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Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is facing a wave of criticism over his remarks about suburban women and abortion heading into the homestretch of the competitive race. Moreno said at a town hall in Warren County on Friday that many "suburban women" are "single-issue voters" when it comes to abortion. “You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. Ohio voters in November passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution.

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“Those cities are gone, they’re gone, and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refused to make a deal, Zelensky. The comments come at the same time as a rising furor on Capitol Hill over the Ukrainian president among Republicans. Republican leaders are so far declining to meet Zelensky while he is in Washington, DC, while Democrats are embracing the opportunity. A deal could have been made if we had a competent President,” Trump said. It’s just sloganeering.”Vance’s Republican colleagues in the Senate sent a clear message to the Ukrainian president when asked about the remark on Wednesday.

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☆ László Csongrádi: Olympic champion offers to bequeath stolen gold medal to thief in his will if returned
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Former Hungarian fencer László Csongrádi has been left so distraught by the theft of his Olympic gold medal that he has offered to leave it to the thief in his will if it is returned. Csongrádi, 65, won the Olympic gold in the men’s team sabre competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. “For two weeks, I can’t calm down and be happy because everything reminds me of my stolen Olympic gold medal,” Csongrádi told Hungary’s Sportal website. “He could have taken other important things, but for some reason (the medal) was all he was interested in,” he added. “The thief touched many things, many fingerprints were left behind, but there is nothing to identify them.

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☆ 50 Cent’s Diddy docuseries is heading to Netflix
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ biggest critics has announced he has a docuseries coming about the embroiled producer’s legal issues. Rapper and actor 50 Cent shared on social media Wednesday a Variety report that states his project about Combs has found a home at Netflix. “I been telling y’all about all this weird s**t, I don’t do NO puffy party’s,” 50 Cent wrote in the caption. 50 Cent has also said he believes Combs is connected to the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. CNN has reached out to representatives for both 50 Cent and Netflix for comment.

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☆ Another unforced error by Boeing is souring the new boss’ good vibes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Less than two months into his tenure as CEO, Ortberg has largely understood the assignment. See here: We’re nearly two weeks into a strike by Boeing’s largest labor union. Initially, Ortberg seemed to have buy-in from labor leaders, who publicly acknowledged that the new boss was walking into a conflict that predated him by 16 years. All of that gave the new boss, who spent his first day at work touring a factory floor, a kind of pro-labor halo. “This tactic is a blatant show of disrespect” to union members and the bargaining process, the International Association of Machinists wrote Monday.

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☆ Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Madison, Wisconsin CNN —The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard hat and used a dolly to cart away a drop box outside City Hall. Drop boxes were widely used in 2020, fueled by a dramatic increase in absentee voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wausau, with about 40,000 people, was among the cities that did not use an absentee drop box in the August state primary. The Wausau drop box was under video surveillance but had not yet been bolted down. Wausau resident Pamela Bannister, speaking at a city council meeting Tuesday night, called for Diny to apologize and return the drop box.

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Engineer Don Kramer is slated to testify as the investigation continues into the implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible. The Coast Guard opened a public hearing earlier this month that is part of a high level investigation into the cause of the implosion. Coast Guard officials noted at the start of the hearing that the submersible had not been independently reviewed, as is standard practice. Wreckage of the Titan was subsequently found on the ocean floor about 330 yards (300 meters) off the bow of the Titanic, Coast Guard officials said. OceanGate said it has been fully cooperating with the Coast Guard and NTSB investigations since they began.

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☆ Pop star Chappell Roan says she’ll vote for Harris after previously waffling on 2024 election choice
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Donald Judd | Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“If you come to my shows, if you read my full interviews, if you literally know anything about me and for what I stand for. “So yeah – I’m voting for f**king Kamala, but I’m not settling for what has been offered, because that’s questionable.”CNN has reached out to the Harris campaign. A representative for Roan declined to comment further when contacted by CNN. The saga marks the latest example of the tightrope celebrities in the age of TikTok and social media have had to tread in voicing their support – or silence – on politics. After Swift endorsed Harris, the superstar faced backlash from Trump, who told Fox News that he “was not a Taylor Swift fan” and said that she will “probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”

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CNN —The United States is working urgently on a plan to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, according to three sources familiar with the matter, as officials eye with deepening concern the prospects of a widening conflict. The efforts come as Israel’s top general said Wednesday that the Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground incursion into Lebanon. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for his government to engage with the US efforts, an Israeli official told CNN. Amos Hochstein, a senior White House adviser, is involved, the source said, adding that the Americans are not talking to Hezbollah directly. Because while there’s a very legitimate issue here, we don’t think that war is the solution,” he told NBC News.

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☆ Korean adoptees say they were ‘commodified’ and governments ignored fraud, investigation finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“It showed the callous way in which children going to the US. At a hearing in 1977, a U.S. congressman asked why so many children were still coming from South Korea. But with hundreds of stories to verify in a single week, only a tiny fraction of adoptions were denied. How is that possible?” said Susan Jacobs, a retired State Department official who has worked on adoption reform efforts. Robert Ackerman, immigration attache at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, told reporters in 1988 that he had heard allegations of birth mothers being bribed.

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SKIP AHEAD How I tried the Apple Watch Series 9 | Why I love the Apple Watch Series 9 | What I don’t love about the Apple Watch Series 9 | What’s Apple’s return policy? What to know about the Apple Watch Series 9The Apple Watch Series 9 replaces last year’s Series 8 model, one of our favorite smartwatches and fitness trackers. What I like about the Apple Watch Series 9Like its predecessors, the Apple Watch Series 9 is easy to use. What I don’t love about the Apple Watch Series 9Out of the box, the Apple Watch has always been smart, notifying me about everything — my group texts, multiple email inboxes, reminders to stand up and more. Only products purchased directly from Apple, either online or at an Apple store, can be returned to Apple — an Apple Watch purchased through Amazon follows Amazon’s return policy.

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Tens of thousands of people fled southern Lebanon on Tuesday as Israel intensified an aerial assault that inflicted the country's deadliest day since war nearly two decades ago, while Hezbollah launched a new barrage of cross-border fire. Nearly 500 people were killed in Lebanon on Monday, according to local health officials, marking the deadliest Israeli bombardment of the country since Israel's 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006. Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP - Getty ImagesThe Israeli military had issued warnings for residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate certain areas, spurring thousands of people to flee their homes. Scenes of families fleeing southern Lebanon and of fiery explosions filling the skyline fueled global fears of an all-out regional conflict. However, in a briefing Monday, an Israeli military official said a halt in fire from Hezbollah would not be enough to end Israel’s strikes on Lebanon.

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☆ Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie: ‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Twenty-two months in total isolation, denied books, denied paper, my cell constantly searched, nothing at all to sustain my mind. Let me put it this way, turning anything in my life into something other people can watch, pains me. Nigerian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Wole Soyinka poses for a portrait in Johannesburg on April 4, 2024. But it was grand when one after the other (African Nobel winners) began to come in. WS: If Branson came now and said, I’ve found space for you, I would terminate this interview right now.

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☆ Bills’ Damar Hamlin gets first career interception
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's miraculous comeback reached another milestone Monday as he grabbed his first career interception. Hamlin is in his fourth season with Buffalo, but it’s his first season as a starting safety. He earned the spot in training camp after the Bills parted ways with their previous starting safeties in the offseason. Hamlin’s first career interception came 20 months after his near-fatal injury against the Cincinnati Bengals, which was also a "Monday Night Football" game. It’s another thing to come back off of what he came back off of, right?” Bills coach Sean McDermott said before the team’s season opener.

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☆ Trump plays the fear card on the economy – and it seems to be working
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

In another twist of his extreme rhetoric, Trump also seems to be seeking scapegoats should he lose the election in just over 40 days. Last week, at an event on antisemitism, the former president warned that “the Jewish people” would be partly to blame if he loses in November. As president, I have to be your protector.”Former President Donald Trump holds a fighting antisemitism event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on August 15, 2024, in Bedminster, New Jersey. On Monday, the former president warned that if Congress tried to block him from imposing new tariffs on China, he’d just ignore lawmakers. Like Trump, Harris argues that US Steel should remain American owned in opposing a sale to Nippon Steel — Japan’s biggest steelmaker.

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☆ Rafael Nadal added to Spain’s Davis Cup team after injury issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain’s Davis Cup team for the Final Eight matches in November, organizers announced Monday. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images 2007 — In 2007, the then 20-year-old Nadal's status as the 'King of Clay' was sealed. At that year's French Open, Nadal opted for the reverse of 2006's top-bandana combo -- this time with matching trainers to boot. Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images 2009 — Nadal's first dramatic transformation came in 2009. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images 2010 — In 2010, Nadal bounced back from the 2009 disappointment with a daring multicolored number.

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☆ Harris’ Georgia challenge: reassembling Biden’s diverse 2020 coalition
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Georgia voter Christine Nguyen and John King in Decatur, Georgia CNNRebel Teahouse is in Decatur, in reliably blue suburban DeKalb County just outside Atlanta. It is one of the places that helped Biden to his stunning, razor-thin 2020 Georgia win and is now a key test of whether Harris can assemble a similar winning coalition. “Absolutely no,” was Gardner’s answer when we asked whether the switch from Biden to Harris would make him rethink. Republican George W. Bush won 66% in Gwinnett in 2004; in 2020, Biden carried the county with 58%. CNNLike Ngyuen, Hallmon sometimes finds herself in debates over whether Harris or Trump is better for small business and the overall economy.

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☆ GOP congressman gave jobs to his lover and to his fiancée’s daughter, New York Times says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents, reportedly gave both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter part-time jobs in his district office on Long Island, a potential violation of House ethics rules. D’Esposito is locked in a tight rematch with Democrat Laura Gillen, whom he defeated by fewer than 10,000 votes two years ago. D’Esposito maintained he will “absolutely” continue his race for reelection “and win.”Both his fiancée and lover, in brief conversations with the New York Times, confirmed the reporting. GOP Rep. Marc Molinaro said he has spoken to D’Esposito but declined to comment further. When CNN asked D’Esposito’s fellow Long Islander, GOP Rep. Nick LaLota, about the report, he said he was on the phone.

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☆ Police believe the Birmingham, Alabama, mass shooters used ‘conversion devices.’ Here’s what that means
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond called the devices “a huge problem,” adding they were still investigating whether the shooters used a switch or another type of weapon. “Machine gun conversion devices have no place in our community,” US Attorney Prim Escalona said. Woodfin, the Birmingham mayor, noted that conversion devices are illegal federally but not under state law, and he called on the state legislature to ban the devices. Last week he participated in a demonstration at a Montgomery shooting range in which trained firearm experts tried (and failed) to aim while using the conversion devices. This year, the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against Glock, alleging the handgun company has failed to prevent the use of conversion devices on its weapons.

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☆ OceanGate employees were asked to accept delayed paychecks, witnesses tell investigators probing Titan implosion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Dakin Andone | Graham Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The company that built and operated the Titan submersible asked employees to forego their pay as it faced economic challenges, according to former employees testifying before the US Coast Guard panel probing the vessel’s deadly implosion last year. OceanGate employees were asked to “defer our paychecks” at the start of 2023, Amber Bay, the company’s former director of administration, said Tuesday as part of a two-week hearing before the Marine Board of Investigation – the highest level of Coast Guard inquiry. The board is reviewing the cause of the June 2023 implosion during the submersible’s dive to the Titanic, which claimed the life of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and four others. Members of the Coast Guard's Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation listen during the hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers on September 23, 2024, in North Charleston, South Carolina. Lochridge raised safety concerns about the company’s operations, he testified, saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” in how the Titan was built.

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☆ Trump says women won’t be ‘thinking about abortion’ if he’s elected, casting himself as their ‘protector’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump cast himself as a “protector” of women at a Pennslyvania rally Monday evening and claimed that American women won’t be “thinking about abortion” if he’s elected. “I always thought women liked me. But the fake news keeps saying women don’t like me,” Trump said in Indiana, Pennsylvania. As president, I have to be your protector,” Trump said. Americans remain broadly opposed to the ruling, according to CNN polling, and its proven to be thorny campaign issue for Republicans in down-ballot races.

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☆ Bad Bunny's 'La Velita' remembers Hurricane Maria — and serves as a searing indictment
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jaylinn Herrera | Jaylinn Herrera Is A Nbc News Associate With The Nbc National News Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Bad Bunny is once again using his music to draw attention to his homeland, Puerto Rico, and as a catalyst for activism. Bad Bunny sings in Spanish. Bad Bunny calls out government leaders for “hiding” and showing up only to make appearances but not actually sending any help. Fans across the internet have applauded Bad Bunny for using his platform to bring awareness to what took place. This isn’t the first time Bad Bunny has used his art to spread awareness of the issues facing his homeland.

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☆ Hong Kong’s first transgender singer-songwriter seeks voice through music
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG — Xavian Wu, Hong Kong’s first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city’s annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his story through music. I don’t want to hide,” Wu told Reuters. He started enjoying music and performing when he was a teenager. After seeking medical advice, he started taking testosterone in 2018 and finished top surgery in Thailand in 2020. Wu said he was incredibly fortunate to have his mother accompany him to Thailand and support him.

Persons: Xavian Wu, Hong Kong’s, Wu, ” Wu, “, women’s, Music Organizations: Dot, Reuters Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Thailand

☆ Zachary Quinto knows how to play the villain. Now, he gets to be the hero in ‘Brilliant Minds’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Max Gao | Max Gao Is A Freelance Entertainment | Sports Journalist Based In Toronto. He Has Written For Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

While exploring the wonders of the human mind, Dr. Wolf and his team of young interns must grapple with their own mental health. Quinto had just come off making his West End debut in a play about the political debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. “A big part of this season’s story is Dr. Wolf starting to live his life, and what that might look like romantically is an interesting question as well.”Zachary Quinto in "Brilliant Minds." Quinto was staggered to learn of Rodemeyer’s death and said he was forced to confront his own hypocrisy. “The legacy of storytelling with him, my connection to him, and the fact that he’s a part of this show is really, really moving and meaningful to me.”For more from NBC Out, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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☆ GM’s EV sales momentum is finally building as new vehicle lineup fills out
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

While GM has withdrawn most of its previously announced electric vehicle targets, the automaker believes its EV sales momentum is finally building thanks to an expanding lineup of all-electric vehicles — spanning a price range of roughly $35,000 to more than $300,000. GM sold nearly 21,000 EVs in the U.S. in July and August — almost matching its full second-quarter EV sales. GM’s EV sales through August were up about 70% compared with a year earlier. It still remained more than 20,000 units shy of Hyundai/Kia EV sales through last month. Growing EV lineupGrowing EV lineupGM currently offers eight “Ultium-based” EVs for consumers — referring to its electric vehicle architecture and battery technologies.

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