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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. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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During Tuesday's debate, Harris was in command; Trump was incoherent

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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. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

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After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk changed the company's name to X. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Musk's Twitter takeover could tell us about a possible government appointment

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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. MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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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. Alex Brandon/AP/AP hide caption

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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. AP/Invision hide caption

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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. Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America hide caption

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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. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption

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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. Matthew Hinton/AP hide caption

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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. Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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How eating less beef and dairy could help save the Colorado River

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A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer. Breast density is a risk factor for cancer. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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The FDA has new mammography rules regarding breast-tissue density

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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. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem to give a press conference on Sept. 4. Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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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. Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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GROCERY DELIVERY

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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. Edition Flammarion; Meduza.io hide caption

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Russian publishers in exile release books the Kremlin would ban

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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. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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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. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption

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Even if you use a credit card all the time, it can be difficult to understand the ins and outs of how they work. We Are/Getty Images hide caption

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Smart credit card habits to keep you out of debt

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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. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

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Biden and Harris, Trump and Vance attend Sept. 11 memorial events

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