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(AP) ��� Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he awarded secretive consulting contracts and gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies Harris zeroes in on high food and housing prices as inflation plays a big role in the campaign 08/15/2024 08:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries and laying out plans to cut other costs as she looks to addres US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations 08/15/2024 05:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring. While the summer break provided a respite in The Latest: Trump holds news conference; Harris touts Medicare drug price cuts 08/15/2024 05:05pm • Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has invited reporters to his New Jersey golf club for a news conference ��� his second in as many weeks. Trump is meeting the press as he steps up his criticism of Harris for not holding a news conference or sitting down for interviews since President Joe Bi With Gaza's death toll over 40,000, here's the conflict by numbers 08/15/2024 12:47pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 40,000, health officials in the territory say, underscoring the magnitude of Israel's offensive in the tiny coastal enclave. 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