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Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

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An Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 4, including children, and other Mideast developments

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Rubio is wrapping up South America tour focused drug cartel fight with a stop in Peru

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Hurricane Lowell battered Hawaii's western islands and is linked to at least 2 deaths

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US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional map in Missouri

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Oil prices climb back to where they were in May and drag Wall Street lower

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South Korea trying to learn if Kim Jong Un has a son but daughter's status as heir appears solid

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US home sales weaken to slowest pace in more than a year as mortgage rates, home prices climb

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Isao Harimoto, A-bomb survivor and Japan baseball great known as 'Hit Machine,' dies at 86

Isao Harimoto, the baseball great who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb and still holds Japan’s hits record, has died. He was 86.

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Morocco and Spain joust over which will host 2030 World Cup final amid border crisis

Morocco and Spain are jousting over the right to host the 2030 World Cup final.

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A sudden IL stint for Shohei Ohtani, and an unusual Double-A call-up to fill his spot

Shohei Ohtani is headed to the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers without the four-time MVP.

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Salman Rushdie will receive a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement

Salman Rushdie, a U.S. citizen for the past decade, is set to receive a prestigious National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement.

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US wholesale prices rise in latest sign of stubborn inflation as oil prices continue to climb

Wholesale inflation picked up last month after cooling earlier this summer as higher oil and gas prices stemming from the Iran war are keeping costs elevated.

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China says it hopes to agree with the US on tariff reductions at 'an early date'

A Chinese government spokesperson says China and the United States hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon.

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Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign launched by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, pledged $100 million Thursday to make childbirth safer in the U.

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Ella Langley leads Country Music Association Awards nods, with mentor Miranda Lambert close behind

Ella Langley leads the 2026 Country Music Association Awards nominations with nine nods, thanks to her hit “Choosin’ Texas.

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Trump wants to make this midterm year 'special' to avoid losing Republican control of Congress

Republicans at their midterm convention in Dallas know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on President Donald Trump to rally voter e

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The push to remove lead pipes is on. Thousands of water systems still don’t know where theirs are

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

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European Central Bank raises interest rates a quarter point to quell energy-fueled inflation

The European Central Bank is raising interest rates to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war.

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Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected.

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