The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages on Friday and Saturday.
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Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
In Georgia, Democrat Shea Roberts first ran for the state House in 2018 but lost to Republican Deborah Silcox. In 2020, Roberts shared her abortion story while running once again and won.
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Democratic legislative leaders reach agreement on supplemental budget fixes
The fixes would restore pension tax breaks for retirees, boost pay for ed techs and increase support for dairy farmers, Senate President Troy Jackson said.
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Chaos erupts as man fatally stabs 6 people at Sydney mall
Eight more people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
L.L.Bean to lay off customer service workers, reduce call line hours
A representative for the Freeport-based company said the decision comes in response to more shoppers placing orders online.
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Maine Senate narrowly supports expanded background checks, 72-hour waiting period
The Senate took up 5 bills that would put stricter gun laws in place and passed 4 of them.
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Cable car accident in Turkey sends 1 passenger to his death and injures 7, with scores stranded
The cable car hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below.
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Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
Donald Trump flashed some criticism over efforts to oust the speaker calling it ‘unfortunate,’ saying there are ‘much bigger problems’ right now.
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Judge declines to delay Trump’s N.Y. hush money criminal trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
Judge Juan Merchan wrote that the former president himself ‘was personally responsible for generating much, if not most, of the surrounding publicity with his public statements’ outside those courtrooms and on social media.
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One dead, 13 injured after semitrailer intentionally crashed into Texas public safety office
Authorities say a Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler though the front a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected.