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Columbian Newspaper
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U.S. arranges flights to transport Americans out of Lebanon
WASHINGTON — U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 350 Americans and their immediate relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. |
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Assassination attempts and new threats have reshaped how Donald Trump campaigns
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was onstage at a rally on Long Island last month, talking about taxes, when he appeared momentarily spooked by something he’d spotted over his shoulder. |
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Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn’t have to die
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene’s storm surge could be deadly, the retired restaurant owner stayed put. |
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Man deemed violent predator caught outside Portland after removing GPS monitor, escaping and prompting 3-day search
SEATTLE — Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state, prompting a multistate search until he was captured Thursday. |
NYT Politics
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In Key Nevada County, Harassment of Election Workers Takes a Toll
Republicans this year attempted to block certification of local elections in Washoe, a critical swing county — a worrying sign for what could be ahead, the Democratic secretary of state said.
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Trump Takes Aim at Legal Immigration
The former president and his allies, who often decry undocumented immigrants, are targeting programs that allow millions of people to enter the country lawfully.
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Death Penalty, Nuclear Waste and More: Supreme Court Rounds Out Coming Term
Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the right of the Supreme Court.
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Harris Ad to Showcase Support of Liz Cheney and Other Republicans
Vice President Kamala Harris has been seeking to give Republicans who dislike the former president a permission structure to support her instead.
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A Pentagon Debate: Are U.S. Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?
Military officials discuss whether sending more force to the Middle East is helping to prevent a much wider war, or emboldening Israel.
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Metro News
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Marvelous Mycology
By Rebecca Koffman
Bylined articles are written by Metro writers and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Metro or the Metro Council. Learn more Metro Parks and Nature staff are a year into a pilot project on mycology, the scientific term for the study of fungi. And much like the organisms they’re cultivating, to truly understand their work, you need to go deep beneath the surface. |
