Jason Kelce narrates Cincinnati Bearcats football's CFP semifinal preview video

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Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York's Rockefeller Christmas tree
This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited. The Norway spruce that will travel to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was scheduled to be cut down Thursday and make the roughly 140-mile (225-kilometer) journey south, arriving Nov. 9 in midtown Manhattan.
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Abortion rights is creating expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seats
Abortion and reproductive rights have been central to the races for president and governor in North Carolina, a battleground state that has more moderate abortion restrictions than its Southern neighbors. Registered Republicans currently hold five of seven seats and could expand that majority even further in Tuesday's election. Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat who is running for reelection, is focusing heavily on the issue and touts her support for reproductive rights.
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Local sheriff asks FBI to investigate death of Black man found hanging in Alabama
The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man in Alabama, who was found hanging in an abandoned house, following a request from a local sheriff amid fears among community members who accuse local law enforcement of longstanding, unchecked misconduct. Sheriff's deputies found Dennoriss Richardson, 39, in September in a rural part of Colbert County, miles away from his home in Sheffield, a city of approximately 10,000 people near the Tennessee River. The Colbert County Sheriff's Office ruled Richardson’s death a suicide.
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Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses
Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At rally after rally, he urges his supporters to deliver a victory “too big to rig," telling them the only way he can lose is if Democrats cheat.
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What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign
Harris and Trump are crisscrossing the country to rally voters in the states that matter most. Here's what we're watching on the final weekend before Election Day, which is Tuesday: Where will Harris and Trump be?
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Vigil set for Grizzly No. 399, the beloved Grand Teton bear who was killed by a vehicle
During her nearly three decades roaming the snowy wilderness of the Teton Range, Grizzly No. 399 became a beloved mama bear with millions of parkgoers following her yearly adventures and her ever-growing family tree. Nature lovers are mourning the matriarch of the world-famous bear family after she was fatally struck by a vehicle Oct. 22 on a highway in western Wyoming. On Saturday night in the picturesque ski town of Jackson, dozens are expected to brave frigid weather to attend a candlelight vigil, and hundreds more will watch online.
Politico
Trump returns to Wisconsin to launch a final weekend of campaign
A candidate in a different race returned to the site of the Republican National Convention.
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New lawsuit challenges Louisiana's classification of abortion pills as 'controlled substances'
A group of Louisiana healthcare providers and advocates are suing the state over a law that classifies abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances.
CNN
At least 14 killed after railway station roof collapses in Serbia
At least 14 people have died after the roof of a railway station collapsed in northern Serbia on Friday, according to CNN affiliate N1.
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Speaker Mike Johnson walks back comments that GOP would ‘probably’ try to repeal CHIPS Act
House Speaker Mike Johnson might have put a significant dent in the reelection hopes of one of the GOP’s most vulnerable congressional incumbents on Friday and later backtracked comments where he said he would consider repealing the CHIPS Act.
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Court denies request to force count of votes for Green Party's Jill Stein in Ohio
Votes cast for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the state's ballot in Tuesday's election after an appeals court panel denied her motion seeking to force the election chief to tally them. The three-judge panel on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday against her request for an injunction targeting Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Friday in a dispute over the person listed as her running mate on the ballot. Stein filed as an independent presidential candidate in Ohio because the Green Party lost state recognition several years ago.
Politico
Harris rallies outside Milwaukee, where turnout is lagging
Turnout in the Democratic stronghold is behind the rest of the state in early voting.
AFP
Talks on halting nature loss enter extra time in Colombia
Negotiations at the world's biggest nature conservation conference entered extra time in Cali, Colombia, on Friday as talks deadlocked on funding for efforts to "halt and reverse" species loss.The conference, the biggest-ever meeting of its kind with some 23,000 registered delegates, is a follow-up to an agreement reached two years ago in Canada.
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Former Kentucky officer found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights
A jury found former Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights but cleared charges related to neighbors.
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Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead.
AFP
War decimates harvest in famine-threatened Sudan
Ahmed Othman's farm has been spared from the deadly fighting that has spread across Sudan, but the war's toll on the economy and labour market has still reached him.A year and a half of war in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and devastated harvests.
AFP
Morales supporters storm Bolivia military barracks, take hostages
Supporters of Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in central Chapare province and took around 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in their standoff with the state.A military source told AFP on condition of anonymity that "about 20" soldiers were taken hostage.
AFP
Trump says vaccine skeptic RFK Jr will have 'big role' in health care if he wins
Donald Trump announced Friday that Kennedy family scion and notorious vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would play a "big role" in his administration if the Republican former president were to win next week's election."He's going to have a big role in health care," Trump declared, adding with a trademark flourish: "He knows about it better than anybody."
AFP
US-Israeli settlers hope to see a second Trump term
Less than a week before the United States chooses its next president, American citizens living in faraway Israel know exactly who they hope it will be: Republican candidate Donald Trump."I think the policies that a Republican candidate such as Trump are promoting are most beneficial for the administration, Congress and the American people," he said.
Politico
Trump’s closing message: Attack, divide and veer off script
His attacks on Liz Cheney, lambasted by Democrats, left his party seemingly resigned.

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