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GOP official’s wife convicted in months-long 2020 voter-fraud scheme

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Many now see Haley as Trump’s top GOP challenger. She faces hurdles ahead.

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Soaking Mid-Atlantic storm brings drought relief

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These look like prizewinning photos. They’re AI fakes.

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60 years later, a Secret Service agent grapples with JFK assassination

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Louisville bank shooter killed 5 people to highlight gun laws, police report shows

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