Author: The Gazette
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Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces intercepted its boats
By Enas Alashray (Reuters) -A group of vessels attempting to deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters on Wednesday, the coalition behind the convoy said, the second such interception in the past week. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is an international network of pro-Palestinian activist groups that…
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Supreme Court is skeptical of Colorado’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban
Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers for Colorado on Tuesday over the state’s argument that counselors giving talk therapy should be subjected to the same medical regulations as doctors and therefore do not accrue First Amendment protections. In Chiles v. Salazar, the justices heard a case involving Kaley Chiles, a licensed counselor in Colorado, who claims that the state’s law banning…
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The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered a key pathway the body uses to keep the immune system in check, called…
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Gold zooms past $4,000 for first time in historic flight to safety
By Anmol Choubey (Reuters) -Gold raced past $4,000 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday as investors piled into a historic rally in the safe haven to hedge against global economic and geopolitical uncertainties, while also betting on U.S. interest rate cuts. Spot gold was up 1.4% at $4,039.10 per ounce by 0820 GMT.…
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Matt Van Epps wins GOP nomination to replace Mark Green in Congress
Republican Matt Van Epps is one step closer to the halls of Congress after winning the GOP nomination to replace former Tennessee GOP Rep. Mark Green in the House on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for Van Epps at 8:40 p.m., 40 minutes after polls closed. Van Epps defeated nine other candidates in…
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Peak Performer: Fountain-Fort Carson running back Da’Kari Releford Jr. continues school’s tradition of dominant running backs
Da’Kari Releford Jr.’s father gave the younger Releford the nickname “The Flash” when he was a kid. “He was always running around and has been super fast his whole life,” the senior Releford said. Releford, who now goes by “D.K.” has embodied “The Flash” nickname as a starting running back for Fountain-Fort Carson, a coveted…
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All stranded Everest hikers evacuated from remote Tibetan valley
BEIJING (Reuters) -Rescuers guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety on Tuesday, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities said, ending one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the region. Hundreds of hikers were stranded in deep snow over the weekend in the isolated…
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Thune knocks Jeffries over Obamacare subsidy demands: ‘Living in dream world’
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) accused House Democrats of living in a “dream world” after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ruled out a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies. “Laying out demands like that, that are unrealistic and unserious, doesn’t help anybody. It doesn’t help their cause,” Thune told the Washington Examiner on…
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Federal shutdown spurs Denver flight delays as rural air subsidies set to expire Sunday Denver International Airport officials anticipate that more than 938,000 passengers will travel through airport checkpoints between Oct. 9 and Oct. 20, a 5.5% increase over the same time period in 2024. Lawmakers, meanwhile, continue to disagree on funding the federal government,…
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Senate confirms Herschel Walker and 106 other nominees in largest bloc vote to date
Herschel Walker is headed to the Bahamas after the Senate confirmed 107 nominees to posts in the Trump administration. Walker, the scandal-ridden ex-Senate candidate, is one of more than two dozen ambassadors approved in a bloc vote Tuesday, the second since Republicans changed Senate rules to allow multiple nominees to be voted on at once.…