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    News Scientists say new climate law is likely to reduce warming

    Massive incentives for clean energy in the U.S. law signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden should reduce future global warming “not a lot, but not insignificantly either,” according to a climate scientist who led an independent analysis of the package. Even with nearly $375 billion in tax...
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    News Amazon to raise seller fees for holidays amid rising costs

    Amazon is raising charges on third-party sellers again — this time adding a holiday fee for merchants who use the company’s fulfillment services to pack and ship items to customers. From Oct. 15 to Jan. 14, sellers will be hit with an average fee of $0.35 per item sold using Amazon's...
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    News ‘It’s a pretty big bite’: 911 calls released after child was bit by shark in Florida Keys

    Calls to 911 after a boy was bitten by a shark in the Florida Keys over the weekend were released Tuesday afternoon. “We have a shark bite out here at Looe Key off of Ramrod Key,” one caller is heard telling a dispatcher. Another caller described the scene. “They ran aground over the reef...
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    News Trump's angry words spur warnings of real violence

    A man armed with an AR-15 dies in a shootout after trying to breach FBI offices in Cincinnati. A Pennsylvania man is arrested after he posts death threats against agents on social media. In cyberspace, calls for armed uprisings and civil war grow stronger. This could be just the beginning...
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    News Miami-Dade navigating teacher shortages, pandemic-era disruptions on eve of new school year

    Ahead of the new school year, the superintendent in Miami-Dade County opened up about his plan for issues both COVID and non-COVID related that they may face. From teacher shortages to some students still struggling to meet grade level standards due to pandemic disruptions, Miami-Dade County...
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    News MDPD identifies officer wounded in shooting, in ‘extremely critical’ condition

    Miami-Dade police have identified the officer critically wounded in a shootout in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood Monday night. The officer has been identified in a department memo as 29-year-old Detective Cesar Echaverry, a member of the department’s Robbery Intervention Detail. The memo...
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    News Kraft Heinz recalling contaminated Capri Sun juice pouches

    Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun in the U.S. after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line. The company said it’s recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice blend. The “Best When Used By” date on the...
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    News Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of 'Das Boot,' dies

    Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81. Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles...
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    News Monkeypox can spread to pet dogs, doctors report

    Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for months has had the advice in place as monkeypox spreads in the U.S. But it gained...
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    News Judge rejects plea agreement in submarine secrets sale case

    A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife withdrew their guilty pleas Tuesday in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secrets about American nuclear-powered warships after a federal judge rejected plea agreements that had called for specific sentencing guidelines. Jonathan and Diana Toebbe of...
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    News Broward County Public Schools superintendent to provide update

    Broward County Public Schools students returned to classrooms on Tuesday. Superintendent Vicki Cartwright was scheduled to provide an update on the back-to-school day after 3:30 p.m. Continue reading...
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    News Police officers search for man in ‘state of depression’ who frequents Lauderhill, Homestead

    Police officers asked the public for help on Tuesday with finding a 36-year-old man who needs help. The Homestead Police Department identified the man as Israel “Izzy” Vane and reported he weighs about 155 pounds and is about 5-foot, 10-inches tall. Vane left his home in a “state of...
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    News 107 migrants returned to Cuba after interceptions near Keys, Coast Guard says

    More than 100 Cuban migrants intercepted off the Florida Keys in nine separate instances over the weekend were sent back to the island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent’s crew returned 107 migrants in total Tuesday. The Coast Guard also released images of two...
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    News AP interview: Census director aims to restore trust in count

    Indifference. Distrust of government. Budget uncertainties. The next U.S. census isn’t until 2030, but already Census Bureau leaders are looking for ways to adapt to a roiled civic climate that only seems to be getting more contentious. So this week they are issuing a call for public...
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    News Brazil's presidential campaign kicks off amid violence fears

    Brazil's presidential election campaign officially began Tuesday with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leading all polls against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro amid growing concern of political violence and threats to democracy. Da Silva, whose two-term presidency ran from 2003 to 2010, has...
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    News Immigration advocates sue LexisNexis over personal data

    Data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions allegedly violated Illinois law by collecting and combining extensive personal information and selling it to third parties including federal immigration authorities, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by immigration advocates. The result is “a grave...
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    News Elvis death anniversary increases tourism at his birthplace

    The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans commemorate the 45th anniversary of Presley's death and a new movie reawakens international interest in the singer. Roy Turner was named executive director of the Birthplace...
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    News Oklahoma governor grants 60-day reprieve to Richard Glossip

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution on Tuesday while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence. Stitt signed an executive order delaying Glossip’s execution for the 1997 killing of Glossip's boss, motel owner Barry Van...
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    News Key informant defends role during Whitmer kidnap plot trial

    Defense attorneys grilled an FBI informant Tuesday in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor, questioning his motivation to get inside a band of anti-government extremists and the key steps he took to gather evidence. Dan Chappel was cross-examined for hours as...
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    News Ex-cop who testified against friend avoids prison for Jan. 6

    A former Virginia police officer who testified against a friend and former supervisor he joined at the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection avoided prison time on Tuesday for his role in it. Former Rocky Mount Police Officer Jacob Fracker pleaded guilty to conspiring with his fellow officer to...
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