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Kevin McCarthy says he won't run again for House speaker

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a press conference at Hudson County Community College’s North Hudson Campus on September 25, 2023 in Union City, New Jersey. Menendez spoke during a press conference where he stated that he would not resign as senator and would serve out his term. The three-term senator and his wife are accused of taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car, and cash in exchange for using his position to help the government of Egypt and other corrupt acts according to an indictment from SDNY unsealed on Friday. The indictment is the second in eight years against Menendez.
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3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for looking at electrons in atoms during split seconds

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From left, scientists Anne L'Huillier, Ferenc Krausz and Pierre Agostini have been awarded the Physics Nobel Prize for looking at electrons in atoms by the tiniest of split seconds.
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3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for looking at electrons in atoms during split seconds

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