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Venezuelan and Proxy Forces Linked to at Least 6 Protester Deaths, Rights Group Says

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 5:52pm
The Human Rights Watch report marks the first effort by a major international organization to verify some of the two-dozen reported deaths in protests since Venezuela’s disputed presidential election.
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With Hopes Frayed in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Mediators Plan a New Push

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 5:24pm
The latest proposals to bridge the remaining gaps between Israel and Hamas have yet to be finalized. Both Israel and Hamas have expressed pessimism over the prospects for an agreement.
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U.S. Announces Plan to Counter Russian Influence Ahead of 2024 Election

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 5:23pm
American spy agencies have assessed that the Kremlin favors former President Donald J. Trump, seeing him as skeptical of U.S. support for Ukraine.
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Four People Were Killed in a School Shooting in Georgia

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 5:09pm
Also, Zelensky is preparing to shake up his cabinet. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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Internet Archive Loses Court Appeal in Fight Over Online Lending Library

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:36pm
The dispute started in the early days of the pandemic when the organization expanded access to a free online collection of books.
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Harris Tells the Business Community: I’m Friendlier Than Biden

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:35pm
The vice president on Wednesday proposed an increase on the capital gains tax that was far less than what President Biden has floated, one of several moves meant to win over business owners.
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A Campus Protest Movement Seeks to Regain Momentum but Faces Hurdles

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:33pm
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations appeared at some U.S. campuses, but new restrictions and a new set of students may slow momentum for the type of mass protests seen in the spring.
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How Partisan Media Covered Trump’s Arlington Visit

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:32pm
Liberal outlets criticized Mr. Trump for turning his visit into a photo opportunity, while conservative ones falsely suggested the altercation never happened.
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The Hurricane Season Was Supposed to Be Busy. What Happened?

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:27pm
An intermission in hurricanes across the Atlantic has people wondering where the predicted storms are.
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Boeing Starliner Set to Leave Space Station Without Crew

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:27pm
The troubled spacecraft is scheduled to undock on Friday for a trip back to Earth while two NASA astronauts will stay in orbit.
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Will North Carolina’s MAGA Extremists Doom Trump?

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:14pm
There’s a whiff of Republican panic in this battleground state.
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Linda Deutsch, The A.P.’s Dean of Courtroom Reporting, Dies at 80

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:09pm
Covering notorious trials, she offered readers an unvarnished view of the sordid side of celebrity, told through many of the country’s most riveting legal dramas.
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Russia Imprisons Top Physicists, Even as Putin Touts Their Technology

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 4:08pm
A Moscow court sentenced Alexander Shiplyuk, the director of a physics institute who specializes in hypersonic flight, to 15 years in prison. It was the latest treason case against a leading scientist.
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Trump Says His Son Barron Is Attending N.Y.U.

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 3:58pm
Donald J. Trump had teased his youngest child’s choice of school for months, but on Wednesday, he was photographed on the university’s campus in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
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Zelensky Pushes Cabinet Overhaul as His Party Releases Names of New Ministers

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 3:48pm
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was acting to bring a “new energy” to state institutions at an important diplomatic juncture.
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With New Taliban Manifesto, Afghan Women Fear the Worst

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 3:25pm
Three years into its rule, the movement has codified its harsh Islamic decrees into law that now includes a ban on women’s voices in public.
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Trump Media Stock Price Down 70% From March Peak

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 3:19pm
The stock price of the former president’s social media company has often moved in tandem with investor perception of his standing in the presidential race.
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Short Notice and Blocked Exits Proved Lethal in Strike in Ukraine

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:42pm
When two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military academy in Poltava, debris blocked corridors and exits. Cadets near a bomb shelter survived. Others did not.
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Here’s Why Stock Indexes Sank on Tuesday

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:23pm
The market drop was primarily focused on Nvidia and other tech companies.
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Biden’s Asylum Restrictions Were Meant to Be Temporary. Now That Could Change.

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:18pm
The Biden administration is considering actions that would make the tough restrictions the president ordered in June almost impossible to lift.
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