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The Arizona Republican tweeted an altered video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging swords at President Biden.
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The court ruled Tuesday that the law passed in 2018 violated E.U. law by criminalizing people who help migrants and refugees apply for asylum.
Migrants clash with Polish law enforcement officers as they attempt to cross into Poland from Belarus at the Kuznica border crossing on Tuesday. (AFP/Getty Images)
The violence, which had died down by midafternoon, came just a day after the E.U. agreed to impose new sanctions against Belarus, which it accuses of using vulnerable refugees and migrants to launch a “hybrid attack” on its borders.
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Workers picket outside a John Deere facility last month in East Moline, Ill. (Getty Images)
About 10,000 Deere workers in multiple states have rejected two contract offers and are set to vote on a third Wednesday. The historic Deere strikes, the first since 1986, are a stark example of the effect the pandemic has had on the economy, upending supply and demand and workers' attitudes.
Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the court should uphold the decision, and by a similar margin they oppose Texas’s restrictive law, according to a Post-ABC News poll.
High winds and low humidity levels spurred a high fire danger in the western Plains, Rocky Mountains and even as far south as eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and other investors, alleges the company misled the public about its products.
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Initial reports underestimated job growth by a cumulative 626,000 over four months, feeding a narrative of economic stagnation that was debunked as additional data was released.
The mayor said it’s time to let residents choose whether to wear masks in their office buildings, retail stores and many other places. Some hope the change will help retailers struggling in a downtown that still resembles a ghost town most days.
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The process has intensified divides among Democrats in the county.
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The wheelset inspections are taking place more frequently as the transit agency searches for ways to get suspended trains back in service.
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