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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses trib.al/2snHyiR
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses

A federal judge dismissed a DOJ lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.

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‘Please help us’: Savannah Guthrie issues new plea for help in mother’s kidnapping trib.al/zjjoJjg
‘Please help us’: Savannah Guthrie issues new plea for help in mother’s kidnapping

‘Please help us’: Savannah Guthrie issues new plea for help in mother’s kidnapping

A task force created to solve the crime is still chasing leads in an effort to find Nancy Guthrie. A reward for information is available.

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Pokémon Happy Meals are coming back to McDonald’s in a fun new way trib.al/kjR7n8R
Pokémon Happy Meals are coming back to McDonald’s in a fun new way

Pokémon Happy Meals are coming back to McDonald’s in a fun new way

New Pokémon toys in a Happy Meal? You gotta catch ’em all!

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What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period now underway trib.al/UoPqYiG
What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period now underway

What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period now underway

The sign-up window for the marketplace, also known as Obamacare, starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15.

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Heidi Klum reveals Halloween costume as her iconic party marks 25 years trib.al/sKm9Spo
Heidi Klum reveals Halloween costume as her iconic party marks 25 years

Heidi Klum reveals Halloween costume as her iconic party marks 25 years

Klum said it took about five to six hours to get into her hand costume this year, but making it took a lot longer.

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Chris Murphy: A timeline of the Connecticut senator's life and political career trib.al/I0AWDEp
Chris Murphy: A timeline of the Connecticut senator's life and political career

Chris Murphy: A timeline of the Connecticut senator's life and political career

As U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy recovers after suffering a stroke, here’s a look at the major moments that have shaped his life and career, including his rise through Connecticut politics, election to...

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2 masked men arrested after breaking into occupied Bridgeport home: Police trib.al/cPTYm7U
2 masked men arrested after breaking into occupied Bridgeport home: Police

2 masked men arrested after breaking into occupied Bridgeport home: Police

Two masked men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion in Bridgeport early Sunday morning, according to police. Police said the men forced their way into a home on Kent Avenue on the...

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4 dead, 15 injured in 3 Halloween night shootings in Dallas, Texas trib.al/wFowo8O
4 dead, 15 injured in 3 Halloween night shootings in Dallas, Texas

4 dead, 15 injured in 3 Halloween night shootings in Dallas, Texas

Police say multiple people were shot overnight in Dallas, with at least one person dead. Here's what we know so far and where calls came in.

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Does ‘falling back’ an hour hurt your heart? A doctor shares tips to get through trib.al/bCOom95
Does ‘falling back’ an hour hurt your heart? A doctor shares tips to get through

Does ‘falling back’ an hour hurt your heart? A doctor shares tips to get through

A doctor reveals the best way to deal with the end of daylight saving time and the changes it brings to daily routine.

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East Hampton man killed in crash on Route 15 South in Orange trib.al/smmmYxD
East Hampton man killed in crash on Route 15 South in Orange

East Hampton man killed in crash on Route 15 South in Orange

A man from East Hampton has died after a crash on Route 15 South in Orange on Halloween. State police said 38-year-old Dylan Barthell, of East Hampton, was in the left lane of the highway near exit...

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Your Monthly Checkup: Always tired? It could be sleep apnea trib.al/8H0EBp3
Your Monthly Checkup: Always tired? It could be sleep apnea

Your Monthly Checkup: Always tired? It could be sleep apnea

Doctors say the disorder can take a toll on your everyday life, but recognizing the signs and getting treatment can make a big difference.

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Top Vatican official says Pope Leo's cancer is a 'game-changer' for the papacy trib.al/0fK1jqd
Top Vatican official says Pope Leo's cancer is a 'game-changer' for the papacy

Top Vatican official says Pope Leo's cancer is a 'game-changer' for the papacy

"He is a poor mortal like the rest of us," Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, said.

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Israelis vote in tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu after 3 years of war trib.al/ci8N2ZC
Israelis vote in tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu after 3 years of war

Israelis vote in tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu after 3 years of war

Tuesday's vote is the first since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent wars in the Middle East. With no clear majority, coalition talks could take weeks.

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University of New Haven to hold memorial ceremony for student killed in wrong-way crash trib.al/irkkMQm
University of New Haven to hold memorial ceremony for student killed in wrong-way crash

University of New Haven to hold memorial ceremony for student killed in wrong-way crash

The school said the ceremony will honor the life and legacy of Ryan O’Shea ’27, who “embodied everything that is good about being a Charger.”

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Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, dies at 46 trib.al/zByI1mn
Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, dies at 46

Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, dies at 46

Eric Bauza, best known for voicing the lovable "Looney Tunes" characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died, his family said Monday.

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Suspect wanted for running down NJ cop caught near mom's Connecticut home trib.al/OFbTcI6
Suspect wanted for running down NJ cop caught near mom's Connecticut home

Suspect wanted for running down NJ cop caught near mom's Connecticut home

Two officers were recovering at a hospital in New Jersey overnight after one opened fire on the fleeing driver.

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Home sellers are lowering their price and helping buyers to make a deal in a stagnant market trib.al/wXEamYr
Home sellers are lowering their price and helping buyers to make a deal in a stagnant market

Home sellers are lowering their price and helping buyers to make a deal in a stagnant market

A stagnant housing market hampered by surging mortgage rates, years of soaring home prices and an economy undercut by rising inflation has many sellers stuck in limbo as homes go months without an...

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Lay’s wants us to eat Thanksgiving dinner by the handful, so I tried the new chips trib.al/txQdxSV
Lay’s wants us to eat Thanksgiving dinner by the handful, so I tried the new chips

Lay’s wants us to eat Thanksgiving dinner by the handful, so I tried the new chips

One of the flavors is, frankly, cranberry sauce-worthy.

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Flu activity is ramping up early this year. Is a mutated H1N1 strain to blame? trib.al/3oLnKY7
Flu activity is ramping up early this year. Is a mutated H1N1 strain to blame?

Flu activity is ramping up early this year. Is a mutated H1N1 strain to blame?

If H1N1 sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the infamous “swine flu” strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says America is ready to elect a woman trib.al/wv7aDSs
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says America is ready to elect a woman

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says America is ready to elect a woman

Whitmer responded to comments by Michelle Obama last year that voters aren’t ready to elect a female president and did not deny a potential 2028 run.

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