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    News As Mexico's inflation hits 8.15%, families cut back

    Mexico’s annualized inflation rate hit 8.15% in July, the highest in almost two two decades, the national statistics institute announced Tuesday. But inflation in prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages is even higher, with prices rising 14.5% over the last 12 months. Many Mexican families...
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    News Hundreds of teachers wanted at schools in Dade, Broward

    School districts in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are still searching for teachers. As of Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Public Schools had 224 vacancies and more than 17,000 teachers. Broward County Public Schools had 148 vacancies and more than 15,000 teachers. “We’re doing pretty good but...
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    News ‘She’s a nice lady’: Owner of salon where accused fake nurse worked surprised by allegations

    The owner of a Pembroke Pines salon where an accused fake nurse worked out of said she was surprised by allegations that 42-year-old Jenny Reyes-Leon misrepresented herself and performed procedures without being properly licensed. According to police, Reyes-Leon “provided post-operative...
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    News Florida robbery suspect runs into traffic naked

    A Florida man is back behind bars after being arrested completely naked, attempting to rob a gas station and it was all caught on camera. Volusia County deputies said the suspect had already stripped down when he ran into a gas station with a machete and demanded a patron’s clothes, money and...
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    News Officials: Person stabbed in Tamarac; firefighter stops breathing, falls while aiding victim

    A Tamarac firefighter suffered an apparent medical emergency while treating a stabbing victim Tuesday afternoon, officials said. According to a spokesperson for Tamarac Fire Rescue, crews were dispatched to the 6300 block of Landings Way after reports of a stabbing. While treating the patient...
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    News Justice Department asks judge to pause Idaho abortion ban

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge this week to bar Idaho from enforcing its near-total abortion ban while a lawsuit pitting federal health care law against state anti-abortion legislation is underway. Meanwhile, the Republican-led Idaho Legislature is asking for permission to...
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    News Fewer than 1 in 3 insured hepatitis C patients getting cure

    Fewer than 1 in 3 people infected with hepatitis C are getting the expensive treatments that can cure them, according to a U.S. government study released Tuesday. The report is distressing because it focused on those with health insurance — the group most likely to get treated for the liver...
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    News As Spider-Man turns 60, fans reflect on diverse appeal

    Spider-Man fandom is in Tyler Scott Hoover's blood — but not because he was bitten by an irradiated arachnid. His father had collected Marvel comic books featuring the character since the 1970s. “He passed down a ton of comics to me,” says Hoover, 32, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. “It kind of makes...
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    News Town honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

    A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery's hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood — a crime local officials vowed to never forget. Arbery's...
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    News 'El Jefe' the jaguar, famed in US, photographed in Mexico

    They call him “El Jefe,” he is at least 12 years old and his crossing of the heavily guarded U.S.-Mexico border has sparked celebrations on both sides. “El Jefe” — or “The Boss” — is one of the oldest jaguars on record along the frontier, one of few known to have crossed a border partly lined...
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    News GOP rallies around Trump following FBI search of his estate

    For much of the year, small cracks in Donald Trump's political support have been growing. Dissatisfied Republican primary voters began to consider new presidential prospects. GOP donors grappled with damaging revelations uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee. S everal party leaders pondered...
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    News US will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses

    U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a new monkeypox vaccination strategy designed to stretch limited supplies by allowing health professionals to vaccinate up to five people — instead of one — with each vial. The so-called dose-sparing approach uses just a fraction of the typical amount...
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    News Renaming Army bases that honor Confederates would cost $21M

    Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million if the installations rebrand everything from welcome marquees and street signs to water towers and hospital doors, according to an independent commission. The Naming Commission released its final...
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    News Congress can get Trump tax records, appeals court rules

    A federal appeals court sided Tuesday with a House committee seeking access to former President Donald Trump's tax returns, rejecting Trump's contention that Congress was overstepping. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with a lower...
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    News US sued in bid to force decision on Rockies wolf protections

    Wildlife advocates sued federal officials Tuesday after the government missed a deadline to decide if protections for gray wolves should be restored across the northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, where Republican-led states have made it easier to kill the predators. The Biden administration said in...
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    News Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

    A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and an unpublished memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday. After hearing more...
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    News Biden formalizes US support for Finland, Sweden joining NATO

    President Joe Biden formally welcomed Finland and Sweden joining the NATO alliance Tuesday as he signed the instruments of ratification that delivered the U.S.'s formal backing of the Nordic nations entering the mutual defense pact, part of a reshaping of the European security posture after...
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    News Giuliani must go to Atlanta for election probe, judge says

    A judge said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person to testify before a special grand jury that's investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia and set his appearance for next week. The former New...
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    News WATCH: Man pulls knife, threatens to kill man at gym, Miami-Dade police say

    Police arrested a 57-year-old man accused of pulling a knife on another man and threatening to kill him at a southwest Miami-Dade gym Monday. Part of the incident was caught on camera and posted to the @ONLYinDADE Twitter account. According to an arrest form, Lenin Sanchez got into a verbal...
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    News Cuba: U.S. says Cuban government has not formally requested help after explosion

    The Cuban government has yet to formally request U.S. assistance for the ongoing massive oil storage facility fire in Matanzas, Local 10 learned Tuesday. At least one person has died and 125 are injured, with another 14 reported missing ever since lighting struck one of the facility’s eight...
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