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Nation / World

Published
October 28, 2021

Biden announces ‘historic’ deal, but still needs Democrats’ votes

The president pushes a still-robust domestic package – $1.75 trillion for social services and climate change programs – that the White House believes can pass the 50-50 Senate.
Published
October 28, 2021

U.S. economy slowed sharply to a 2% growth rate last quarter in face of COVID

Economists remain hopeful for a bounce-back in the current October-December period, with confirmed coronavirus cases declining, vaccination rates rising and more Americans venturing out to spend money.
Published
October 27, 2021

Rise in baguette prices poses crunch for the French

The pressure on the bread industry has been linked to a 30% worldwide increase since September in the price of wheat – one of the baguette's key ingredients – after bad harvests in Russia.
Published
October 27, 2021

Movie set, site of fatal shooting, showed ‘some complacency’ with weapons

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza says 500 rounds of ammunition – a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds – were found while searching the set of the Western 'Rust.'
Published
October 26, 2021

1970s radical granted parole in deadly 1981 Brink’s robbery

Former Weather Underground member David Gilbert, 76, was imprisoned for 40 years.

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Published
October 26, 2021

Justice Department announces 150 arrests in international darknet drug operation

Investigators seize $31 million in cash and 45 handguns.
Published
October 26, 2021

Woman sues Kellogg over lack of strawberries in strawberry Pop-Tarts

Hers is among a wave of lawsuits alleging Big Food is labeling its products in ways that make them seem healthier than they are.
Published
October 26, 2021

Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat on defensive over kids’ use

They cite harm ranging from eating disorders to exposure to sexually explicit content and material promoting addictive drugs.
Published
October 26, 2021

With Biden agenda at stake, Maine’s U.S. House members take starkly different stances

The views of Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden on the Build Back Better social spending and climate change bill mirror differences in their districts.
Published
October 26, 2021

Sudan’s prime minister, detained after coup, returns home

The military takeover came after weeks of mounting tensions between military and civilian leaders over the course and pace of Sudan’s transition to democracy, and it threatens to derail that process.