2 w. ago The Indiana town suffering under the shadow of a BP refinery: ‘They’ve had way too many accidents’

Whiting residents worried after facility, which has had multiple problems, shut down temporarily after rainIt was the biggest news story around the midwest as the Labor Day weekend approached earlier this month: the unexpected surging price of fuel at the gas station.But for residents of Whiting, Indiana, petroleum has been presenting an altogether bigger problem. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump's 'unusual lump' spotted under suit sparks more health theories

The US president, 79, dismissed the idea that he had died after he was mostly absent during Labor Day weekend earlier this month - but this hasn't stopped concerns over this health

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4 w. ago Low water levels at popular beach reveals truck containing human remains

People spotted the truck just below the water line over the Labor Day weekend

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4 w. ago Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants

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4 w. ago US army academy football player saves man from crashed car in ‘heroic’ move

Larry Pickett Jr and his father pulled the driver out shortly before it erupted in flames after colliding into utility polesA member of the US army academy’s college football team has been hailed as “heroic” after he and his father pulled the driver of a wrecked car out of the vehicle shortly before it erupted in flames over the Labor Day weekend, according to officials and video of the daring rescue.The video depicted Larry Pickett Jr and his father, Larry Pickett Sr, as they took a man out of the driver’s seat of the car and then carried him to safety across a four-lane highway early Sunday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Don Trump Jr. called his father on Labor Day weekend 'to make sure' he was alive amid death rumors

Don Trump Jr. saw the trending posts on X about his father's disappearance and decided it was time for a check in.

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last month Trump news at a glance: president shrugs off ill health rumours as ‘fake news’

Trump says he was ‘very active over the weekend’ and swipes at speculation ‘there must be something wrong with him’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday 2 SeptemberDonald Trump has dismissed speculation that he is in ill health, saying he was busy on the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting his Virginia golf course.“I was very active over the weekend,” Trump, 79, told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Asked about rumours on social media that he may have died, he called them “fake news”. Continue reading...

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