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Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat linked to a Listeria outbreak

5:35pm July 26, 2024

by Lola Murti

The Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement Friday. There are 34 cases of Listeria from deli meat across 13 states, including two people who died of Thursday, according to the CDC.

Former Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praises former Clerk of the House of Representatives Cheryl Johnson as she was honored with the United States Capitol Historical Society's Freedom Award in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2024.

A year after her speakership, Nancy Pelosi's influence remains strong

4:58pm July 26, 2024

Among the many Democratic Party insiders who publicly or privately urged President Joe Biden to reconsider running for reelection, one played an outsized role: Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi is 84 years old — older than Biden — and no longer in House leadership.

But her part in the pressure campaign that led to a change in the Democratic ticket shows: she is still very much a leader, and her political pull remains strong.

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California is ordering state agencies to start clearing out homeless encampments

4:45pm July 26, 2024

Gov. Newsom is encouraging cities and counties to do the same. The move comes a month after a Supreme Court ruling made it easier to force people to move even if they have nowhere else to go.

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The Park Fire in Northern California is now the state’s largest this year

4:45pm July 26, 2024

by Alec Stutson

A rapidly growing wind-driven wildfire that started Wednesday evening near Chico, Calif., has exploded in size, forcing thousands to evacuate.

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Police departments are offering big raises. Does it work?

3:37pm July 26, 2024

by Meg Anderson

Police officers in many U.S. cities have recently gotten large pay boosts. Departments are offering these raises to combat understaffing, but some say the money won’t help.

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Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires in the West

8:10am July 26, 2024

by The Associated Press

As evacuations continued in California, some Oregon residents were cleared to return home after a storm dropped welcome rain but also potentially dangerous lightning on the biggest blaze in the U.S.

'Deadpool & Wolverine' is a self-cannibalizing slog

7:00am July 26, 2024

by Justin Chang

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have good, thorny chemistry in this odd-couple action hero flick. But brand extension disguised as a satire of brand extension is still just ... brand extension.

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Martin Indyk, former U.S. diplomat and author, dies at 73

6:17am July 26, 2024

Veteran diplomat Martin S. Indyk, an author and leader at prominent U.S. think tanks who devoted years to finding a path toward peace in the Middle East, died Thursday. He was 73.

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Martin Indyk, former U.S. diplomat and author, dies at 73

6:17am July 26, 2024

Veteran diplomat Martin S. Indyk, an author and leader at prominent U.S. think tanks who devoted years to finding a path toward peace in the Middle East, died Thursday. He was 73.

From Obama to Harris, a look at what's changed

6:00am July 26, 2024

As Kamala Harris nears the Democratic party’s nomination, the mood around her candidacy seems less breathless than in 2008. Code Switch digs into what a Black president would mean this time.