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Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech 0
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- August 28, 2026
An event Saturday in New York City, featuring the head of a Hindu nationalist group instrumental in putting India’s ruling party in power, is being met with protests, a denunciation from the city’s mayor and a call for sanctions from a U.S. panel on religious freedom. Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, widely
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Washington chemical tank called unfit for service before deadly failure, report says 0
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- August 28, 2026
An inspection contractor found a chemical tank at a Washington state paper mill “not fit for continued service” 10 months before it failed in May, killing 11 in one of the deadliest U.S. workplace disasters in recent decades, according to a federal report released Friday. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s update about the May 26
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Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he’s in no hurry 0
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- August 28, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks. The war isn’t over, though Trump claims
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Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back 0
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- August 28, 2026
Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime task force in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back, according to an autopsy report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, contradicting police accounts that said the man was facing the troops when they fired. Authorities have said that Tyrin Johnson turned toward
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Former mayor of town in Alaska among 4 men killed in a small plane crash 0
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- August 28, 2026
The former mayor of a small town in Alaska, who was an experienced pilot, was among those killed when the small plane he was piloting crashed in shallow waters near a remote Alaskan town, officials said Thursday. Alaska Department of Public Safety identified the pilot in Wednesday’s crash as Eric Middlebrook, 68, of Anchorage. The
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Trump administration starts border wall project in Arizona over tribe’s objections 0
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- August 28, 2026
PHOENIX — The Trump administration has begun work on a project to build a stretch of border wall in southern Arizona along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation, pushing ahead with one of its signature projects despite protests from the tribe. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the area is a dangerous smuggling route
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