#Russian commission says ruling party won most votes in occupied Ukraine regions in disputed elections

#Russian commission says ruling party won most votes in occupied Ukraine regions in disputed elections

Russia’s Central Election Commission said Monday the country’s ruling party has won the most votes in elections in occupied Ukrainian regions, elections that Kyiv and international observers dismiss as complete shams. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and on the Crimean Peninsula began last week and ended on…

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#Florida landfall with ‘catastrophic’ surge expected

#Florida landfall with ‘catastrophic’ surge expected

Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend, the first hurricane in recorded history to hit that area. The storm hit land at 7:45 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center, with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph at Keaton Beach in Taylor County. As it…

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#Wagner boss confirmed dead by Russian officials

#Wagner boss confirmed dead by Russian officials

A Russian investigation concluded on Sunday that Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the longtime leader of the Wagner Group, was killed in the aircraft crash last week that killed all those on board. In a statement Sunday, Russian officials said they have determined that the DNA results examined from the remains of those who died in the crash matched the…

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#Our military is being held as political hostages

#Our military is being held as political hostages

Imagine this: One person wielding arbitrary power over 1.5 million military family members. But surprise, it’s not the president — it’s Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville. His move to block more than 250 officer promotions not only robs the military of valuable talent, it’s left two military branches leaderless: the Marines, without an official chief for…

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#The back-to-school debt blues hit hard on college campuses

#The back-to-school debt blues hit hard on college campuses

Congress, the Supreme Court and the president are still wrangling about student debt relief, continuing with their hyper-partisan and high-profile contest over debt forgiveness for student borrowers. With the fall semester starting back up this week and some 17 million U.S. college students gearing up for a new term, these high-level policy debates seem painfully distant and removed from…

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