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The Nesbett Courthouse, where state judges in the Third Judicial District hear cases in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, is shown on Tuesday. A judge there issued a ruling in a unique ballot case for the state's high-profile U.S. House election.
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Peru's jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on June 28, 2016. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer Wednesday.
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Georgia voter Cameron Lewellen has struggled with his vote in the upcoming presidential election. He has voted for Republicans and Democrats in recent years.
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) speaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
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The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, will shutter its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement, ending a year-long affirmative action battle. Here, co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone (center left) and Ayana Parsons (center right) speak to journalists outside federal court in Miami on Jan. 31.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press following a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Shares in his Trump Media company plunged to a record low the morning after the debate.
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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This combination photo shows, clockwise from top left, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Korey Wise and Kevin Richardson, known as Central Park Five.
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Consumer prices rose 2.5% in August from a year ago, the smallest annual increase since early 2001. Grocery prices have largely leveled off after climbing sharply in the previous two years, but the cumulative increases continue to sting many consumers.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday.
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The entrance to Lake Ponchartrain Causeway is closed due to Hurricane Francine in Metairie, La., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The causeway is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
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The Imperial Dam in Winterhaven, Calif., diverts Colorado River water toward California's Imperial Valley, a stretch of desert along the Mexican border. Farmers in the region use more Colorado River water each year than the states of New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming combined.
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Rescue workers clear mud and debris brought down by a flood in Lang Nu hamlet in Vietnam's Lao Cai province on Tuesday.
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A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer. Breast density is a risk factor for cancer.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris participate during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024, in Philadelphia.
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Morning After Debate, Congress Spending Bill, Blinken In Kyiv
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem to give a press conference on Sept. 4.
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An Uber Eats delivery courier rides an electric bicycle through the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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The StraightForward Foundation helps Russian authors publish abroad. Here are the French and Russian edition covers of a book about the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, by Ilia Barabanov and Denis Korotkov.
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, participate during ABC News' presidential debate Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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Police maintain a presence following a school lockdown after 911 calls falsely reported a gunman in Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Central Catholic schools on March 29, 2023.
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Vice President Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York.
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