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Year: 2024

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory. The vote overturns last week’s rare move in the politically mixed swath of

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Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after intel of Iran plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting

CNN By Evan Perez, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president, multiple people briefed on the matter told

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‘You get to make it on your own’: RootedHomes opens lottery for 40 new, affordable homes at Rooted at Simpson

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —  A nonprofit housing developer is now accepting applications for a community in Bend. With the area still facing a serious housing shortage, RootedHomes provides affordable homeownership opportunities for area residents.   “Homeownership provides not only stable housing and stable monthly payments, but also affordability,” RootedHomes Homeownership Program Manager Tess Spellacy said Tuesday. One of

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Kathy Willens, pathbreaking Associated Press photographer who captured sports and more, dies at 74

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Willens, a pathbreaking photojournalist who helped cement women’s place behind the lens everywhere from the Super Bowl to war-torn Somalia during her nearly 45-year career at The Associated Press, died Tuesday. She was 74. Willens died at her Brooklyn home of ovarian cancer, diagnosed shortly after her 2021

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¿Qué hay detrás de las cifras? El número de atención en crisis 988 responde a más de 10 millones de contactos desde su lanzamiento

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos años después del lanzamiento de la línea de ayuda 988 para casos de suicidio y crisis, el servicio ha respondido a más de 10 millones de mensajes de texto, llamadas y chats, según nuevos datos del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés).

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