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Month: November 2023

Ballot shortages in Mississippi created a problem for democracy on the day of a governor’s election

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in

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Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza’s close-knit society

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Scabies, diarrhea and respiratory infections rip through overcrowded shelters. And some families have to choose who eats. With the Israel-Hamas war in its second month and more than

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Zac Efron dice que sería “extraordinario” interpretar a Matthew Perry en una película biográfica como quería la estrella de “Friends”

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Zac Efron habló al descubrir que Matthew Perry deseaba que el actor de “High School Musical” lo interpretara en una película biográfica. “Me sentí muy honrado”, dijo Efron a Extra TV durante el estreno de su próxima película “The Iron Claw” en Dallas este miércoles. “Sería extraordinario y, por supuesto, todavía

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College student hit by stray bullet dies. Suspect was released earlier for intellectual disability

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee college student who was hit by a stray bullet while walking near campus has died. Metro Nashville Police said on social media Thursday morning that 18-year-old Jillian Ludwig died overnight. She was a New Jersey native majoring in music business at Belmont University. Shaquille

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Officials in Russia-annexed Crimea say private clinics have stopped providing abortions

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian-installed health officials in Crimea say private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only available there in state-run medical facilities. The move comes amid a wider effort in Russia to restrict abortion, still legal and

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Jezebel shuts down, lays off staff in ‘excruciating’ decision, parent company says

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Jezebel, the punchy feminist blog with an outsized influence on internet culture, will suspend operations and lay off its staff effective immediately, its parent company G/O Media said Thursday as it announced broader restructuring in its portfolio of digital news outlets. Jim Spanfeller, chief executive of G/O Media, said

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