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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city. The influx came the morning after Trump announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the department. He cited a crime emergency — but referred to the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably. The president holds the legal right to make such moves…

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The more than 130-year-old Eastman Kodak Co. is cautioning that there’s “substantial doubt” about its ability to stay in business, saying it may have difficulty meeting upcoming debt obligations. Shares of the photography company slid more than 13% in early trading Tuesday. “Kodak has debt coming due within 12 months and does not have committed financing or available liquidity to meet such debt obligations if they were to become due in accordance with their current terms,” the company wrote in a regulatory filing. “These conditions raise substantial doubt about Kodak’s ability to continue as a going concern.” The Rochester, New…

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Amr Bo Shanab/Getty Images With the passage of the big Republican tax and spending bill, the federal government is poised to reduce support for Medicaid and the insurance marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that these cuts could cause 10 million Americans to lose health insurance by 2034. Lawmakers have justified these cuts as a necessary step to address the bigger budget deficit exacerbated by tax cuts and other spending increases in the big bill. However, that doesn’t capture how these cuts will send costs spilling out around society, to be paid by hospitals,…

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his next lieutenant governor. It’s a closely watched appointment by the two-term governor, who can’t run for reelection in 2026 and has been working to cement his legacy as his time leading the state winds down.If Collins, an Army combat veteran and nonprofit executive, decides to launch a bid to succeed DeSantis, the move could tee up another proxy fight between the popular GOP governor and President Donald Trump, who has already endorsed Republican Congressman Byron Donalds for the job.The seat has been…

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Au sein de la diaspora portugaise en France, des cultures musicales ont émergé depuis les années 1980 grâce à un réseau de fêtes populaires et de radios en banlieue parisienne. Les artistes prolétaires maintiennent le lien social en racontant la condition immigrée. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star.If your focus is the meteor shower, it’s worth knowing that this year a bright moon will dampen viewing during the pre-dawn peak, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.The Perseids “are an incredible meteor shower,” said Thaddeus LaCoursiere, planetarium program coordinator at the Bell Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota.Under dark skies with no moon, the Perseids can produce between 60 to…

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A fleet of Russian and Chinese warships has moved closer to Alaska during a joint patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, as Moscow and Beijing challenge the United States’ military supremacy.Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Northern Command via email for comment. The Russian and Chinese foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Why It MattersRussia and China have deepened military ties under their “no limits” strategic partnership. The quasi-alliance has previously deployed a range of military assets—including naval vessels, strategic bombers, and coast guard ships—for joint patrols around Alaska, outside America’s sovereign airspace and waters, which extend up…

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ST. LOUIS – A man was killed Tuesday morning following a shooting in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting took place a little after 7:15 a.m. on the 4900 block of San Francisco Avenue in north St. Louis’ Penrose neighborhood. 13-year-old boy wakes up from coma One person has been detained following the shooting, SLMPD said. Anyone with information on the shooting is advised to contact the Homicide Division at 314-444-5371. Anyone with information who wants to remain anonymous and possibly receive a cash reward is advised to contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis “Tink” Bell were found 66 years after his disappearance. Although Bell’s remains were recovered in January, they were only recently formally identified.”I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can’t get over it,” David Bell, Dennis’ brother, told BBC News. The outlet reported that David was the one to answer the door when the family received a telegraph informing them of the bad news, which he described as a “horrendous moment.”David also told…

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By David Latona and Pietro LombardiMADRID/LISBON (Reuters) -Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of Europe. Global warming is giving the Mediterranean region hotter, drier summers, scientists say, with wildfires surging each year and sometimes whipping up into “whirls”. “We are being cooked alive, this cannot continue,” said a mayor in Portugal, Alexandre Favaios, as three fires burned. On the outskirts of the Spanish capital Madrid, a fire killed a man working at a horse stable and reached some…

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