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Israelis mourn Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians in Gaza languish in ruins of the war it sparked
On a field where music festival revelers were gunned down by Hamas-led militants three years ago, Israelis on Wednesday embraced and wept for those lost in an attack that plunged the Middle East into war.

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California couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe
An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a "house of horrors," prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

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Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies
Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” has died.

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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case…

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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news
Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed two people, while condemning home demolitions in east Jerusalem and violence in the occupied West Bank.

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Ban on state property tax on November ballot for Tennessee voters
Tennessee voters will decide Nov. 3 on an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit lawmakers from imposing a state-level property tax.

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A hearing on Kilmar Ábrego Garcia’s deportation case is abruptly canceled
A hearing for Kilmar Ábrego Garcia which was expected to determine whether the man mistakenly sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador would be deported to Liberia was abruptly canceled Tuesday for reasons that were not immediately clear.

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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the ‘biggest regret of my career’ in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term.

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Mobile clinic to bring free medical, dental, vision services to Chattanooga
A pop-up health clinic offering free medical, dental and vision care is set to arrive to Chattanooga later this month.

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Tennessee governor lets farmers use untaxed diesel on roads after Trump defers federal enforcement
Tennessee will allow farmers and loggers to use cheaper, tax-exempt diesel on public roads through the month of October to provide relief from high prices during harvest season, Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday.
