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Joe Biden has said he is “surging every federal resource possible” to tackle the LA fires. In a post on X, the US president said that included hundreds of federal firefighters, 30 firefighting helicopters and planes, and 500 military ground-clearing personnel. In a separate post, he said the federal government would cover “100% of the…
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Two ballot boxes were burned in Washington and Oregon on Monday, possibly damaging hundreds of mail-in votes with only about a week to go before Election Day. The Portland Police Bureau responded to reports of a fire in the Buckman neighborhood of the city at about 3:30 a.m. The fire had been extinguished by security personnel who work in…
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A government minister who avoided being murdered “by the skin of my teeth” is stepping down as an MP at the next general election over fears for his personal safety. Mike Freer, Conservative MP for the north London constituency of Finchley and Golders Green, has faced a series of death threats and was targeted by Ali Harbi…
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A few days after the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was set ablaze by unknown gunmen in IMO State, another facility belonging to the commission has been burnt down. The development was disclosed on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. In a statement, Okoye…
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The mother of a 9-year-old accused of setting an Illinois mobile home fire in April that killed five family members is speaking out—and she wants people to know her son is “not a monster.” The 28-year-old mom, IDed by the Chicago Tribune as Katie Alwood, concedes her son made a “terrible mistake,” but that he’s just “a child,” and…
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Few weeks ago, a man named Chen Man from China’s Sichuan Province was released from prison amid tears and hugs from his aged mother. The man had spent 23 years in jail and was released for lack of evidence. He was wrongly convicted for arson and murder. Chen filed an appeal with a Hainan court…
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