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    News Police arrest man accused in series of South Florida hotel heists

    Police arrested a Miami man accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of electronics, key cards, credit cards and more in a string of hotel burglaries across South Florida. Giovanny De La Rosa, 31, faces burglary and grand theft charges. Miami police were called to the TownePlace Suites...
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    News Police in Miami-Dade County release sketch of man wanted for attempted sexual battery

    Authorities in Miami-Dade County are searching for a man accused of attempted sexual battery. The Special Victims Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department is leading the investigation. Authorities say the attempted sexual battery case involves a male subject in his twenties. According to...
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    News South Florida food banks struggling with supply as rising inflation drives up demand

    Supply chain issues and inflation are causing concern for South Florida families struggling to put food on the table. Demand is so high, some local food banks are having trouble keeping up. Farm Share CEO Stephen Shelley says they are approaching a breaking point. “My warehouses are more...
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    News United Airlines 2Q profit of $329M misses Wall Street target

    United Airlines said Wednesday that it earned $329 million in the second quarter as summer vacationers packed planes, but the results fell far short of Wall Street expectations due largely to soaring fuel prices. United said strong revenue trends have carried over into the third quarter, with...
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    News US Postal Service to boost purchases of electric vehicles

    The U.S. Postal Service said it will substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, after the Biden administration and environmental groups said the agency's initial plan had too few electric vehicles and fell short of...
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    News Bannon's team raises question about House subpoena deadline

    Steven Bannon's lawyers tried on Wednesday to establish at his criminal contempt trial that the deadline for the onetime strategist for Donald Trump to appear before the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was flexible as long as the two sides were negotiating terms. But the...
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    News Tesla 2Q profit drops from 1Q, but company beats estimates

    Tesla's second-quarter profit fell 32% from record levels in the first quarter as supply chain issues and pandemic lockdowns in China slowed production of its electric vehicles. But the Austin, Texas, company still surprised Wall Street with a $2.26 billion net profit for the quarter. Tesla...
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    News Outcry after Uvalde focuses on school failures, solutions

    When the shooting began at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Mario Jimenez’s son was in the classroom next door. The 10-year-old saw his teacher and a friend hit by bullets that passed through the wall. Now, Jimenez worries the boy will never again feel secure in a classroom. “I don’t think...
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    News US sending more military aid to Ukraine as war grinds on

    The U.S. and allies committed more rocket systems, ammunition and other military aid to Ukraine Wednesday, as American defense leaders said they see the war to block Russian gains in the eastern Donbas region grinding on for some time. Speaking at the close of a virtual meeting with about 50...
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    News Urgent search after Florida family’s home was stolen

    Florida deputies are working a bizarre mystery. A family’s home was stolen. A moving company left the 48-foot single-wide mobile home for the family in Levy County. That’s near Gainesville. Deputies say the yellow mobile home had not yet been strapped down in May, when unknown thieves rushed...
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    News Two GOP primary losers in Colorado fail to pay for recounts

    Colorado's secretary of state's office on Wednesday said it has told two candidates who lost their Republican primary races last month that it will not conduct a recount of those races because they failed to pay the required amount by the deadline. The office informed Mesa County Clerk Tina...
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    News Fetterman: '100% able' to run for Pa. Senate after stroke

    In his first media interview since having a stroke two months ago, Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said Wednesday he is “100% able to run fully and to win" against Republican Mehmet Oz in November. Fetterman, speaking over video with a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter...
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    News Man saves 5 from house fire; jumps out window to save baby

    An Indiana man who ran into a burning home and saved five people, including a 6-year-old girl he jumped out of a second-floor window with, says he's no hero and that the serious injuries he suffered were “all worth it." Nick Bostic, 25, of Lafayette, was driving early on July 11 in the...
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    News Global success of 'RRR' signals breakthrough for Tollywood

    India's film industry is one of the most vast and varied in the world — it's really not one but many separate industries, including Bollywood, Tollywood and others — yet few of the country's roughly 2,000 annually produced movies ever make much of a dent with Western audiences. “We have a long...
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    News Elections leaders urge openness to dispel misinformation

    The key to dispelling conspiracy theories and misinformation about how elections are run is to confront the lies head on, top state election officials said Wednesday. The advice from election administrators in Georgia, Ohio and Utah came during a gathering of the National Association of State...
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    News Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol riot

    A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. Long...
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    News Appeals court says Georgia abortion law should take effect

    A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells...
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    News Fatally injured New Mexico helicopter crew member called 911

    One of the four first responders killed in last weekend's New Mexico helicopter crash managed to call 911 before succumbing to his injuries, according to emergency dispatch recordings. It’s not clear which crash victim made the call Saturday evening to San Miguel County dispatchers, according...
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    News Keys man attacked victim with crowbar, was stabbed in self-defense, sheriff says

    Deputies arrested a Florida Keys man Tuesday night after he attacked another man with a crowbar during a fight, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said the victim stabbed Jason Taylor, 43, in self-defense. According to a news release, deputies were called to...
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    News Bicyclist dies after falling into street, being run over by towed box truck

    A man died after falling off his bike and being run over by a box truck being towed along a Broward County street Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Claudinne Caro said the crash happened just after 4 p.m. in the 500 block of Northwest 27th Avenue in the...
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