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Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party’s incumbents has been ousted in an expensive contest that reflected deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bush,

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Bolivia’s president promises public votes on fuel subsidies and constitutionality of reelection

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce says national referenda will be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections. The votes would be the first offer of a concrete path out of the country’s economic morass and political limbo, but

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In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, company cancels plans for grain export facility in historic Black town

Associated Press/Report for America WALLACE, La. (AP) — Residents of a historic Black community in Louisiana who’ve spent years fighting against a massive grain export facility set to be built on the grounds where their enslaved ancestors once lived appear to have finally halted the project. A representative from the company, Greenfield Louisiana LLC, announced

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