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Canadian autoworkers and General Motors reach a tentative contract agreement

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The deal recognizes employee contributions with significant pay and benefit increases and additional job security, the automaker said.

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Hurricane Lidia makes landfall as a Category 4 near Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Lidia was expected to rapidly weaken over the mountains and dissipate, but was still capable of soaking the region with heavy rain.

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North Carolina Republicans enact election changes over Democratic governor's vetoes

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

One law approved by North Carolina Republicans eliminates the governor's power to appoint the State Board of Elections; the other ends a three-day grace period to receive and count absentee ballots.

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What is Hamas? Here's what to know

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The group, founded in 1987, has vowed to annihilate Israel. Before this past weekend's attack, it was responsible for many suicide bombings and other deadly attacks on civilians and Israeli soldiers.

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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd suspends GOP 2024 presidential bid, endorses Nikki Haley

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Hurd was the last major candidate to join the already crowded Republican primary field when he announced his run in late June. He leaves the race after failing to gain traction as pragmatic moderate.

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Wednesday's Powerball jackpot up to $1.73 billion as lottery losing streak continues

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022.

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Sunrise gatherings and dances mark celebration of culture on Indigenous Peoples Day

Monday, October 09, 2023

The ceremonies Monday came two years after President Joe Biden officially commemorated the day honoring "America's first inhabitants and the Tribal Nations that continue to thrive today."

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Monday's Powerball jackpot up to $1.55 billion as lottery losing streak continues

Monday, October 09, 2023

The jackpot is now the world's fourth-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 34 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

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A 7th man accused of killing an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain in prison

Monday, October 09, 2023

The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible.

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All-out war: Israel pounds Gaza after militants infiltrate in a large-scale attack

Saturday, October 07, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.

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At least 16 migrants killed and 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Saturday, October 07, 2023

Photos from the scene showed the bus rolled over onto its side on a curvy section of highway in the southern state of Oaxaca. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history

Friday, October 06, 2023

After a two-year absence and less than three months into her return to competition, the American superstar won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time.

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Russian strike kills dozens of Ukrainian civilians attending a wake, Zelenskyy says

Friday, October 06, 2023

Rescuers searched for survivors in the remains of the only cafe in the village of Hroza. Around 60 people, including children, were attending a wake at the cafe when the missile hit, officials said.

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Dick Butkus, fearsome Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 80.

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An armed man demanding to talk to Wisconsin's governor was arrested twice in one day

Thursday, October 05, 2023

The suspect was arrested earlier with a loaded handgun, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers. After he made bail, he came back with an assault rifle.

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Ex-coach sues Northwestern for $130M for wrongful termination in hazing scandal

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school, saying it wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department.

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Grenade fragments were found in bodies in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin claims

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

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Earth is on track for its hottest year yet, according to a European climate agency

Thursday, October 05, 2023

The report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service also noted that Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures reached in September.

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Simone Biles leads U.S. to a record 7th straight team title at world championships

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

The U.S. women won a record seventh consecutive team title at the gymnastics world championships. The team of Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong edged out Brazil and France.

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A bus of tourists in Venice dropped from an elevated road, killing 21 in fiery crash

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

A bus carrying dozens of people plummeted 50 feet, causing a fiery crash that killed 21 people and injured at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite.

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