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Month: June 2024

Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China’s Xinjiang villages, rights groups say

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology. The report released Wednesday says the policy is part of

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Jury deliberates in state case against man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state trial is wrapping up for the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022. Defendant David DePape’s former partner, a well-known pro-nudity activist in the Bay Area, was banned from the court’s public gallery Tuesday. The

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Treasury Department, IRS announce Oregon taxpayers will be able to use Direct File starting next year

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that Oregon will be the first new state to join IRS Direct File in Filing Season 2025.  IRS Direct File was made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which provided new resources for the IRS to improve customer service and ensure taxpayers claim the benefits and deductions for which they are eligible. 

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Messi, sus gemas en la Copa América y su resplandeciente consagración en Brasil 2021

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — Es el máximo héroe moderno del fútbol mundial. Lionel Messi tuvo en el FC Barcelona una carrera futbolística digna de un guion de superhéroes. Exitosa, brillante, predestinada. Lo dicen los 34 títulos que conquistó en el club catalán. Paralelamente, su andar en la Selección Argentina estaba en las antípodas. Desierto

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A new study shows that 1 year of this kind of exercise yields results 4 years later

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Retirement should be filled with time with loved ones, relaxation and—according to new research—heavy lifting. As people get older, their skeletal muscle function declines, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. “If you do resistance training at this age, benefits in

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Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ after reportedly using the word ‘horrible’ for the RNC host city

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has insisted he loves the city of Milwaukee as he returned to the critical battleground state of Wisconsin just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention. “I love Milwaukee,” Trump told the crowd. Trump was playing cleanup

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Missouri attorney general says not so fast on freeing woman jailed for 43 years in 1980 killing

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Bailey said his office intends to ask an appeals court to review Judge Ryan Horsman’s ruling last week

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Voyager 1 sends back science data from more than 15 billion miles away after NASA fix

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of scientific data from uncharted territory for the first time since a computer glitch sidelined the historic NASA mission seven months ago. Currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, Voyager 1 stopped communicating coherently with mission control in November 2023.

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Israel advierte sobre la perspectiva de una “guerra total” después de que Hezbollah publicara un video de sitios militares y civiles

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio Beirut (CNN) — Israel advirtió a Hezbollah este martes sobre la perspectiva de una “guerra total” después de que el grupo combatiente libanés publicara un video de nueve minutos, supuestamente tomado por un dron, que mostraba ubicaciones militares y civiles israelíes en varias ciudades israelíes. “Nos estamos acercando al momento de decidir cambiar

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Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Georgia prosecutor and sheriff over Trump election case

ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II entered his plea in Atlanta on Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hanson of

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