Author: The Gazette
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Former GOP official buys Dominion Voting Systems
A former Republican election official bought Dominion Voting Systems, pledging to switch to paper ballots and restore confidence in the electoral system. The voting machine company became the center of national controversy when it was the subject of scrutiny around the 2020 election, leading to a slew of major lawsuits to clear its name. In…
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Who is Jose Jeri, the young president who inherits a troubled Peru?
By Marco Aquino and Lucinda Elliott LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s new president Jose Jeri, who vaulted into power late on Thursday after the sudden impeachment of his predecessor, is one of the youngest heads of state globally – and one who has already had a bumpy ride on his way to the top. The 38-year-old conservative…
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Hamas, Palestinian factions reject any ‘foreign guardianship’ over Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine rejected in a joint statement on Friday any “foreign guardianship” over Gaza, stressing that its governance is a purely internal Palestinian matter. They also expressed their readiness to benefit from Arab and international participation in the reconstruction of the enclave. (Reporting…
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Indian cough syrups linked to child deaths not shipped to US, FDA says
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children’s deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States. The World Health Organization has said India has a “regulatory gap” in screening locally sold syrup medicines. The U.S. FDA said it was aware of news reports…
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Tennessee military facility explosion leaves multiple dead
A blast at a Tennessee explosives factory left multiple people dead Friday morning. The explosion occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems on the border of Humphreys and Hickman counties, about one hour west of Nashville. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis announced that there were multiple deaths and multiple persons unaccounted for after the 7:45 a.m. explosion…
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US Education Department to lay off employees, agency says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education said on Friday it would lay employees off as workforce cut notices began to go out on the tenth day of the federal government shutdown. The department confirmed the plan to Reuters but did not elaborate. (Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese)
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Bondi announces arrest of far-left activist who threatened commentator Benny Johnson
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that federal agents have arrested a man accused of sending a violent death threat through the mail to right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson and his wife, authorities said at a Tampa news conference. Standing before a podium at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, Florida, Bondi said the suspect, identified…
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Perspective: What we want are warriors
The unusual all-hands meeting of flag and general officers — FOGOs, or officers of one to four stars — convened by War Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, has concluded. Much of the speculation about the purpose of the meeting has proven to be overheated. For instance, the worst-case scenario imagined…
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Chicago woman shot multiple times by a US border patrol agent indicted by federal grand jury
By Renee Hickman CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Chicago woman shot multiple times by U.S. Border and Customs Protection agents was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors allege Marimar Martinez, 30, rammed the vehicle of federal agents with her own before they shot her, which…
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Cancer Research Is Improving, Extending, And Saving Lives
(NAPSI)—Good news: According to a recent report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), discoveries across basic, translational, and clinical research as well as population sciences are driving advances in cancer medicine and early detection, leading to a steady decline in the overall U.S. cancer death rate, and allowing more people to live longer…