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Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, released a letter from her doctor on Saturday that pronounced her in good health and fit for high office, in an effort to draw a contrast with her counterpart, Donald Trump.In a memo distributed by the White House, the vice president's physician, Joshua Simmons, said Harris's most recent physical exam in April was "unremarkable," that she maintains an active lifestyle and "very healthy diet" despite a busy schedule, suffers from seasonal allergies and sporadic hives, does not use tobacco and drinks alcohol only in moderation."S

As parts of Florida went dark from Helene and Milton, the lights stayed on in this net-zero, storm-proof community

SpaceX gets approval for Starship launch amid standoff with FAA

Science|Technology|US

FAA approves SpaceX Starship 5 flight set for Sunday

The Federal Aviation Administration approved a license on Saturday for the launch of SpaceX's Starship 5 set for Sunday after earlier saying it did not expect to make a decision until late November.Reuters first reported this week the faster than expected timetable after the FAA in September had suggested a much longer review.SpaceX is targeting Sunday for the launch and said a 30-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT (1200 GMT)The FAA said on Saturday SpaceX had "met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight" for the fifth test of the Stars

How abortion rights and immigration are shaping the race for Arizona’s 11 electoral votes

‘A crisis’: Medical students from abortion ban states turn to papayas to practice lifesaving procedures

Europe|Political

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of the century and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in the 2014 referendum, died in the North Macedonia lake-resort town of Ohrid, local media reported. “Unfortunately, Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who was one of the panellists at ye

Why is Donald Trump campaigning in California, a state he's almost certain to lose?

New York Times: Trump made offensive remark about Harris’ mental acuity at dinner with donors

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Health|Political|US

Doctor deems Harris in 'excellent health.' Her team aims to contrast with Trump's scant medical info

Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter released Saturday that summarizes her medical history and status. Dr. Joshua Simmons, an Army colonel and physician to the vice president, wrote that Harris, 59, maintains a healthy, active lifestyle and that her most recent physical last April was “unremarkable.” She “possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include th

Business|Opinion|US

Walz tries to burnish his everyman image with trip home to Minnesota

As a high school marching band played a rendition of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked down the 50-yard line at Friday’s crosstown rivalry football game between Mankato East High School and Mankato West High School. Walz, accompanying the latter team’s captains, received an introduction that would work equally well at a campaign rally.“Joining them for the coin toss,” said the announcer at Minnesota State University-Mankato’s Blakeslee Stadium, “former Mankato West defensive coordinator, decadelong geography teacher, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Body parts found in Colorado freezer identified as 16-year-old girl, missing since 2005

Should California's minimum wage be $18? Voters will soon decide

Environment|US|World

Floods, blackouts and gas shortages: Florida faces headwinds in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton

On a dark September night, a fierce storm jolted Florida with winds and torrential rainfall. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton has roared through the state, mercilessly hampering recovery efforts already underway.After Helene’s strong winds, heavy rains and a wall of water took 20 lives in the state along its path from south to north, Milton has claimed at least 17 more, bringing the ocean’s fury ashore with several feet of storm surge, three months worth of rain in three hours to some areas and a deadly tornado outbreak as it churned from west to east.The trail of destruction al

US|World

Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage

Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton, many of whom were journeying home after fleeing hundreds of miles to escape the storm, spent much of Saturday searching for gas as a fuel shortage gripped the state. In St. Petersburg, scores of people lined up at a station that had no gas, hoping it would arrive soon. Among them was Daniel Thornton and his 9-year-old daughter Magnolia, who arrived at the station at 7 a.m. and were still waiting four hours later. “They told me they have gas coming but they don’t know when it’s going to be here,” he said. “I hav

Biden administration sues Virginia over voter purge program

Florida residents are returning to flooded streets and homes gone after Milton

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MidEast|World

Hezbollah's priority is defeating Israel, open to efforts to stop the attacks, group's official

Hezbollah's priority right now is defeating Israel militarily but it is open to any efforts to stop "the aggression", the head of Lebanese group's media office, Mohammad Afif, said on Friday.The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has intensified in recent weeks, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon, Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, killing many of Hezbollah's top leaders, and sending ground troops into areas of southern Lebanon.Hezbollah for its part has fired rockets deeper into Israel."Tel Aviv is only the start, Israel has only seen so little," Afif said in a televise

US|World

Biden warns hurricane-relief funding needed soon as he calls on Congress to ‘step up’

President Joe Biden and other leaders are warning that Congress will soon need to pass additional funding to fill the federal government’s rapidly dwindling disaster-relief coffers after two major hurricanes slammed into the Southeastern US.While officials have stressed that the federal government has enough funds to address immediate needs that have risen from hurricanes Milton and Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund has been dwindling quickly as the agency has had to address two devastating hurricanes in quick succession — on top of what has been a hi

Nearly a dozen members of a single North Carolina family were killed by Hurricane Helene

Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues

Crime|Travel|World

Fugitive father on the run with 3 children in one of the world’s wildest regions

The man wore camouflage gear, a long beard protruding below a mask. His features were hidden, but when New Zealand police saw the video showing three figures walking behind him, one name came instantly to mind.Fugitive Thomas Callam Phillips has been evading police for three years since disappearing with his children Ember, Maverick and Jayda – now 8, 9 and 11 – into the rugged wilderness of the country’s North Island during a bitter family split in December 2021.At first Phillips was wanted for failing to appear in court on charges of wasting police resources but, three years on, his c

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'Surreal': CNN goes inside flooded home where the water level is still rising

There wasn’t much more than a pile of debris from shattered homes when Vickie Ward returned Friday to her Grove City, Florida, neighborhood after Hurricane Milton.“We have stuff in our yard, I don’t even know where it belongs because it’s people’s debris from the last one (Hurricane Helene) that just never got picked up,” Ward said, describing the damage in her coastal town located about one hour northwest of Fort Myers.Ward is among thousands of residents in the Sunshine State who are starting to return to their homes to assess the impact of Milton’s destructive force. The hurr