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    It&#39;s not just the Senate, House and gubernatorial races that matter. @bolts@journa.host reports that Virginia voters have approved an end to Jim Crow-era disenfranchisement rules for convicted felons. https://flip.it/2FONBB #Midterms #Politics #News

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    Tom Hoyle went viral after telling a Fox News reporter at a South Carolina Trump rally that he was there to see &quot;a cult right up front.&quot; Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket talked to him about who he is and why he did it. https://flip.it/gkN9Ho #USPolitics #FoxNews #DonaldTrump

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    She lasted just under half a Scaramucci: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is out after five days, following a shaky first (and last) news briefing and the revelation that she did not pass her bar exam. Here&amp;#39;s @AssociatedPress with more. https://flip.it/ctZlmD #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #KatieZacharia

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    Police in India arrest the leader of the youth-led ‘cockroach’ movement, Abhijeet Dipke, ahead of a protest he spearheaded in Delhi’s central business district to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief. Read more from @NBCNews https://flip.it/Fw8.gT #India #Cockroach #Delhi

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    Zelenskyy urges support for new U.S. sanctions on Russia after Trump pauses restrictions targeting Russia&amp;#39;s economy. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/jgwMrK #Russia #Ukraine #USA

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    France President Emmanuel Macron vows to hold rioters accountable after police and protesters clash violently in Paris and other cities. @euronews reports: https://flip.it/1wOw1q #News #France #Europe

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    Ukrainian drone strikes set Russian oil export terminal and depot ablaze in St. Petersburg as tensions between Kyiv and Washington deepen. Read more from @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/ZsgCF6 #Russia #Ukraine #War

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    At least four Canadian service members were killed when a fast-moving fire swept through an outdoor military training exercise in Alberta. Dozens were injured, including 19 critically. @AssociatedPress is following the story: https://flip.it/n_R4yD #News #Canada #NorthAmerica

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    &amp;quot;Isn&amp;#39;t that illegal?&amp;quot; Leo J. Wise, a former federal prosecutor, talks about the Trump administration, and how the Supreme Court since the 1980s has effectively legalized corruption. https://flip.it/WMPiMf #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #News

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    Voters in Alberta are deciding today whether the province takes its first step towards independence from the rest of Canada. @npr explains what to expect. At the second link, find @cbcnews&amp;#39;s article on what Albertans should know. https://flip.it/.8OrrI https://flip.it/2x9j0c #Canada #Alberta #News

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    Israelis are set to vote in an election seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose opponents criticize his leadership since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. @AssociatedPress has more about the parties on the ballot. https://flip.it/dxWKDL #Israel #Netanyahu #Election

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    The Ukrainian army says it rescued a wounded soldier from the front line using an aerial drone, calling the evacuation the first of its kind. Gurzuf Defence, the maker of the drone, said the man was unable to be rescued by conventional means. “Any attempt to reach him would have meant a deadly risk for the rescue team.” Read about the rescue and see footage of the liftoff from NBC News. https://flip.it/9_n6q0 #Drone #Ukraine #Rescue

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    Albertans have rejected the idea of secession from Canada. @globeandmail looks at what this means for Premier Danielle Smith, the province&amp;#39;s NDP, and the separatist movement. [Gift link]  https://flip.it/E8s7dg #Canada #Alberta #Separatism

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    Police in Australia charged a driver with intentionally striking federal lawmaker Helen Haines with his car. The suspect’s father released a statement calling Haines a “friend” and the attack “devastating and unfathomable.” Read more from @AssociatedPress https://flip.it/EPVang #Australia #Attack #Politics

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    The late GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican Rep. Joe Wilson and Democratic Rep. James Clyburn were all under investigation by the FBI for allegedly participating in a vast criminal bribery scheme in South Carolina. The evidence authorities had gathered included a confession from Martin Kao, CEO of a defense contractor, who said that his business model consisted of bribing officials in exchange for government contracts. “This is how much I want, and how much I am going to give you,” Kao remem...

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    A new survey of 5,200 adults from the Public Religion Research Institute says that 43% of Republicans and 54% of white evangelicals think “empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from building a society guided by God’s truth.” Here&amp;#39;s more from Religion News. https://flip.it/g6GJD5 #Religion #USPolitics #News

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    Climate researchers consider 16 integral markers to measure how the Earth is doing, and a new study shows seven of them at record extremes. Others appear to be accelerating. Experts are concerned climate change has pushed the environment beyond its limit. Read more from @CBSNews@flipboard.com https://flip.it/xq-FGq #Climate #Research #Environment

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    Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of right-wing British politician Ann Widdecombe. The 78-year-old former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokesperson was found dead at her home with serious injuries on Thursday. Here&#39;s more from @BBCNews@flipboard.com. https://flip.it/RLRG_l #News #UKPolitics #AnnWiddecombe

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    The White House television pool has suspended coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. CNBC explains what that means, and why it matters. https://flip.it/EYyA_- #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Media

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    A man has been arrested in the death of a Black woman who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi last month. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/f.0RUr #News #USA #TasiaFortune

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    President Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that he was flying on Air Force One, according to a report. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports the operation was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat. https://flip.it/2OLrAV #Trump #News #AirForceOne

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    To protect consumers from fraud and spam, France started a government-run service where people who wanted to avoid unwanted marketing calls. After finding that many call centers were ignoring the list, the nation is now banning unsolicited telemarketing calls altogether. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com https://flip.it/rBAAzA #France #Consumer #Spam

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    U.S. FCC Commissioners face ethics complaints for taking luxury gifts from Paramount, @ProPublica@newsie.social reports. The FCC members allegedly accepted &quot;luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.&quot; https://flip.it/0gNtMA #FCC #Ethics #News

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    One person is dead, others face life-threatening injuries, after a van drives into the crowd at a Berlin LGBTQ+ event. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/Qo.C2q #News #LGBTQ+ #Berlin

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    From the outskirts of Bordeaux to communities near Madrid, fast-moving wildfires in France and Spain are driving mass evacuations, destroying homes, and claiming lives. Read more from DW: https://flip.it/V7.Q5R #News #Europe #Wildfires

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    Troy Jackson, former lawmaker and logger, replaces Graham Platner as Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Maine. Read more from @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com: https://flip.it/AR4K0Z #News #Politics #Midterms

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    A month after powerful earthquakes killed thousands of people in Venezuela, conditions for the displaced have been growing more dire. Residents in La Guaira say aid has been sparse and looting is rampant. Read more from @NBCNews@flipboard.com https://flip.it/26JKsB #Venezuela #Earthquake #SouthAmerica

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    Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy fired his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after rare protests pressured the move following the controversial removal of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. A spat between the two military leaders spilled into public view, breaking the image of a unified front. Read more from @NBCNews@flipboard.com https://flip.it/rSyRcR #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia

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    ICE officer in fatal Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: &quot;David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years.&quot; https://flip.it/M60q7J #ICE #Maine #News

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    President Trump says ICE should continue traffic stops despite new policy to halt them. @AssociatedPress reports on the fallout from the latest ICE shootings: https://flip.it/KWqRup #ICE #Trump #News