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The News Roundup For September 13, 2024 : 1A Some 67 million people tuned in to watch Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump face off in their first and maybe only debate of this election season on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, state and local officials across the country warned that issues with the U.S. postal service could result in disenfranchised voters this election.

Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering 1,200 displaced Palestinians killed six U.N. staffers at a refugee camp in Central Gaza. At least 18 Palestinians were killed in the attack.

The Department of Justice exposed Russian ties to right wing social media influencers. U.S. prosecutors say the Kremlin media company RT funneled nearly $10 million to a platform for content creators.

We cover all these stories and more during this week's News Roundup.

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The News Roundup For September 13, 2024

The News Roundup For September 13, 2024

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A viewer stops to watch a screen displaying the US Presidential debate between Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at The Admiral restaurant in Washington, DC.

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Some 67 million people tuned in to watch Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump face off in their first and maybe only debate of this election season on Tuesday.

Inflation dropped to a three-year low in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices, however, climbed 2.5 percent in the last year.

On Wednesday, state and local officials across the country warned that issues with the U.S. postal service could result in disenfranchised voters this election. In an open letter, two election worker associations accused the postmaster general of not being sufficiently prepared for November.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says medical teams wrapped up the emergency polio vaccination campaign launched after the discovery of the Gaza's first-known case of the illness in more than two decades.

This week, an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering 1,200 displaced Palestinians killed six U.N. staffers at a refugee camp in Central Gaza. At least 18 Palestinians were killed in the attack.

The Department of Justice exposed Russian ties to right wing social media influencers. U.S. prosecutors say the Kremlin media company RT funneled nearly $10 million to a platform for content creators. The company, Tenet Media, worked with popular online personalities like Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin.

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