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                        <![CDATA[‘Off the charts’: How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:49 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Kamala Harris is set for her first Fox News interview. What to know.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 08:25 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Harris seeks to appeal to GOP with Pa. rally]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:50 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Project 2025 ex-director condemns Heritage president’s ‘violent rhetoric’]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:50 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Would you be fooled by deepfakes of Trump and Harris? Test yourself.]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2024/ai-voice-detection-trump-harris-deepfake-election/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 06:05 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has made it easy to copy someone’s voice, allowing thousands of audio impersonations to flood the internet.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Israel strikes southern Beirut; U.S. demands restraint in Lebanon, aid for Gaza]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:56 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Israeli forces hit the Lebanese capital for the first time in days despite warnings hours earlier that the U.S. opposed the scope of Israel’s bombing campaign.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[How Asheville residents survive without running water, weeks after Helene]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:10 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[It is likely to still be weeks or months before taps in this part of Appalachia begin flowing with clean, potable water.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Son writes hilarious, loving obituary for his dad: ‘He is God’s problem now’]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/10/16/robert-boehm-texas-funny-obituary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:06 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[A few weird tricks to fix Congress]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 05:46 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[the Editorial Board]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Tweaks to how the legislature does business are both within reach and sorely needed.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Think hard, Republicans. You really want to do this again?]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/gop-election-denial-liz-cheney-after-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[Matt Bai]]>
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                        <![CDATA[If Harris wins, the GOP would be sabotaging a bright future by not conceding that Trump lost.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Doritos and cocaine: Harris and Trump try out podcast populism]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 03:59 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[Charles Lane, Perry Bacon Jr. and Molly Roberts]]>
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                        <![CDATA[In the final stretch of the presidential campaign, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are turning to popular lifestyle and comedy podcasts to woo different audiences. We were curious whether the candidates sounded any different in these environments than at their rallies. So columnists Charles Lane, Molly Roberts and Perry Bacon listened in and discussed what they learned.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Democrats thought their Senate hopes were dead. They were just in Nebraska.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 07:51 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[David Von Drehle]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Dan Osborn, an independent, could win the state’s Senate race — and determine control of the chamber.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[What Hamas hoped would happen after Oct. 7]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/15/hamas-israel-intelligence-iran-oct-7-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 07:40 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[David Ignatius]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The group wanted its terrorist attack to spark a wider war. That should give Israel pause.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Democracy woes: When getting indicted wins votes]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/dc-council-trayon-white/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:19 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[Marc Fisher]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Voters in D.C.’s poorest ward will re-elect D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. despite his indictment on bribery charges. Why?]]>
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                        <![CDATA[China is trying to fix its economy — except the real problem]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/china-deflation-consumption-economy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
                      <dc:creator>
                          <![CDATA[Keith B. Richburg]]>
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                        <![CDATA[A new stimulus package won’t stem China’s deflationary spiral. There is only one solution.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Marijuana use is rising. The government needs to correct its mistake.]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/marijuana-harms-national-academies-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:52 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                          <![CDATA[Leana S. Wen]]>
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                        <![CDATA[A new report details federal actions to protect the public from the harms of cannabis.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/marijuana-harms-national-academies-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Footage of Phoenix police punching, Tasering deaf Black man sparks probe]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 05:15 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Outrage over the footage comes on the heels of a Justice Department report that found Phoenix police use excessive force and racially discriminate.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Zelensky reveals ‘victory plan,’ calls for urgent NATO membership]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/16/zelensky-victory-plan-ukraine-nato-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The plan includes permission for strikes inside Russia and assistance with air defenses, but Western reaction to it has been muted so far.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Texas man faces execution despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/16/robert-roberson-execution-texas-shaken-baby-syndrome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 08:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Robert Roberson of Texas is scheduled to die by lethal injection despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome, the scientific theory used to convict him in the death of his daughter.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Georgia judge blocks requirement that counties hand-count ballots]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/15/georgia-judge-certify-election-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 10:23 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The decision is a defeat for allies of former president Donald Trump who sought to empower local leaders to hold up the outcome of the vote this year.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[CEO pay fell last year. It’s still way higher than yours.]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/16/ceo-executive-pay-compensation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:05 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Despite the dip in 2023, CEOs were still paid 290 times what the average worker earned that year, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[In D.C. court, the Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza disputes continue]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/15/olivia-nuzzi-ryan-lizza-court-hearing-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 08:00 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday set a Nov. 19 trial date that will take up harassment allegations and other claims in the ongoing imbroglio between two star reporters.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Aaron Judge weighs in, and the Yankees grab control of the ALCS]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/15/aaron-judge-yankees-guardians-alcs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:30 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Judge blasted a two-run homer as the Yankees beat the Guardians, 6-3, at Yankee Stadium.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Vance falsely claims Trump ‘didn’t go after’ his enemies]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/16/vance-falsely-claims-trump-didnt-go-after-his-enemies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[We identify a dozen examples of Donald Trump demanding probes, but they all fell short because of lack of evidence.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Tiny changes in polls are overhyped. Here’s what really matters.]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/16/mailbag-polling-voter-turnout-hamas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Plus: Hamas documents reveal much. Settlement renounces the “big lie.”]]>
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                        <![CDATA[One in 6 presidential votes will likely be cast by mail for Harris]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/16/vote-counting-presidential-election/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Prepare for another election cycle in which the initial results are misleading.]]>
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                      <title>
                        <![CDATA[McDonald’s new Chicken Big Mac is a bland, beige mess]]>
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                      <![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/10/16/mcdonalds-chicken-big-mac-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:11 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[McDonald’s answered consumers’ call for more chicken options with a riff on its iconic burger that falls short of the competition.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Trump is now a politician with a side job, as his stumbling in an interview at the Economic Club of Chicago put on full display.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The Miami Heat forward reflects on his public mental health journey and says he is “more comfortable in my own skin.”]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[“The Silenced Muse,” by Sara Fitzgerald, offers an unusual look at the “Waste Land” poet, as seen through letters he wrote to the actress Emily Hale.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 12:01 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Many Americans are ‘car poor’ from their auto loans. Here’s why.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 07:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Nearly 1 in 4 consumers owe more on such loans than the vehicle is worth, pushing the national average for upside-down balances to a record high north of $6,400.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Mariah Carey is the latest to join the crusade against overhead lighting]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 07:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Mariah Carey issued the latest salvo against the “hideous” lighting from the big light. But there is a way to do overhead lighting right.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[8 ways to find a cheaper hotel room]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 01:22 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[U.S. hotel rates are way up. To get a deal, put your credit card points to work, book at the right time or consider a “surprise” site.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Trump’s erratic endgame: Dark threats, personal insults and some dancing]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 12:13 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[With three weeks left until Election Day, the former president is running an unorthodox campaign.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Control of the Senate rests on Tester’s appeal in a changing Montana]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 07:33 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Jon Tester faces off against Republican challenger Tim Sheehy in critical Montana senate race.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Elon Musk gives $75M to his own America PAC in push to elect Trump]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:50 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The contribution marks billionaire Elon Musk’s latest show of support for former president Donald Trump in the final stretch before the election.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Here’s how Donald Trump would lower grocery prices, in his own words]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 03:40 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[During Donald Trump’s town hall in Pennsylvania, an attendee asked about grocery bills and inflation. Here is Trump’s response in its entirety.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Harris urges Black Americans not to be fooled into sitting out the race]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 03:49 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance with radio host Charlamagne tha God comes amid efforts to boost turnout among Black voters.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Nebraska voters to choose between historic, dueling abortion questions]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The competing measures have drawn intense attention and are likely to drive voter turnout in a way that could even affect the outcome of the presidential race.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The deal reopening Three Mile Island to power AI]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 04:56 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The 1979 partial meltdown of the power plant was the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. Now, 45 years later, the plant’s operator is in talks to reopen, with one customer purchasing all its power: Microsoft.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Justice Dept. to monitor voting in Ohio county over intimidation concerns]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 09:08 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The county’s sheriff last month told residents to collect the addresses of homes displaying signs for Vice President Kamala Harris.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Military grants honorable discharges to some ousted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 07:51 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The change will give those former military members access to benefits that had been denied because of their dishonorable-discharge status.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[How a ‘climate of chaos’ went unchecked at a maximum-security psychiatric hospital]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 03:49 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[A Washington Post investigation found that officials didn’t act on staff complaints about facility violence, which culminated in a patient brawl, rape and death.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[At least 94 killed, 50 injured in fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 07:11 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The driver of the tanker lost control of the vehicle, which tipped over and caused the tank to explode.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Tourist dies trying to climb Spanish bridge for social media content]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 04:22 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The 26-year-old British man died while climbing the roughly 600-foot Castilla-La Mancha bridge, an act local authorities say is prohibited.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[‘Stunning’ hidden tomb found at Petra site featured in ‘Indiana Jones’]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 05:59 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Underneath the Treasury in Petra, Jordan, archaeologists found remains and a ceramic vessel some said looked similar to the “Holy Grail” depicted in “Indiana Jones.”]]>
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                        <![CDATA[As U.S. election nears, gloom settles over Ukraine]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory plan will likely be a far cry from the outright “victory” many hoped for, as cynicism and fatigue set in among Ukraine’s western allies.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Sudan’s civil war fueled by secret arms shipments from UAE and Iran]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 05:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Both the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military are supported from abroad.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Climate change may be coming for your house. Look up your level of risk.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 02:10 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of their biggest asset.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Everyone loves rooftop solar panels. But there’s a problem.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[One of the most popular methods to cut fossil fuel emissions and generate clean energy may be a mixed bag.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Tropical Storm Nadine could form in the Atlantic later this week]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 04:06 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[For now, the system does not appear to be a threat to the mainland United States, and the odds of anything making it into the Gulf of Mexico are low.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The perks of EV chargers for the businesses next door]]>
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                      <pubDate>Mon, October 14, 2024 at 02:01 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[EV chargers aren’t very profitable. But a new study shows they boost sales for nearby businesses, which could help keep them afloat.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[After 3 hurricanes in 2 years, Fort Myers Beach residents wonder if it’s time to let go]]>
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                      <pubDate>Mon, October 14, 2024 at 08:24 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[As residents had to grit through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, many were reminded of the devastation from Hurricane Ian.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[And why the backlash to Meta AI, LinkedIn and PayPal’s new advertising business is a healthy thing.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[OpenAI’s Ben Nimmo is being relied on to ferret out foreign adversaries who are using ChatGPT to spread election-related misinformation and stoke chaos.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 05:24 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[BrucePac, which produces precooked meat and poultry items, is recalling some products from retailers including Walmart, Target, Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Kroger.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma is signaling they intend to challenge the use of public nuisance laws.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Mon, October 14, 2024 at 09:09 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Flooding at a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina affected the supply chain.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 10:06 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Some estimates attribute as many as 20 percent of cancer cases to infectious agents, such as Epstein-Barr virus and hepatitis B.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 08:10 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Beyond the cancer risk, most of the skin changes we see as we get older don’t come from the aging process but from the sun’s UV rays.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[If we don’t figure out how to deal with the (occasionally grating) humanity of the people we wish to be close to, we are resigning ourselves to loneliness.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Former GOP Rep. Riggleman endorses Democratic Sen. Kaine of Virginia]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 06:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The former congressman, who has split with the GOP over election denial, has crossed party lines before, backing Vice President Kamala Harris.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 06:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The Maryland Attorney General’s Office declined to prosecute Prince George’s County police officer Braxton Shelton in the fatal shooting of Melvin Jay.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 11:53 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[There’s plenty to pay attention to in D.C.’s elections, with perhaps the biggest being the initiative that would bring ranked-choice voting to the city.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[House in Northern Virginia explodes after gas leak reported]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 02:08 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[The home had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 05:00 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[We start today with some frost in our north and west suburbs and should see a repeat performance tomorrow morning.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, October 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[Scoring in the NFL is nearly back to its traditional “sweet spot” of about 45 points per game, while the new kickoff format probably will still be tweaked.]]>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, October 15, 2024 at 06:51 PM EDT</pubDate>
                      
                    
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                        <![CDATA[As the NFC East outlook has rapidly changed, the Washington Commanders have gone from afterthought to the division favorite.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[Curt Cignetti keeps it simple. What he’s done at Indiana is remarkable.]]>
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                        <![CDATA[The straight-talking coach doesn’t over-complicate things, and in his first season in Bloomington, the Hoosiers are off to one of their best starts ever.]]>
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