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Month: October 2023

Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to fund pet projects he and other well-connected people supported. A

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White House strikes business-as-usual tone after McCarthy’s ouster as Biden campaign highlights GOP disarray

By Kayla Tausche, Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to strike a “business as usual” tone in the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented fall as House speaker, according to two officials, while the Democrat’s campaign is using social media to highlight the GOP’s disarray. It underscores the dueling

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Victim who claims she was sexually assaulted at CIA headquarters sues spy agency accusing it of intimidation

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — An unnamed female CIA trainee who claims she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at CIA headquarters in 2022 is suing the agency, claiming that the CIA “repeatedly and improperly” discouraged her from lodging a criminal complaint against her assailant and attempted to intimidate her from testifying at

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Islamic New Year Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the western hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the evening of July 7, 2024. The exact date can vary depending on the method used to determine the start of the new year: using local moon-sighting

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