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spokesman.com > stories > 09/12/2026 > die-for-me-author-and-cardiologist-shirlene-obuobi

‘Die for Me’ author (and cardiologist) Shirlene Obuobi prescribes romance

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (697+ words) Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author of the novels “On Rotation” and “Between Friends & Lovers.” Her new paranormal summer romance, “Die for Me,” has just been published, and she answered the Book Pages Q&A via email....

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/13/2026 > a-once-segregated-botanical-garden-honors-the-blac

A once-segregated botanical garden honors the Black workers who built it

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1006+ words) When Helen Ferguson Williams was a girl, she begged her mother, Mary Elizabeth Ferguson, to take her to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. She wanted to be in the crowd when the Azalea Queen – often the daughter of a U.S. president or…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/12/2026 > ranchers-loyalty-to-trump-wavers-as-some-bristle-o

Ranchers’ loyalty to Trump wavers as some bristle over beef imports

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (809+ words) Barry McCoy, owner of the Montana Livestock Auction in Ramsay, Mont., is frustrated by President Donald Trump allowing more beef imports to be sold in the United States. (Holly Pickett/For / Washington Post) RAMSAY, Mont. – Rancher Barry McCoy has watched…...

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spokesman.com > galleries > 09/12/2026 > washington-state-at-kansas-state-sept-12-2026

Washington State at Kansas State (Sept. 12, 2026)

9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (633+ words) Kansas State Wildcats band members wait to take the filed before the first half of a college football game against the Washington State Cougars on Saturday, Sep 12, 2026, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan Kan. Kansas State Wildcats offensive lineman…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/13/2026 > spin-control-trumps-5000-payout-if-gop-stays-in-po

Spin Control: Trump's $5,000 payout if GOP stays in power? Don't spend it yet

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (580+ words) When President Donald Trump offered to send a $5,000 dividend to all adult Americans last week if Republicans keep control of Congress, I didn’t open my calculator app to start reworking my budget. Promises of government largesse tend to sound great…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/12/2026 > judge-rules-white-house-plan-to-halve-fema-workfor

Judge rules White House plan to halve FEMA workforce violates law

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (506+ words) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco in a decision issued late Friday said the U.S. Department…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/12/2026 > its-a-cat-on-a-leash-why-so-many-la-residents-walk

'It's a cat on a leash!' Why so many L.A. residents walk their feline friends

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1182+ words) LOS ANGELES – Gnocchi sits attentively on a Beverly Grove sidewalk with his owner, Julia Luke. Gnocchi wears a pink collar with his name on it, an air tag and a red harness with a leash. He observes the neighbors. He…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/11/2026 > us-senate-negotiators-consider-requiring-ai-firms-

U.S. Senate negotiators consider requiring AI firms to mitigate known major risks

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (477+ words) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate negotiators are debating legislation that would put responsibility on tech companies to design safe AI products, according to two Senate aides, and involve federal courts if the U.S. government wants to block their release, according to a…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/10/2026 > we-can-be-united-remembering-911-on-its-25th-anniv

'We can be united': Remembering 9/11 on its 25th anniversary

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1075+ words) Like many Americans, 62-year-old Doug Jonas remembers exactly where he was on Sept. 11, 2001. He was elk hunting on Bethel Ridge near Yakima with two of his cousins and an uncle. As they were coming out of the thicket of trees…...

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spokesman.com > stories > 09/10/2026 > iran-us-brace-for-long-war-with-neither-side-cedin

Iran, US brace for long war with neither side ceding ground

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (538+ words) Iran and the U.S. are digging in for a protracted war, with little sign of a near-term ceasefire or return to normal Middle East energy flows even if hostilities remain at a low intensity. Tehran’s leaders are resolved to keep fighting…...