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Immediate News | Insects, mold and puddles of blood found at Boar’s Head plant linked to listeria outbreak, records show

The U.S. Agriculture Department found dozens of violations at a Boar’s Head plant in Virginia — including insects, mold and puddles of blood — that has been linked to a deadly listeria outbreak that has killed nine people, newly released records from the department show. Agriculture Department officials logged 69 instances of noncompliance with federal […]

Immediate News | Harris defends her policy changes in first interview: “My values have not changed”

Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed about her policy evolutions Thursday in her first interview since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, sitting alongside her running mate, Tim Walz. The highly anticipated interview, with CNN’s Dana Bash, came after pressure had been building for Harris to answer more questions from impartial journalists and fully […]

Immediate News | Black LGBTQ Pride event vandalized at Atlanta hotel, police say

Atlanta police are investigating an act of vandalism that damaged property belonging to organizers of an LGBTQ Pride event dedicated to celebrating Black queer communities globally. The Atlanta Police Department said in a statement Wednesday that the incident  happened at a hotel in midtown Atlanta, where an event for Global Black Pride was taking place. […]

Immediate News | Carlos Alcaraz loses to Botic van de Zandschulp in U.S. Open, ending 15-match Grand Slam win streak

Carlos Alcaraz’s 15-match Grand Slam unbeaten run ended at the U.S. Open with a sloppy 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 loss to 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round on Thursday night. Alcaraz won the French Open in June and Wimbledon in July to raise his career total to four major championships, including taking the title at Flushing Meadows in 2022, and was […]