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NEW YORK — Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when he slashed her in the arm and stabbed her friend in the back Friday outside a New York City restaurant. Grammer, 36, told US Weekly that she and her friend “did what anyone else would do in the same…

The casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Selma, Ala. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP The casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a…

The poll of around 1,000 registered voters in each state was conducted from July 18-24, during a period when Trump sought to reset his campaign as a result of plunging poll numbers amid his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Overall approval of the president’s handling of the coronavirus is down in those states, too —…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the Senate are set to unveil a $1 trillion U.S. coronavirus relief bill on Monday that includes reduced federal unemployment benefits, with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin saying he believes they can work with Democrats to move quickly on the legislation. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve…

The first hurricane this season in the Central Pacific edged closer to Hawaii on Sunday, threatening to bring high winds, rain, and storm surge to the islands.The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said Hurricane Douglas is packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, a Category 1 storm, and is moving west-northwest at 16 mph.The storm located is about 145 miles east of Kahului, Hawaii.HURRICANE DOUGLAS BECOMES MAJOR CATEGORY…