The new pandas are on a 10-year lease, ending in April 2034, during which the zoo will pay the China Wildlife and Conservation Association $1 million a year.
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Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election
Many Native Americans across the U.S. are coming together for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face with a focus on the election.
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Harris is laying out a new plan to empower Black men as she tries to energize them to vote for her
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a series of proposals designed to give Black men more economic opportunities as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm.
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North Carolina authorities arrest armed man after threats against FEMA workers
The U.S. Forest Service sent an urgent message to numerous federal agencies Saturday warning that ‘FEMA has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, N.C., to stand down and evacuate the county immediately.’
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new lawsuits, including allegations he molested a 16-year-old boy
Combs has been in jail since Sept. 16 on an indictment connected to racketeering, transporting for prostitution and sex trafficking.
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Canada expels India’s top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes
India’s foreign ministry in turn said it was expelling Canada’s acting high commissioner and five other diplomats.
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NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
It will take Europa Clipper more than 5 years to reach Jupiter and sneak close to the moon suspected to have an ocean beneath its crust.
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10 weeks ago he declared Maduro won Venezuela’s election. He’s been missing since
If Elvis Amoroso were to appear in public and confess that he lied, it would have devastating consequences for Maduro, observers say.
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Trump’s campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its donor network around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction.
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Kamala Harris will sit down with Bret Baier for her first Fox News interview
It will be her first sit down with the network, and her first interview with a news outlet outside of her ideological comfort zone since becoming the Democratic nominee.