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Speaking in Macon city, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790 if he won electionDonald Trump’s final Georgia rally filled the Atrium Health amphitheater in the city of Macon on Sunday, with early voting tallies showing that supporters from the state’s middle could prove to be decisive in the waning days of the election.Trump was an hour and a half late to the event and wore a black-and-gold “Make America Great Again” cap. Sticking to familiar themes, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790, the law under which Japanese, Italian and German Americans were interned during the second world war, and would pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who kill an American. Continue reading...

VP tries to appeal to state’s Arab and Muslim Americans as polling suggests they are gravitating towards Jill SteinKamala Harris pledged to “do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza” in her final rally in Michigan on Sunday, as she attempted to appeal to the state’s large Arab American and Muslim American population two days out from the election.Michigan is home to about 240,000 registered Muslim voters, a majority of whom voted for Biden in 2020, helping him to a narrow victory over Donald Trump. But Arab Americans and Muslim Americans in the state have expressed dissatisfaction over the vice-president’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza, and polling suggests that these voters are gravitating towards Jill Stein, the Green party candidate.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

Forty-seven-year-old says he has been ‘privately dealing with this diagnosis’ and there is ‘reason for optimism’The Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek has revealed he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.Despite the diagnosis, the 47-year-old said there was “reason for optimism” and that he was “feeling good” as he made the announcement in an interview with the US outlet People. Continue reading...

Ukraine neighbour is at what could be a pivotal moment as pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandau faces Kremlin-leaning rivalMoldovans have cast their ballots in a presidential election that could prove pivotal for the country’s European future, amid accusations of Russian interference.The pro-western incumbent, Maia Sandu, who has intensified the nation’s efforts to break away from Moscow’s influence, is facing the Kremlin-friendly political newcomer, Alexandr Stoianoglo from the Socialist party, in the second round of voting on Sunday. Continue reading...

Officials uncovered ‘alarming amount of fentanyl-laced pills’ during routine traffic stop in state’s central valleyA routine traffic stop in California’s central valley turned into a major fentanyl bust when authorities seized enough lethal doses to kill a quarter of California’s population, according to California highway patrol (CHP).In a statement released on Friday, CHP officers in Stockton, about 50 miles south of the capitol city of Sacramento, said that last month, while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 5 highway near Airport Boulevard, officers uncovered “an alarming amount of fentanyl-laced pills” after a K9 signaled the scent of narcotics. Continue reading...

Women’s access to abortion is a top issue, as activists rush to convince men they also have stake in the fightWhen Maxwell Frost bounded on stage at a Saturday morning rally in support of Florida abortion rights, the 27-year-old congressman was quick to explain why he had shown up.“I’m so proud to be here as an ally and partner in this fight!” he yelled to the roughly hundred-strong crowd who had gathered in an Orlando church courtyard, clutching handwritten sings with messages like “abortion bans are killing us” and “womb-tang clan ain’t nothing to fuck with”. Continue reading...

Ashes of 28-year-old female grizzly bear returned to Grand Teton national park where she spent much of her lifeThe remains of a beloved grizzly bear who died last month after being hit by a car in Wyoming have been returned to Grand Teton national park.In a statement released on Friday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it returned the ashes of Grizzly No 399, a 28-year old female grizzly bear, to the Pilgrim Creek area of the national park where she spent much of her life. Continue reading...

More than 80,000 customers were without power as damage included downed power lines, gas lines and treesSevere storms and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma early on Sunday, injuring at least six people, and causing injuries and widespread power outages.Those injured were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the Oklahoma city police department captain Valerie Littlejohn said. The damage from the storms, which cut a destructive path of severe weather in the Oklahoma City area, included downed power lines, gas lines, trees and traffic signals and signs. Local television reports showed flipped cars, downed trees and power lines and damaged homes. More than 80,000 customers were without power in the state, according to PowerOutage.us on Sunday morning. Continue reading...

Court says arrests followed investigation into suspected breach of national security that had ‘harmed Israeli war aims’The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is at the centre of a new political storm related to a hostage deal in the Gaza war after the arrest of several people in connection with an alleged leak of classified documents from his office.An Israeli court announced the arrests on Friday afternoon, before the beginning of Shabbat, saying that a joint investigation by the police, internal security services and the army suspected a “breach of national security caused by the unlawful provision of classified information”, which had also “harmed the achievement of Israel’s war aims”. Continue reading...