Day: September 26, 2024

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Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

A Japanese court has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.
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@nytimes: The last time a rat found its way to Alaska’s St. Paul Island, in 2018, residents took nearly a year to find and kill it. Officials fear another rat has arrived.

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@guardian: Qantas strike: travellers on alert for flight disruptions as engineers begin rolling strikes

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Hong Kong welcomes new giant pandas gifted by Beijing, raising hopes for tourism boost

Hong Kong has welcomed a new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing, raising hopes for a boost to the city’s tourism.
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Hurricane Helene threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge and vast inland damage, forecasters say

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Forecasters say it threatens an “unsurvivable” storm surge in parts of northwestern Florida, as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S.
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Trump Shooting Investigations

Trump lashes Zelenskyy for not striking deal to end war in Ukraine

Republican presidential candidate says even ‘worst deal’ would be better than current level of death and destruction.
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Thursday Briefing: A Proposed Cease-Fire between Israel and Hezbollah

Plus, 3,600-year-old cheese.
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Trump Shooting Investigations

House panel investigating Trump assassination attempts is holding its …

Updated 9:22 PM PDT, September 25, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Donald Trump is set to hold its first hearing Thursday as lawmakers rush to ensure candidate safety just weeks before the U.S. presidential election. The panel — comprised of seven Republicans and …
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Zelenskyy is visiting the White House as a partisan divide grows over Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is returning to Washington as U.S. support for his country’s fight against Russia faces a reckoning in this year’s presidential election.
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Get your Narcan! Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute overdose reversal drug

Old newspaper boxes are being repurposed into containers that distribute Narcan, an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses.