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Warren reverses central stance on PAC support: ‘That’s how it has to be’

David Becker/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) -- Despite grounding her campaign message in the fight against the influence of big money in politics, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has not discouraged a new super PAC created this week from boosting her message around the country.Warren has criticized other candidates for accepting PAC support, and continued to do so even as a new PAC called “Persist” threw its support behind her. Warren has indicated that she will not disavow or reject its support unless all the other candidates do ...

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Florida's Dixie Highways renamed in honor of Harriet Tubman

Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(MIAMI) -- The highways flowing through Miami are swapping their Confederate identity with one that recognizes the iconic leader of the Underground Railroad.Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday to change the name of parts of the Old Dixie Highway to the Harriet Tubman Highway. The change was made to honor the abolitionist who led countless numbers of slaves to freedom.The renaming took "a staunch, proactive stance on the necessary eradication of the lingering markers within Miami-Dade County and the ...

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Pete Buttigieg's husband responds to critics, discusses historic nature of presidential campaign

Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For Chasten Buttigieg, it was a "culmination of experiences" that led him to fall for Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, in 2015. Unbeknownst to him at the time, his future husband would become a top-tier presidential candidate for the Democratic Party."He made me feel so loved right away," Chasten Buttigieg, 30, told ABC News' Linsey Davis as part of the ABC News Live series "Running Mates."He said that it was Pete Buttigieg's heart that made him fall ...

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Weinstein trial day 3 closes with no verdict, more jury requests

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Harvey Weinstein trial jury deliberations have ended for the day with no verdict.The jury sent notes to the judge in rapid succession at the end of their third day of deliberations -- both focused on Annabella Sciorra’s testimony."We the jury request for the court to read us the cross-examination and everything afterward in the testimony of Annabella Sciorra. Thank you! We are done, judge, for today," one note read. The other requested a look at the list of people Annabella Sciorra ...

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Plane evacuating cruise passengers re-routed after Turkey denies landing permission amid novel coronavirus fears

TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images(KARACHI, Pakistan) -- A Turkish airliner chartered by Holland America cruise line to evacuate passengers from its Westerdam cruise was abruptly turned around mid-flight Thursday, according to flight data and multiple sources.The flight was carrying 283 citizens from multiple countries, including the United States, when it was forced to land in Karachi, Pakistan, instead of Istanbul, Turkey -- its original destination.A source familiar with the situation told ABC News the last-minute landing was because the Turkish government barred the aircraft ...

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Highway patrol pilot suffering pain after blue laser pointed at aircraft hits him in eye

California Highway Patrol(NAPA, Calif.) -- A California Highway Patrol pilot said he was momentarily blinded and is still suffering some pain in his left eye after his aircraft was hit by a blue laser on a return flight to the airport."It's pitch black. We're flying and all of a sudden, it's like the sun just came out," pilot Jan Sears with the patrol's Golden Gate Division Air Operations told CBS13 in Sacramento. "It took me a minute to get my bearings."Authorities said the laser incident ...

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Michael Bloomberg's campaign spent more than $409 million through January

George Frey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg poured more than $463 million into his campaign in just the first two months of his presidential bid, a new campaign disclosure shows.From late November through the end of January, Bloomberg’s campaign reported spending more than $409 million, more than $220 million in just the month of January, according to the report filed to the Federal Election Commission.As he pledged when he launched his campaign, the billionaire presidential hopeful has taken in no donation ...

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