragging out’ weapons delivery

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Karen Read seeks delay in wrongful death lawsuit until her trial on murder and other charges is done

<p>Amanda Hovanec held the victim around the neck until his body went limp, prosecutors said </p>

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Dashcam records mom injecting ex-husband with fatal dose of poison

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South Carolina sets Nov. 1 execution as state ramps up use of death chamber

<p>Natividad Talia Matarrita Fonseca, 93, at home in the supposed ‘Blue Zone’ of Nicoya, Costa Rica</p>

Blue Zones offered hope as real-life fountains of youth – new research says they can be explained by comically flawed data

<p>The Chicken Big Mac will be built with two tempura battered chicken patties stacked between cheese, lettuce, and pickles topped with the signature Big Mac sauce on a sesame seed bun</p>

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McDonald’s finally launching a chicken version of its beloved Big Mac

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‘They are not monsters’: Kim Kardashian calls for Menendez brothers to be released

DA considers resentencing brothers who killed parents

<p>Aniston opened up about which rumors about herself are true on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em></p>

Jennifer Aniston responds to Barack Obama secret romance rumors

Scientists find ‘weird’ galaxy like nothing they have seen before

Alec Baldwin’s Rust set to premiere three years after Halyna Hutchins’ death – but he won’t be there

<p>Chelsea Heugel, 23, and one of her children. Huegel died by suicide while in custody last month awaiting a court appearance in Detroit, Michigan</p>

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Mom-of-three dies by suicide waiting for arraignment. Now her family wants answers

<p>A Florida school bus driver was fired after leaving a 15-year-old four miles from their home stop </p>

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School bus driver loses job for leaving student 4 miles from home after youngster fell asleep

<p>Leola Etta Bryant was reported missing in 1974 and her remains were found in 1977</p>

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Human remains that were a mystery for 47 years now identified as victim of America’s worst serial killer

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College sports 'fraternity' jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene

<p>Gordon Staron, 35, has pleaded guilty to the 2022 first-degree murder of his Baltimore jail cellmate, Javarick Gantt. Staron was being held on murder charges when he was placed in a cell with Gantt, who was a deaf man being held on relatively minor criminal charges</p>

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Man pleads guilty to murdering deaf cell mate jailed on minor charges

<p>Car headlights shine on a male tarantula looking for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo</p>

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Hairy legs and vintage cars: The spider lovers festival celebrating tarantula mating season

Lifestyle

<p>Diaz previously made a TikTok discussing her struggles with grief </p>

Fans concerned for TikToker Yolanda Díaz after cryptic caption on video with her husband

<p>TikTok user Katie Santry originally thought her house was haunted, until she found a rug buried in her backyard </p>

A woman discovered a mysterious rug buried in her backyard — and the internet believes it’s a dead body

<p>(From left) Ryan Murphy; Erik and Lyle Menendez</p>

Ryan Murphy shares surprise update on future of Monsters in light of new court hearing for Menendez brothers

<p>Experts recommend consumers stay away from unpasteurized apple cider</p>

How to tell if your apple cider is safe to drink this fall

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Sydney Sweeney says paparazzi refused to leave her house without bikini photos

<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>Former Pink Floyd bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters</p>

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour rejects Roger Waters reunion over support for ‘genocidal dictators’

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How Mexico City’s humble taco went from market stall to Michelin star

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Meet the Thai locals taking tourists on peaceful mangrove boat rides

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