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A woman was trapped in a house fire. Her dog helped save her life.
The woman, disabled from a stroke, fell while trying to escape, and her dog protected her face from the smoke.
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Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX for alleged trespassing in Texas
The game maker bought some land in 2017 as part of a stunt aimed at blocking a southern border wall.
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A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
The bear was the first one seen in the country since 2016.
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Death toll from Israeli airstrike on Beirut suburb rises to 31 as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire
Lebanon’s health minister says that search and rescue operations are still ongoing and that the number of casualties is likely to rise.
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Mark Robinson won’t appear at Trump’s North Carolina rally after CNN report, AP sources say
The scandal-plagued lieutenant governor has been a frequent presence at Trump’s North Carolina campaign stops.
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Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
The change was spearheaded by a pro-Trump majority that has enacted a series of changes to the state’s election rules.
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Harris focusing on personal stories as she campaigns on abortion rights
ProPublica reported this week that two Georgia women died after they did not get proper medical treatment for complications from taking abortion pills to end their pregnancies.
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Internal Secret Service report details failures preceding Trump assassination attempt
The report details a series of ‘communications deficiencies’ with local law enforcement before the July shooting and makes clear that the Secret Service knew the rally site posed a security challenge.
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Israeli airstrike on Beirut kills a top Hezbollah military official as Lebanon reports 14 died
The attacks have heightened fears that the cross-border exchanges of fire will escalate into all-out war.