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Republican debate highlights: 5 memorable moments from Milwaukee slugfest

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Republican presidential candidates make waves during debate with tense exchanges about abortion, climate change and experience The Republican presidential debate Wednesday evening was filled with memorable moments and lines as candidates clashed on stage for the first time of the 2024 election cycle. The debate featured tense back-and-forths between candidates with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie trading blows.  GOP DEBATE: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ABORTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ECONOMY AND MORE | LIVE UPDATES Here are five of memorable moments from the debate. 1. ‘We need to send Joe Biden back to his basement’ During his answer to the first question, DeSantis argued the nation is in "decline" and suggested it is problematic that Americans are struggling to make ends meet while President Biden's son Hunter is sell...
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Maui wildfires death toll rises to 111 as crews search the burn area, many dealing with their own losses

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A growing army of hundreds combing through the burned ruins on Maui – including many dealing with losses themselves – have searched over a third of the wildfire burn areas, Maui authorities said, warning the death toll will likely continue climbing. So far, at least 111 deaths have been confirmed in the wildfires, according to a release from Maui County. “This is unprecedented. No one has ever seen this that is alive today – not this size, not this number, not this volume,” Maui Police chief John Pelletier said. “And we’re not done.”  “Realize that the responders that are going out there are recovering their loved ones and members of their families,” Pelletier said. About 38% of the burn zone had been searched as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Pelletier. Authorities were hoping to have covered much of the burn scars by the weekend. The search through the ashes of what used to be homes, business and historic...
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Connecticut TV anchor reveals ‘painful secret’ about mother’s death that kept her off air

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'My mother was murdered,' Heidi Voight wrote Popular Connecticut-based NBC anchor Heidi Voight stunned fans this week when she revealed a "painful secret" regarding her mother’s death that has kept her off the air in recent months.  The February death of Voight’s mother, Claudia M. Voight, "initially was reported to be the result of an apparent medical event and did not appear suspicious," according to Vermont State Police.  However, the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington later "indicated the death was suspicious, and Voight had sustained injuries that were detectable only during autopsy," and autopsy findings confirmed that "Voight’s cause of death was neck compression, and the manner of death was homicide," police said.  Vermont State Police opted to wait to disclose the incident to the public "due to the sensitive nature of the case from the early stages of the investigation," so Heidi Voight was unable...
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Georgia teen girl identified as resident who died of brain-eating amoeba after swimming in lake

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Georgia high school senior's mother says 'I'm still in shock' A high school senior from Georgia has died after becoming infected with what the state’s Department of Health says is a rare "brain-eating amoeba."  The 17-year-old, named in media reports as Megan Ebenroth, passed away on July 22.  "I’m still in shock," her mother, identified by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as Christina Ebenroth, said to the newspaper. "But I can’t keep silent about her. She was extraordinary."  The newspaper reports that Ebenroth, a straight-A student who had aspirations to go to the University of Georgia, went swimming in a lake with friends near her home in McDuffie County in early July before treatment for a migraine turned into an emergency room visit, hospitalization and intubation.  GEORGIA RESIDENT DIES FROM RARE BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA FOUND IN FRESHWATER LAKES   Megan Ebenroth had hopes of going to the University of Georgia, the Atlanta Journal...
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Bettie Page Story: The Fetish And Fashion Icon's Strange Biography

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Candice Bergen: Young Cover Girl And 'Carnal Knowledge' Star, Then And Now

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Boxship that struck bridge in Baltimore previously reported collision in Antwerp

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TOPSHOT - The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sit on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) The massive container ship that smashed into a high-traffic bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, this morning has previously collided with infrastructure while docking, according to reports. Container ship DALI collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, collapsing a portion of the bridge and resulting in what authorities suspect is a mass casualty event. According to previous reports, this is not the first time DALI has struck city infrastructure while transporting goods — a similar but far less serious incident was reported in 2016, according to contemporaneous reports. DALI collided with a stone wall at a dock in Antwerp, Belgium, in the afternoon of July 11, 2016, according to a Maritime News report. The container ship suffered damage and was docked for ...
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