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Security Firm Linked to Top Adams Aide Won Millions in N.Y.C. Business

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 8:11pm
The company received a $154 million contract to provide “emergency fire watch services” to the New York City Housing Authority. The firm was once owned by the deputy mayor for public safety.
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Qualcomm Asked Rival Intel if It Would Consider Sale

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:51pm
While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand.
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Rallying in Two Key States, Harris Presses Her Case on Abortion Rights

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:46pm
Visiting Wisconsin after giving a speech in Georgia, the vice president signaled she would focus on the life-or-death risks of abortion bans in the final weeks of the race.
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With Robinson Candidacy, North Carolina Republicans Fear Damage to Years of Gains

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:23pm
Explosive posts by the Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, are sending waves of anxiety through a state party that has long been tactical and disciplined.
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The 1983 Beirut Bombings Explained

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:19pm
One of Hezbollah’s top military commanders, who was accused of helping plan the blasts four decades ago, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike.
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How One Man’s Vote in Nebraska Could Change the Presidential Election

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:16pm
A single Republican state senator appears to be holding back a push by Donald J. Trump to net a potentially pivotal electoral vote even before ballots are cast.
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Critics Fear Tax Subsidies for Carbon Capture Won’t Be Checked

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 6:58pm
Some activists are questioning whether the federal government can accurately verify a tax program for facilities that store planet-warming gases.
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Kentucky Town Is Shaken After Local Sheriff Is Charged With Killing Judge

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 6:38pm
The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Trump Rally Was Plagued by Communication Failures, Secret Service Finds

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 6:10pm
The agency found that it did not adequately prepare its local partners for the Butler, Pa., event, and its leader also cited lapses including complacency by some agents and technological breakdowns.
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Senior Hezbollah Leader Is Killed in Beirut in Israeli Airstrike

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 5:51pm
The attack, which Lebanese officials said killed at least 14 and injured more than 60, stoked fears Israel is driving toward a full-blown war on its northern border, even as the fight in Gaza goes on.
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Kamala Harris Tells Oprah ‘They’re Getting Shot’ if Somebody Breaks Into Her Home

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 5:32pm
The remarkable utterance underscored Democrats’ increasing comfort with the country’s gun culture, and how Harris is trying to use it to puncture notions about female candidates.
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Israel Killed a Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:39pm
Plus, a baseball game for the ages
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Unmarked Graves at Canada’s Former Indigenous Schools Fuel A Debate

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:31pm
Despite possible evidence of hundreds of graves at former schools for Indigenous children, challenges in making a clear conclusion have given rise to skeptics.
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Georgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:28pm
Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election period.
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Cal Fire Engineer Accused of Starting 5 Northern California Wildfires

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:28pm
A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting several blazes in Sonoma County.
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Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:39pm
Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests.
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The Power of a Smaller Breast

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:38pm
Breast reduction is all the rage in cosmetic surgery. Are women asserting their independence or capitulating to yet another impossible standard of beauty?
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These Voters Don’t Want to Commit to Trump or Harris. Here’s Why.

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:29pm
Those still weighing their options are more likely to be young, Black or Latino — and struggling. Many see their choice as the “lesser of two evils.”
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What the U.S. Has Argued in the Google Ad Tech Antitrust Trial

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:25pm
As the government wraps up its case, it has built a picture of how Google has become dominant among companies that buy and sell ads online.
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With Focus Shifting to Lebanon, Some in Gaza Fear Cease-Fire Talks Will Be Sidelined

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:20pm
Even as Israel signals that it is moving its focus to its northern border with Lebanon, there has been no pause to its bombardment in Gaza, where residents are facing another winter with little access to food or shelter.
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