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Judicial overhaul will leave right to vote unprotected, admits MK leading effort

Simcha Rothman tells Knesset legal adviser that curbing judges takes priority, saying many rights don’t have special majority clause needed for court intervention under proposal

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Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza hours after rockets shot toward Ashkelon, Sderot

Military says it hit weapons workshop, naval arms cache in apparent tit-for-tat following reprisal launches to avenge deadly IDF raid in Nablus Wednesday

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Google tests blocking news content for some Canadians

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is rolling out tests that block access to news content for some Canadian users, the company confirmed on Wednesday, in what it says is a test run of a potential response to the government’s online

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Live updates: East Palestine, Ohio, residents speak out about train disaster at CNN town hall – CNN

Live updates: East Palestine, Ohio, residents speak out about train disaster at CNN town hall  CNN EPA says it can fine Norfolk Southern $70,000 a day if it falls short of cleaning up and paying for the Ohio toxic train wreck  CNN

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Five Shot in Orlando, Including Two Journalists and a Nine-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What to Know

At least one journalist for local news channel Spectrum News 13 has died in central Florida after being shot on Wednesday afternoon while reporting on the scene of an earlier homicide, authorities said. The shooter also injured a second News

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US spy pilot takes ‘selfie’ with China balloon before it was shot down

The U.S. Department of Defense released a previously classified “selfie” Wednesday, taken from the cockpit of a U-2 intelligence plane. Behind the pilot can be seen the now-infamous Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by the U.S. military off

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Georgia juror unsettles Trump investigation with revealing interviews – The Washington Post

Georgia juror unsettles Trump investigation with revealing interviews  The Washington Post Possible targets in Fulton County investigation of Trump, allies may try to quash charges  CBS News By speaking out, could foreperson in Georgia Trump probe undermine a future case?  ABC News Emily

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Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule

The changes come ahead of a presidential election next year and are part of a pattern of challenges to democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere.

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Colorado LGBTQ club shooting suspect ran neo-Nazi website, officer tells court

Anderson Lee Aldrich hosted site that included training video on attacking synagogues, used anti-gay slurs online, detective says at hearing on possible hate crime charges

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Six rockets fired from Gaza toward southern Israel in apparent reprisal

Iron Dome downs most missiles; video appears to show several projectiles being shot out of Palestinian enclave, in possible response to IDF raid in Nablus that left 11 dead

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