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What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Kamala Harris shifted positions on them
WASHINGTON - As California's attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it....
‘I don’t want to die,’ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shooting
DALLAS - As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres' fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help...
Kamala Harris introduces Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate at Philadelphia rally
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, turning to an affable longtime...
Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery around Pablo Gonzalez’s double life
WARSAW, Poland - When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reporters from around the world rushed to the Polish-Ukrainian border to...
U.K. police face far-right rioters seeking to enter hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers
London, England - Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right...
She wanted ‘the world’ for her daughter. Instead, she got a landmark prison sentence
Brisbane, Australia -WARNING: Readers may find some of the details in this story to be disturbing. Ruqia Haidari was the...
Donald Trump says he will debate VP Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed to debate Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4,...
Man dies parachuting on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - A man died at Grand Canyon National Park after attempting the high-risk parachute leap from Yavapai Point...
Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui fires reach US$4B global settlement, court filings say
HONOLULU - The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a US$4-billion global settlement, a court...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation Now Playing
BEIRUT - Hamas' top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant...
