The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third-party and long-shot candidates. Their odds are exceedingly long.
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Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, following a mass strike on Kyiv
Andrei Vorobyev, governor of the Moscow region, wrote on Telegram that the drone strikes damaged three unspecified buildings, adding that no one was hurt.
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3 men of Palestinian descent attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont
Two of the men are in stable condition and the other suffered “much more serious injuries,” Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a news release Sunday.
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Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here’s why that makes a deal so tough
A small, bipartisan group in the Senate is taking the lead and working to find a narrow compromise that can overcome a likely filibuster by winning 60 votes.
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Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce, says it will seek to extend swap deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had spoken to President Biden and reiterated his offer to extend the cease-fire by an additional day for every 10 hostages Hamas releases.
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Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms
In a defiant speech Friday sprinkled with taunts and obscenities aimed at his congressional colleagues, Santos insisted he was ‘not going anywhere.’
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Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire
The fighting has killed more than 100 people in Lebanon, including more than a dozen civilians – three of them journalists – and 12 people on the Israeli side, including four civilians.
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Israeli-owned ship targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, U.S. official says
The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict.
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Retired wind turbine blades live on as park benches and picnic tables
At the end of a wind turbine’s life cycle, roughly 85% of its components – including the steel tower, copper wire, and gearing – can be recycled through established metal processing.
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Buyers are going for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help
SUVs now account for more than half of all new car sales across the globe.