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Trump is said to ask Zelenskyy If Ukraine can strike Moscow

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Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether Ukraine could strike Moscow, an inquiry that the White House says was merely a question but one that came hours after he voiced frustration at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to accept a ceasefire in the war.

During a July 4 phone call with the Ukrainian president, Trump quizzed ...Read more

Hurricane center says system could move across Florida, develop in Gulf

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The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday a system off Florida’s Atlantic coast remains disorganized, but could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm after it moves over land and into the Gulf this week.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the low pressure area that has been drenching the state with rounds of showers ...Read more

Israel carries out several air strikes Syria and Lebanon

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Israel launched several air attacks in Syria and Lebanon in the past day, increasing tensions with its neighbors.

The Israel Defense Forces struck several tanks advancing toward Suwayda province in southern Syria on Monday. On Tuesday, strikes on military vehicles intensified.

Israel’s government said it was acting in defense of the Druze ...Read more

Trump's Russia tariff threat risks harming ties with Modi, Xi

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat of 100% tariffs on Russia would risk complicating relations with two nations crucial to his economic and strategic goals: China and India.

Trump on Monday threatened tariffs of about 100% on Russia unless it reached a peace deal with Ukraine in the next 50 days, saying the levies would come in the ...Read more

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Netanyahu's coalition shrinks after ultra-Orthodox party quits

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An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party said it’s walking out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, threatening to leave the government with a razor-thin majority in parliament.

The United Torah Judaism party announced late on Monday it would quit in protest at a bill seeking to curtail the exemptions from military draft, long enjoyed ...Read more

USC signals layoffs as deficit surpasses $200 million amid 'volatile external environment'

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LOS ANGELES — Citing a budget deficit in excess of $200 million, the University of Southern California's interim president said Monday that an undisclosed number of layoffs and other belt-tightening measures would be implemented to "deal decisively with our financial challenges."

Beong-Soo Kim wrote in a letter addressed to faculty and staff ...Read more

Jewish faculty voice support for UC Berkeley chancellor facing antisemitism hearing in D.C.

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LOS ANGELES – Leading Jewish faculty are voicing support for UC Berkeley's chancellor ahead of his Tuesday appearance before an influential congressional committee probing allegations of campus antisemitism.

Chancellor Rich Lyons will join leaders of the City University of New York and Georgetown University in Washington, where the House ...Read more

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After drunk-driving crashes, Philly lawsuits seek to hold the bars that served the drivers accountable

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PHILADELPHIA — Thaduba Magdalena Turay, a 21-year-old nursing student, was driving on I-95 in South Philadelphia last year when a driver traveling the wrong way hit her head-on.

Turay, who was studying at Cheyney University and aspired to become a doctor, died at the scene.

The other driver, David Bonilla, 47, pleaded guilty last month to ...Read more

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How changes in California culture have influenced the evolution of wild animals in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES -- For decades, biologists have studied how cities affect wildlife by altering food supplies, fragmenting habitats and polluting the environment. But a new global study argues that these physical factors are only part of the story. Societal factors, the researchers claim, especially those tied to religion, politics and war, also ...Read more

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Chicago father becomes face of lawsuit against ICE as judge hears challenge to warrantless arrests

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CHICAGO — Abel Orozco was getting home after buying tamales for his family, like he did most weekends for the past 30 years. They would have breakfast and head to church.

Instead, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the Mexican immigrant outside his home in suburban Lyons without a federal warrant. Now, nearly six months ...Read more

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Trump tax law quietly takes aim at popular perk: office snacks

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The SkinnyPop in the break room may not last. Donald Trump is targeting the office snack.

The president’s signature tax law allows a long-standing business deduction for the cost of food provided to employees to expire, imperiling a workplace perk popularized during Silicon Valley’s dot-com boom that is now an emblem of modern office ...Read more

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Maryland officials anxious over FBI headquarters back-and-forth

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For nearly a decade, there were hopes that a new FBI headquarters would spur a significant expansion in real estate projects and revenue in the Greenbelt area. Now, the location is once again in limbo, launching another round of the waiting game.

“When a commitment is made, that has impacts,” said Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan. “The back-...Read more

Virginia schools removed 200+ different books from libraries, report finds

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Most Virginia school divisions surveyed by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission did not remove any books from school libraries based on content in the last five years. But a handful of school divisions account for the vast majority of the 223 different book titles that were removed based on content during that time.

JLARC was ...Read more

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EU targets boeing, US cars and bourbon in response to tariffs

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The European Union has finalized a second list of countermeasures to target U.S. goods worth $84 billion, including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and bourbon if it decides to retaliate as transatlantic trade tensions intensify.

The additional duties would also be slapped on machinery products, chemicals and plastics, medical devices, ...Read more

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Haiti police kill suspected Jamaican traffickers during historic cocaine bust

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Three Jamaicans are dead and a Bahamian national is in custody in Haiti after a historic drug bust Sunday off the country’s northwest coast led to the seizure of more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine worth tens of millions of dollars in the United States.

Haitian authorities said the men were killed during a joint police operation that triggered a...Read more

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How Trump's Medicaid work requirements could affect mental health care

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For many people who have a serious mental illness or are recovering from one, trying to get or keep a job may be overwhelming and exhausting.

Finding out that you need a job in order to keep accessing your mental health care can feel insurmountable.

Yet that may soon be the case for nearly half a million Washington residents.

Under a new rule...Read more

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Juliana Stratton's US Senate bid endorsed by House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch

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Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Monday added more endorsements in her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin, with Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and a number of other state lawmakers announcing their support.

Backing for Stratton from the Democratic Party of Proviso, a political operation headed by ...Read more

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NYC Council orders Department of Investigation to probe 9/11 Ground Zero toxin reports

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The New York City Council passed a resolution Monday ordering the city’s Department of Investigation to probe what information the city had on Ground Zero toxins after the 9/11 attacks and when they had it.

The resolution’s passage, in a unanimous vote, comes after a yearslong fight to find out what the city knew about dangerous chemicals ...Read more

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Senators face crucial vote on $9.4 billion rescissions package

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A key test of Republicans’ appetite to defend Congress’ power of the purse arrives this week with the expected vote in the Senate on a White House proposal to cancel billions in previously agreed-to spending on foreign aid and public media broadcasting.

The Senate could vote as soon as Tuesday on a procedural motion on the Trump ...Read more

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Search for over 100 people missing after Texas floods could take months

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Gov. Greg Abbott and other state and local officials held a news conference in Travis County on Monday to update the public on the response to the flooding that has devastated Central Texas.

The number of missing people statewide is 101 as of July 14, and 97 of those missing are from in or around Kerrville, near the Guadalupe River, Abbott said...Read more