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Russia-linked actors are seeding disinformation about Harris as election nears, Microsoft says

Russia-linked actors are seeding disinformation about Harris as election nears, Microsoft says

NEW YORK (AP) — The video was seen millions of times across social media but some viewers were suspicious: It featured a young Black woman who claimed Vice President Kamala Harris left her paralyzed in a hit-and-run accident in San Francisco 13 years
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B.C. 'fell so short' in Doukhobor pay, communication after apology: ombudsperson

B.C. 'fell so short' in Doukhobor pay, communication after apology: ombudsperson

VICTORIA — British Columbia's ombudsperson has a list of criticisms for the province over the way it has treated Doukhobor survivors months after the premier apologized for the government's removal of the children from their families in the 1950s.
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Conservative group asks FEC to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates

Conservative group asks FEC to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates

WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive group that recruited retired and disabled supporters of Donald Trump to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation's most competitive congressional districts was accused of violating campaign finance law
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Conservative group asks FEC to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates

WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive group that recruited retired and disabled supporters of Donald Trump to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation's most competitive congressional districts was accused of violating campaign finance law
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VP says woman's death after delayed abortion treatment shows consequences of Trump's actions

VP says woman's death after delayed abortion treatment shows consequences of Trump's actions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the death of a young Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill shows the consequences of Donald Trump's actions.
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Harris to sit down with Black journalists for a rare interview

Harris to sit down with Black journalists for a rare interview

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to conduct a rare extended campaign interview Tuesday, taking questions from a trio of journalists from the National Association of Black Journalists just a month after former President Donald Tru
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Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump

Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump

Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Congress is gridlocked. These members are convinced AI legislation could break through

Congress is gridlocked. These members are convinced AI legislation could break through

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit political campaigns and outside political groups from using artificial intelligence to misrepresent the views of their rivals by pretending to be the
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MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, health centre seek to dismiss Montreal brainwashing lawsuit

MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, health centre seek to dismiss Montreal brainwashing lawsuit

MONTREAL — Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they're running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and the McGill University Health Centre have filed mo
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