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Month: October 2022

US woman files lawsuit against L’Oréal, claiming chemical hair straightening products are linked to her cancer

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cosmetics company L’Oréal, along with multiple other parties, is being sued over claims that its chemical hair straightening products put women at an increased risk of uterine cancer. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, counsel Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann and others filed a lawsuit Friday in Illinois on behalf of 32-year-old Missouri

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2 conservatives accused in hoax robocall scheme plead guilty

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Two right-wing operatives have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud for having placed thousands of hoax robocalls in Ohio during the runup to the 2020 general election. Twenty-four-year-old Jacob Wohl, of Irvine, California, and 56-year-old Jack Burkman, of Arlington, Virginia, face up

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White House defends Biden’s quiet campaign strategy after he gives ‘closing argument’ speech to DNC staffers

By Maegan Vazquez and Sam Fossum, CNN The White House promised President Joe Biden would be spending more time on the campaign trail ahead of next month’s midterm elections following a speech in which he delivered his “closing argument” to a room full of Democratic staffers in Washington. After being asked by CNN’s Jeremy Diamond

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Attorney General Merrick Garland vows Justice Department ‘will not permit voters to be intimidated’ ahead of midterms

By Paul LeBlanc and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed that the US Justice Department “will not permit voters to be intimidated” during November’s midterm elections. “The Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who’s qualified to vote and will not permit voters to

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