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Lindsay Mahaffey, candidate for Wake County school board District 8, answers our questions
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Analysis-After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles to Gaza peace
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Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.
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Megan Marshack, aide to Nelson Rockefeller who was with him at his death in 1979, dies at 70
Megan Marshack, an aide to Nelson Rockefeller who was with the former New York governor and vice president when he died under circumstances that spurred intense speculation, has died in California at age 70.
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Netanyahu says ‘evil has suffered a heavy blow’ as he confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza
Sinwar was killed during a ground operation in the city of Rafah, with US leaders hoping his death spells ‘opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza’
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Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the spy agency.
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Atwater Capital announces the acquisition of RDC Contrôle Ltée
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Body Cam Footage Reveals Phoenix Officers Punching, Tasering Deaf Black Man with Cerebral Palsy
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In electoral battleground North Carolina, early in-person voting begins amid Helene recovery
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Business Wire
PFD, PFO, FFC, FLC and DFP Announce November Dividends
PASADENA, Calif., October 17, 2024--The Boards of Directors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFD), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFO), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated (NYSE: FFC), Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Incorporated (NYSE: FLC) and Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: DFP) today announced that they have declared per share di
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FOKUS MINING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $1.875 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Fokus Mining Corporation ("Fokus" or the "Company") (TSXV: FKM) (OTCQB: FKMCF) (FSE: F7E1) is pleased to announce that it has held the closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") by issuing 17,500,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit and 12,500,000 "flow-through" units (the "FT Units" and together with the Units, the "Offering Units") at a price of $0.08 per FT Unit, for gross proceeds to Fokus of $1,875,000. Each Unit is comprised of one c
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Anquiro Ventures and Black Pine Announces Updates to the Qualifying Transaction
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