A former member of one of China’s top decision-making bodies has been formally charged with accepting bribes, state media reported Thursday, a week after Communist Party leaders confirmed his expulsion from the party. Prosecutors in Yichang, a city in the central province of Hubei, accused Ma Xin...
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A single Powerball ticket in New Jersey has won an estimated $847 million after matching all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, the company said.
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Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , ousted in a mass uprising in 2024, has told The Associated Press that she remains committed to returning to Bangladesh from exile in India next month, despite being sentenced to death over her government’s deadly crackdown on protesters. Hasi...
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#Ezria fans, this one's for you. ❤️ Nearly a decade after "Pretty Little Liars" ended, Lucy Hale and Ian Harding are reuniting as love interests in "The 12 Dates of Christmas," streaming Nov. 6 on Hulu. 🗓️🎄...
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Episode: 2647 The Give and Take of Internet Shopping. Today, getting to know you.
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Three weeks after lung cancer surgery , Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate: a 12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America that carries more personal and historic weight than any of his voyages to date. The U.S.-born Leo is returning home ...
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President Donald Trump was publicly humbled by inflation in Tuesday’s midterm elections , as rising prices provoked a blistering set of losses for Republicans in House, Senate and gubernatorial races. Most voters said that Trump’s own policies had smothered growth and drove costs...
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As he takes stock of his Republican Party's midterm drubbing, President Donald Trump now faces the difficult question of what to do about his unpopular 8-month-old war against Iran . For weeks, Trump has threatened to return to a full-scale bombardment of Iran once the U.S. elect...
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A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's long rule. “We want to do things that we did not do in the past in order to remove thi...
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Senator-elect James Talarico struck a conciliatory tone during his victory speech Tuesday night, telling those who didn't vote for him that he'd fight for them just as he'd fight for those who did....
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Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map in 2025 with the goal of giving their party an advantage in Washington. But in Houston’s 9th Congressional District, the new boundaries didn’t deliver the outcome Republicans wanted. Democrat Leticia Gutierrez defeated Republ...
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Houston police are investigating a suspicious death after a woman was found dead Wednesday evening in southeast Houston.
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League City is beginning to cover its Flock license plate reader cameras after voters rejected their continued use, setting in motion a shutdown of a technology that has divided residents over public safety and privacy. About 54% voted against Proposition A, while about 46% suppo...
