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Navy ship pays tribute to Cape Breton soldier who died in Afghanistan

Navy ship pays tribute to Cape Breton soldier who died in Afghanistan

GLACE BAY, N.S. — The crew of a Halifax-based Royal Canadian Navy ship is formally honouring the memory of a soldier from Cape Breton who died in Afghanistan nearly 14 years ago. Sgt. Jimmy MacNeil of Glace Bay, N.S.
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner.
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Housing and identity: Questions about Mississauga's future as election looms

Housing and identity: Questions about Mississauga's future as election looms

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ana Chang has lived in Mississauga since the age of seven and is now raising her own children in the southern Ontario city that has seen rapid development over the last three decades.
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Takeaways from Hunter Biden's gun trial: His family turns out as his own words are used against him

Takeaways from Hunter Biden's gun trial: His family turns out as his own words are used against him

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Pictures of President Joe Biden's son with drug paraphernalia and bare-chested in a bubble bath. Text messages between Hunter Biden and drug dealers. Testimony from Hunter's exes about relationships destroyed by his drug use.
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A local race in Nevada's primary could have implications for national elections in a key swing state

A local race in Nevada's primary could have implications for national elections in a key swing state

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The commission that oversees Nevada’s second most populous county approved its new elections director earlier this year by a familiar split vote.
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No 'calamari comeback'? The squid chef from Democrats' 2020 convention says he's a Trump backer

No 'calamari comeback'? The squid chef from Democrats' 2020 convention says he's a Trump backer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The “calamari comeback” chef who delighted viewers of the last Democratic National Convention might not be coming back.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he'll vote against recreational pot after brother's death

Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he'll vote against recreational pot after brother's death

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican Sen.
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Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners

Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners

HARMONY, Wis. (AP) — It's hard living in harmony during these politically divisive times. But residents of a tiny Wisconsin town say they have the simple answer: actually live in Harmony.
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Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law

Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law

The judge presiding over Hunter Biden's federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by the Biden family's chief political antagonist: former President Donald Trump.
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After editor's departure, Washington Post's publisher faces questions about phone hacking stories

After editor's departure, Washington Post's publisher faces questions about phone hacking stories

NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post's new publisher is facing questions about whether he made efforts to conceal — in his own newspaper and elsewhere — his involvement in a British phone hacking scandal from his time working for Rupert Murdoch a deca
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