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USThe Guardian

Pennsylvania woman allegedly kills husband and son before attempting suicide at resort

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Police arrested Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, after reports of a ‘distressed female’ at the Great Wolf Lodge resort A Pennsylvania woman allegedly killed her husband and her three-year-old son at a resort in the Poconos Mountains of Pennsylvania this week before attempting suicide, according to local officials. Pocono Township police responded to reports of a “distressed female” at the Great Wolf Lodge resort, with the woman, identified as 27-year old Metallica Rose Harrison of Towanda, Pennsylvania, by police.

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USFrance 24

French glassmaker Duralex pulled back from the brink - again

The French glassmaker Duralex is known for its practically unbreakable tableware - and business model. It's been pulled back from the brink for the fifth time in 25 years, by an entrepreneur who is vowing a new, environmentally-conscious chapter for the manufacturer. Also in the show - high energy prices fuel inflation in the US just weeks before midterm elections, and Greenland hits back at Donald Trump's plans for 'massive oil, gas, and mineral exploration' there.

USThe Guardian

‘I don’t talk politics with anyone’: Georgia voting official on the pressure faced by election workers

Sabrina German, a poll official in Chatham county, details a typical election day, the pressure election workers face, and fallout from 2020 disputes It’s not that Sabrina German doesn’t have political views. But as the director of voter registration for Chatham county, Georgia , talking politics is like breakdancing in traffic. “I don’t talk politics with anyone,” says German; she knows better. America’s partisan minefield has trained much of the country – aside from that one uncle you avoid at weddings and funerals – to get pretty good at the art of…