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3 dead and dozens injured after tornado hits Texas city

At least three people were killed and more than 50 others were injured Thursday when a tornado struck the Texas Panhandle city of Perryton, officials said. The tornado hit Perryton, which has a population of around 8,500, around 5:10 p.m., said Trent Hoffeditz, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service …

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Ron DeSantis questions why Gavin Newsom won’t challenge Biden

WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have been increasingly trading barbs over immigration, education and cultural issues. On Thursday, DeSantis, who’s running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, taunted Newsom and asked why he won’t get into the race himself. “He has …

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott buses 42 migrants to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Forty-two migrants arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon after a nearly 24-hour bus ride from Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott called their removal “much-needed relief” for his state. “Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from …

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid

Another Florida man has filed paperwork to enter the 2024 presidential race. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who bills himself as a “unifier,” is poised to launch a long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Running on a record of attracting tech businesses to Florida, reducing crime and capturing the Hispanic …

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Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol

A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement. Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days of imprisonment for Paul Lovley, who lived in Halethorpe, Maryland. Lovley, 24, worked as an information technology specialist …

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Scenes from the Miami courthouse where Trump was arraigned

MIAMI — The largely peaceful protests outside the federal courthouse here where former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday consisted of several slow hours in sweltering heat — followed by a flurry of chaos when an opponent of Trump’s took off running after his motorcade. He didn’t get anywhere near …

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