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A maskless Florida man punched and spat on a 70-year-old man at a convenience store last week after being asked to social distance, authorities said.The victim, who was not identified, asked Rovester Ingram to step away while they were inside the store at a Citgo gas station on Thursday because Ingram was not wearing a…

Nearly half of 2019 donations to ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s biggest fundraising platform, were made by people who listed themselves as unemployed, raising red flags about whether the online processor is being used for foreign or otherwise illegal contributions. An analysis of Federal Election Commission data by the conservative Take Back Action Fund found that…

This year's hurricane season is on pace to be the most active of all time, so it's no wonder that the tropics remain very busy.The National Hurricane Center now sees several tropical waves in the Atlantic storm basin.Tropical Storm Sally is just off the west coast of Florida and is expected to strengthen into a…

The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket is ahead of the Donald Trump-Mike Pence ticket by a 51-46 percent margin. That 5 percentage-point advantage sits right at the margin of sampling error of the latest Fox News survey, taken after the Democratic and Republican national conventions.Majorities of likely voters have a positive opinion of Biden and trust him…

Long-awaited “inter-Afghan” peace talks between the Taliban and the U.S.-backed government in Kabul began this weekend, but continued violence across Afghanistan threatened to overshadow the historic gathering. Afghan government representatives said that in the hours immediately before and after the peace negotiations formally began in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, the Taliban launched a series of…