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Report: Musk Proposes Going Ahead With Deal To Buy Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon musk is agreeing to buy Twitter for $44B just weeks before the millionaire will face the social media giant in court for backing out on his purchase earlier in the year.

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Smacked Asteroid’s Debris Trail More Than 6,000 Miles Long

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact.

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North Korea Sends Missile Soaring Over Japan in Escalation

The South Korean and U.S. militaries responded by launching fighter jets which fired weapons at a target off South Korea's west coast.

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The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a Parody

The satirical site has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.

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Trump Files $475 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday sued CNN, seeking $475 million in damages, saying the network had defamed him in an effort to short-circuit any future political campaign.

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Hollywood Sign Gets Makeover Ahead of Its Centennial in 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Hollywood sign is getting a makeover befitting its status as a Tinseltown icon.

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Judge Tosses Charges Against 7 People in Flint Water Crisis

A Michigan judge dismissed charges Tuesday against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires' disease.

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Lizzo Has Been Invited To Play Jame’s Madison Crystal Flute at His Estate

Just days after playing President James Madison’s crystal flute in D.C., Lizzo has reportedly been invited to play at Madison’s estate.

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300+ Dogs Were Killed During Dr. Oz’s Research at Columbia, Jezebel Reports

The investigation found that Oz's team experimented on at least 1,027 animals while he was affiliated with the Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine labs.

This Quadruple Amputee Inspires Wounded Veterans

In April 2012, former Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was critically injured during his third tour of duty, losing both arms and both legs.

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WATCH: Ukrainian Troops Retake City of Lyman

Ukrainian troops posted a video over the weekend indicating they have retaken the city of Lyman after 4 months under Russian control — in what the Guardian describes as a “humiliating moment” for Vladimir Putin and his forces.

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WATCH: How Green Hydrogen Can End Our Reliance on Fossil Fuels

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WATCH: 50th International Balloon Fiesta Takes Place in Albuquerque

More than 600 different hot air balloons took to the skies this weekend in Albuquerque, NM, as part of the city's annual International Balloon Fiesta.

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WATCH: Bear Feasts on Sweets After Breaking Into Chocolate Factory

CCTV footage from a chocolate factory in India shows a bear getting loose inside the facility and helping itself to the sweets being stored there.

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3 Physicists Share Nobel Prize for Work on Quantum Science

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their work on quantum information science, a “totally crazy” field that has significant applications, including in the field of encryption.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Bobby Wagner delivered one of the biggest hits on a person who got onto the field.

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It's Time: Climate Change

"It’s up to our generation to … make this impact" — Young people across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands to hold legislators accountable for actions they say contribute to a worsening climate crisis.

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Many Kids With Disabilities Face Off-the-Books School Suspensions

The phone call from her son’s school was alarming. The assistant principal told her to come to the school immediately.

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Russian Losses Evident in Key Liberated Ukrainian City

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets, offering more evidence Tuesday of Moscow's latest military defeat as it struggles to hang on to four regions of Ukraine that it illegally annexed last week.

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Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter and Country Queen, Dies

As a songwriter, she crafted a persona of a defiantly tough woman, a contrast to the stereotypical image of most female country singers.

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In Ian’s Wake, Florida Residents Brave a Slow Wait for Power

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian smashed into Florida and carved a path of destruction into the Carolinas, hundreds of thousands of people faced another warm day without electricity Tuesday as rescuers pressed on with their search for anyone trapped inside flooded and damaged homes.

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Candidate Robert Garcia Has His Sights Set on Breaking Barriers in Congress

“Growing up as an immigrant, being undocumented … absolutely defined the kind of person I am today.”

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Supreme Court Takes Up Key Voting Rights Case From Alabama

The Supreme Court is taking up an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States.

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Biden Marks 100 Days Since Dobbs Ruling As Dems Eye Midterms

President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration's efforts to protect access to abortion but is also set to remind Americans that only Congress can restore access to abortion nationally.

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GOP Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion: Daily Beast Report

DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009, according to a new report published late Monday. The candidate called the accusation a “flat-out lie” and said he would sue.

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Elon Musk’s Plan To End Russian War Infuriates Ukraine on Twitter

Musk's ideas seemed to get little support on Twitter, including from Russian chess great and anti-Putin political activist Garry Kasparov, who bashed the plan. "This is moral idiocy, repetition of Kremlin propaganda, a betrayal of Ukrainian courage and sacrifice, and puts a few minutes browsing Crimea on Wikipedia over the current horrific reality of Putin's bloody war," Kasparov tweeted.

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Iconic Goodwill Gets Serious With Online for Thrifters

Goodwillfinds.com launched Tuesday with roughly 100,000 items available online, and much more will be added.

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US Warns About Foreign Efforts To Sway American Voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are warning ahead of the November midterms that Russia is working to amplify doubts about the integrity of U.S. elections while China is interested in undermining American politicians it sees as threats to Beijing’s interests.

10/03/22

Wall Street Soars to Best Day Since Summer, S&P 500 Up 2.6%

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street soared to its best day in months Monday in a widespread relief rally after some unexpectedly weak data on the economy raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve won't have to be so aggressive about hiking interest rates.

10/03/22

Supreme Court Rejects Bump Stock Ban Cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it won't take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

10/03/22

Planned Parenthood Plans Mobile Abortion Clinic in Illinois

Planned Parenthood will open a mobile abortion clinic in Illinois that will travel to borders of adjoining states that do not allow abortions.

10/03/22

SCOTUS Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist attacks. The cases are seen as an important test of the federal law that generally makes internet companies exempt from liability for the material users post on their networks.