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As climate disasters increase, N.S. volunteer firefighters need more financial help

As climate disasters increase, N.S. volunteer firefighters need more financial help

WINDSOR, N.S. — On July 22, volunteer firefighter Logan Hope made a heroic rescue as historic flooding hit Nova Scotia, but eight days later — injured and off work — he was struggling to make ends meet. “I’m trying to survive.
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The 3 Baltic nations plan to accelerate their exit from Russia's power grid by almost a year

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries agreed Thursday to speed up their nations’ disconnection from Russia's power grid by nearly one year and connect with the continental European energy network by February 2025.
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Palestinian foreign minister says Biden's inaction as Middle East violence surges is 'weak'

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister on Thursday attacked the Biden administration as weak and passive in the Middle East, as violence between Israel and the Palestinians surges to its highest levels in nearly two decades.
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Republicans don't dare criticize Trump over Jan. 6. Their silence fuels his bid for the White House

Republicans don't dare criticize Trump over Jan. 6. Their silence fuels his bid for the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Senate Leader Mitch McConnell rose to announce his vote to acquit Donald Trump of impeachment charges in the Jan.
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Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime - against Trump

Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime - against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his supporters are reacting to a third indictment against him with a now-familiar playbook: deflecting with unrelated accusations, distracting with misleading claims about the charges, and demonizin
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Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as 'props' in bid for federal money

Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as 'props' in bid for federal money

NEW YORK (AP) — For days now, newly arrived international immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City's Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the sidewalk in hopes of a bed in the city's shelter system.
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Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss's indictment

Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss's indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Pence fought the Department of Justice in court to try to avoid testifying against his former boss.
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Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say

Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say

WASHINGTON (AP) — By not naming or charging six alleged co-conspirators in the indictment this week of former President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors may be signaling their desire to expeditiously put the Republican presidential front-runner on t
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Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections

PHOENIX (AP) — A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers.
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Family, friends mourn B.C. firefighter Zak Muise killed while fighting wildfire

Family, friends mourn B.C. firefighter Zak Muise killed while fighting wildfire

VANCOUVER — Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the young firefighter killed in northeastern British Columbia, the fourth fatality in one of the deadliest fire seasons in recent memory.
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