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How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:19pm
The unelected body that shapes voting rules has a new conservative majority who question the state’s 2020 results. They now have new power to influence the results in 2024.
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Four Writers on Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and How to Win the White House

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:00pm
Two women seeking the White House, two historic elections: what will it take to beat Donald Trump this time?
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Most Columbia Students Arrested During Protests Will be Back in Class

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 3:58pm
Some students who were arrested after setting up tents on campus or occupying a university building last spring are still on probation. Others could face consequences later this year.
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Trump Posts A.I. Images of Taylor Swift Claiming She and Her Fans Support Him

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 3:38pm
The former president has been preoccupied with the popularity of the pop music megastar, who endorsed Joseph R. Biden Jr. over him during the 2020 election.
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2 Women Die as Storm Batters New York and Connecticut

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 3:20pm
Flooding took over parts of Long Island, the Bronx and Connecticut, where two women were swept away by floodwaters and later died, officials said.
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RFK Jr. Could Be Blocked From N.Y. Ballot, Again

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 3:12pm
Last week, he was booted for using a fake address. This week, a suit claims that people gathering signatures for the candidate deceived voters.
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Michel Guérard, Who Lowered the Calories in Haute Cuisine, Dies at 91

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:28pm
Appalled by the food options available to those seeking to lose weight, he developed a form of nouvelle cuisine for dieters at a spa in southwestern France.
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Ukraine Attacks Bridges in Russia’s Kursk Region, Aiming to Encircle Troops

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:25pm
The attacks aim to destroy or damage crossings over a river in the Kursk region that are Russian forces’ only routes for resupply or retreat, military analysts say.
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Phil Donahue, Daytime Talk Show Host, Dies at 88

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:23pm
Stalking the aisles, microphone in hand, he turned “The Phil Donahue Show” into a participation event, soliciting questions and comments on topics from human rights to orgies.
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Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:19pm
It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week.
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Trying to Recover the British Museum’s Gems, and Its Reputation

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:01pm
The police haven’t charged anybody over the missing artifacts, but the museum is running its own investigations to get the items back.
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Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 2:00pm
And no, she hasn’t called for price controls.
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Prosecutors in Trump Hush-Money Trial Leave Decision on Sentencing to Judge

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 1:58pm
Lawyers for Donald J. Trump had asked to move his sentencing in Manhattan on 34 felony counts to after the election. In a letter, prosecutors disputed many of their arguments.
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Protesters Are Converging on Chicago. City Leaders Say They’re Prepared.

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 1:24pm
Activists are pushing for policy changes on Gaza as Democrats hold their convention. Chicago officials are confident they will avoid a repeat of the chaos that unfolded in 1968.
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Ruth Johnson Colvin, Champion of Literacy, Is Dead at 107

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 1:16pm
Working out of her basement, and with no teaching experience, she created a nonprofit that helped people around the world learn to read.
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Americans Growing Worried About Losing Their Jobs, Labor Survey Shows

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 1:10pm
The New York Fed’s labor market survey showed cracks just as Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, prepares for a closely watched Friday speech.
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Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris: Inside Their Quietly Close Bond

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 12:57pm
Mrs. Clinton, who lost out on becoming the first female president, has been a behind-the-scenes ally for the woman now vying to do so.
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Kamala Harris Takes Her First Big Risk

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:24am
A proposal on “price gouging” is stirring up quite a debate.
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Convention Gives Chicago’s Mayor His Biggest Platform and His Biggest Test

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:17am
As his city hosts the Democrats, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to change how the world sees Chicago. But protests bring uncertainty, and the convention carries risks.
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The Mennonites Making the Amazon Their Home

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:14am
Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital jungle.
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