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Election 2024: News organizations urge Biden and Trump to engage in presidential debates

NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations on Sunday called on presumptive presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debatessaying they were a “rich tradition” that had been part of every general election campaign since 1976. While Trump, who is not participating in the Republican nomination debates, has expressed a willingness to …

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OJ Simpson burned a Ford Bronco into America’s collective memory

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The Ford Bronco was originally conceived and designed for rugged outdoorsmen, a two-door means of escape into nature from the busy cities of mid-century America. But it was already tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994 when OJ Simpson curled up in one’s back, a gun to his temple, …

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Eleanor Coppola has died at the age of 87

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Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband’s by Francis Ford Coppola iconic films, including the infamously tortured Apocalypse Now production, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by her family at her home in Rutherford, Calif., her family said in a statement. …

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Alan Weiselberg sentenced to 5 months in prison in Trump civil fraud case

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NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Weiselberg, a retired executive of Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil case for fraud filed against the former president by the New York attorney general. Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty last month to two …

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NAIA approves transgender policy limiting women’s sports to certain athletes

Mexico’s president says his country is cutting diplomatic ties with Ecuador after the embassy attack

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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico is cutting diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president of Ecuador who had sought political asylum there after being accused of corruption. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the announcement Friday night after Ecuadorean police stormed the Mexican …

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Convicted inmate could face ‘surgery without anesthesia’ if good vein is elusive, lawyers say

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at saving his life. Brian DorseyThe 52-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing his …

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Taiwan earthquake: Over 600 still trapped or without contact a day after powerful quake

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HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s the strongest earthquake for a quarter of a century it damaged buildings, killed 10 people and left others stranded in remote areas. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien, near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize …

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Baltimore bridge collapse: Crews remove twisted steel, concrete

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BALTIMORE (AP) — As divers assisted crews in the complex and meticulous removal operation steel and concrete of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site took time on Easter Sunday to reflect on the six workers who are believed to have plunged to their deaths. As cranes periodically swung into …

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Turkey: Key cities hold local elections in test of Erdogan’s popularity

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voters in Turkey go to the polls Sunday in local elections that will decide who will control Istanbul and other key cities. The vote is also a barometer of the Turkish president To Recep Tayyip Erdogan popularity that he seeks to regain control of key urban areas he lost to the …

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