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CBS News ‘Made a Mistake’ in Rebuking Anchor, Shari Redstone Says

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 5:12pm
Tony Dokoupil’s exchange led to a rebuke from executives, but the mogul who controls the network, Shari Redstone, came to his defense.
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Randall's Island Migrant Shelter Will Close in February, Adams Says

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 5:03pm
The decision to close the shelter complex, once the city’s largest, is a sign that the migrant crisis that has strained city resources is easing.
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Where Will Hurricane Milton Make Landfall? Forecasters Still Don’t Know.  

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 5:02pm
The National Hurricane Center urged Florida resident not to fixate on the exact location because the dangers will be widespread.
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Hurricane Milton Began Thrashing Florida’s West Coast

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 4:42pm
Also, Kamala Harris has already raised more than $1 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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Biden and Netanyahu Speak as Israel Weighs Retaliation Against Iran

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 4:38pm
The conversation carried the weight of the worst relationship between the United States and Israel in years.
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Kamala Harris Owns a Glock, an All-American Gun

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 4:36pm
In a “60 Minutes” interview this week, the vice president shared the kind of gun she owns. Its associations with law enforcement and pop culture make it a potent symbol.
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The Education Crisis Neither Candidate Will Address

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 4:12pm
Covid learning loss and chronic absenteeism aren’t going to fix themselves
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Brown University Will Vote on Divesting from Companies Tied to Israel

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:54pm
The university made a deal with pro-Palestinian students last spring to consider their demands if they ended a protest encampment. But the university board voted against divestment.
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Jack Smith Owes Us an Explanation in the Trump Jan. 6 Case

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:53pm
The Justice Department should not have allowed revelations about the Trump Jan. 6 case to be disclosed so close to Election Day.
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As Hurricane Milton Closes In, Some in Florida Make Last-Minute Evacuation Decisions

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:45pm
Those who had not yet evacuated reconsidered as the winds and rains from the incoming hurricane began to pick up on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary Gets a Hostile Serenade in Strasbourg

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:06pm
Some progressive members sang “Bella Ciao,” a song associated with antifascism, to show opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who’s been accused of authoritarianism at home.
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Biden Accuses Trump of ‘Outright Lies’ About Hurricane Response

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 2:54pm
President Biden expressed concern that misinformation would undermine confidence in the response to Hurricane Milton.
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Letitia James vs. Andrew Cuomo for NYC Mayor? It Could Happen.

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 2:53pm
With Mayor Eric Adams’s future in doubt, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his adversary Letitia James, the state attorney general, could find themselves in a battle for the city’s top job.
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Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 2:35pm
Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up.
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Harris Has to Defer to Biden, the President She Seeks to Replace

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:44pm
Vice President Kamala Harris has been a loyal understudy to President Biden. But tensions are inevitable as she increasingly takes center stage.
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Supreme Court Wrestles With Case of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:39pm
Some justices said the court was powerless to grant relief to the inmate, Richard Glossip. Others seemed ready to order a new trial or at least an evidentiary hearing.
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Sarasota Residents Who Stayed Behind Brace for Hurricane Milton’s Impact

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:25pm
While Hurricane Milton’s path was in flux as it approached Florida, the Gulf Coast city of some 55,000 seemed sure to receive a blow.
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The Trump-Harris Election Is Creating Anxiety on Wall Street

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:18pm
Among deal makers with fortunes at stake, the consequences of a Harris or a Trump win are increasingly murky.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:10pm
The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial intelligence.
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Thomas Rockwell, 91, Dies; Taught Children ‘How to Eat Fried Worms’

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 12:24pm
His father, Norman Rockwell, depicted his childhood on covers of The Saturday Evening Post. The worms came later.
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