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Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed 0
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- August 28, 2026
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. U.S. District
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2 wildfires burn along California’s scenic Big Sur coast 0
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- August 28, 2026
BIG SUR, Calif. — Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations Thursday along California’s remote Big Sur coast, where a much larger blaze has been burning for nearly three weeks. The Plaskett Fire erupted the previous day in steep terrain in Monterey County near Highway 1. Officials briefly closed
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A year after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, documents detail swift response, little on motive 0
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- August 27, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — Documents released a year after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school provide a detailed account of the swift and widespread response by law enforcement officers — who arrived within minutes and began triaging injured students. But the nearly 1,500 photos and hundreds of pages cataloging witness interviews, evidence and
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Execution date set for man convicted of killing 2 real estate agents near Atlanta in 2003 0
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- August 27, 2026
ATLANTA — Georgia prison officials plan to execute a man next month who was convicted of fatally shooting two real estate agents in Atlanta’s suburbs more than two decades ago. Stacey Humphreys, 53, was convicted of malice murder in the 2003 killings of 33-year-old Cyndi Williams and 21-year-old Lori Brown. He is set to receive
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Controllers warned Marine One pilots about communication issues week before dual takeoff, NTSB says 0
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- August 27, 2026
Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet and the chopper were allowed to take off at the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. Both sides met to discuss the failures in communications and agreed to an
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Beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium days after coming from Canada park in rescue effort 0
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- August 27, 2026
CHICAGO — A beluga whale died days after it was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive whales. The whale, a 23-year-old female named Peekachu, died suddenly Tuesday as caretakers tried to rehydrate her, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said
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