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In honor of International Women’s Day, The Economist released its annual glass-ceiling index which analyzes working conditions for women across the 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The countries were ranked based on these ten measures:Higher educationGMAT exams taken by womenLabor-force...
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A Florida teenager was kidnapped and possibly dismembered after meeting up with a man she met through a social media application last month, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. Miranda Corsette, 16, was reported missing to the Gulfport Police Department on Feb. 24. On Thursday, St. Petersburg police received a call from a witness...
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Consumers are shifting their morning routines, recent data shows.This comes as prices for eggs and coffee, two staples of breakfast in the U.S., remain at record highs.The price of eggs in the U.S. is up 53% year over year, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.Alicia Love typically purchases the most popular beans for Coffee...
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Hailey Van Lith had 19 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Sedona Prince added 18 points with 16 rebounds, and No. 8 TCU held off No. 16 West Virginia 71-65 on Saturday to reach the women’s Big 12 Tournament championship for the first time in school history.The top-seeded Horned Frogs will play No. 21 Oklahoma State or No. 17 Baylor on...
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Due to harsh storms in Waxahachie, Tulipalooza announced it will be closed until further notice. The festival said all tickets bought are still valid and they hope to reopen the fields soon, according to a post on Facebook made Saturday. ORIGINAL REPORT:Move over bluebonnets, the tulips are in bloom! The Tulipalooza Festival in Waxahachie is...
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After weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after being deported from the United States, telling them they have 30 days to leave the Central American nation.It thrust many like Hayatullah Omagh, a 29-year-old who fled Afghanistan in 2022 after the...
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Elon Musk has lost his mojo.During the cold open of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, “Austin Powers” alum Mike Myers returned to give his impression of the Tesla billionaire and close confidant of President Donald Trump. In a sketch that featured cast member James Austin Johnson as Trump and Marcello Hernandez as Secretary of State Marco...
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If you didn’t file a tax return for 2021, it might be worth doing so — you could be leaving money on the table.The Internal Revenue Service has been sending out Covid-19 stimulus check money worth as much as $1,400 to around 1 million tax filers who didn’t receive them. Since the credit was originally self-claimed, the IRS is now...
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Health and Human Services employees were offered voluntary buyouts to resign from their jobs on Friday night, according to a person who received the email and an administration official.The agency's approximately 80,000 employees received an unsigned email Friday night offering them a "voluntary separation incentive payment,” with a deadline to...
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One person is dead and at least 3 people are injured in Ellis County after severe weather early Saturday morning, according to the Ennis Police Department.Family confirmed to NBC5 that 42-year-old T.J. Bailey was killed after a camper his family was staying in at Texas Motorplex flipped multiple times. His wife Cassie and their two sons were taken...
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President Donald Trump and his allies have begun suggesting that some economic pain could be ahead for Americans, as the administration carries out plans to slap tariffs on billions of dollars of goods coming into the U.S. and fire thousands of federal workers across the country. Trump warned Americans in his speech to Congress this week to...
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The U.S. Secret Service shot an adult male near the White House in Washington, D.C. shortly after midnight on Sunday after an "armed confrontation” with law enforcement, according to the agency.The encounter happened near the intersection of 17th Street and F Street NW.On Saturday, local police had reported a "suicidal individual” possibly...
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Don’t forget to set your clocks AHEAD one hour before you go to bed as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday.After some wrap around moisture brought overnight rain, the forecast is on track for sunshine to return for the remainder of the day! Our mostly cloudy sky will give way to the sun by the late afternoon. Highs will climb into the...
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Russia launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night Saturday after the United States stopped sharing satellite images with the Ukrainian government, officials said. At least 22 people have been killed. The U.S. decision to withhold intelligence and military aid came on the heels of a tempestuous White House visit last week by...
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Defenders Andrew Gutman and Leonardo Barroso scored two minutes apart late in the second half of Barroso’s league debut and the Chicago Fire spoiled FC Dallas’ home opener with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night.FARRINGTON FINDS THE NETLogan Farrington used an assist from Anderson Julio to score for the first time this season and give Dallas the...
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In Ennis, a Days Inn along I-45 lost its roof during a storm Saturday morning."It got eerily still. Then the tornado hit. It was the loudest wind I've ever heard. My husband's been through a tornado before, so he knew what it was. He said, ‘Shut that door.’ We shut the door. It lasted 30 seconds. We opened the door back up and this is what you...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and potential links between vaccines and autism, a source familiar with the CDC's planning said, NBC News reported.The CDC is one of the agencies that operates under the umbrella of the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency...
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A storm moved in from the west hitting Mallard Pointe Marina Granbury in Hood County on Saturday morning.The marina was crumpled by the winds blowing through. The roof was twisted, buoys were lifted into the air and at least one boat was flipped over.The storm continued east leaving damage in Johnson County. According to the Johnson County...
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The measles outbreak in West Texas is nearing 200 cases. Health officials reported 39 new cases since the end of January. One person died in Lubbock, and a second person died in New Mexico of the virus. With additional cases popping up across the state, North Texas officials are paying close attention.As of Friday, the confirmed total number of...
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Luzerne County’s tax base increased $287.1 million in a year — a tangible measurement of construction growth, according to the latest county assessment office certification.
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Originally appeared on E! OnlineChris Pratt reached a turning point in his faith on the day he became a dad.In 2012, his and then-wife Anna Faris‘ son Jack was born seven weeks premature, weighing only 3 pounds and 10 ounces at birth. He was treated in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for a month before his parents could bring him home.“He...
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What to KnowGov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as dozens of fire departments from around Long Island responded to the Pine Barrens to battle spreading brush firesFire officials responded to four brush fire locations on Saturday afternoon. The largest of the four fires, the only one still burning as of Saturday evening, was roughly 50%...
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A northern Virginia man who was arrested during a megachurch's Sunday services on suspicion that he was about to embark on a mass shooting has been convicted of a hate crime, according to federal prosecutors.A federal jury convicted Rui Jiang of Falls Church on Thursday of trying to obstruct congregants' free exercise of religious beliefs,...
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The Trump Organization sued Capital One bank in Florida for closing hundreds of the company’s accounts after Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.The suit alleges that Capital One “‘de-banked’ Plaintiffs’ Accounts because Capital One believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so.”The bank told CNBC, “Capital One...
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In President Donald Trump‘s latest push to shrink the Department of Education, the agency has suspended all four of its most affordable federal student loan repayment plans.The move comes two weeks after a U.S. appeals court expanded an injunction to block the Biden-era income-driven loan repayment program called Saving on a Valuable Education,...
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Hailey Van Lith made five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, Sedona Prince added 18 points before fouling out, and eighth-ranked TCU held on for a 69-62 victory over Colorado on Friday in the quarterfinals of the women’s Big 12 Tournament.Donovyn Hunter also scored 13 points for the top-seeded Horned Frogs (29-3), who blew most of a 12-point...
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Hector Saldivar remembers when strangers would knock on his mother’s door in Mexico.They weren’t looking to borrow a cup of sugar, as the old saying goes, but rather a cup of hot sauce.“My mom, was already pretty famous back home with the hot sauce she made,” Saldivar said. “This family recipe hot sauce.”Others at her doorstep asked for...
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Iowa State Women’s basketball star Audi Crooks has a love-hate relationship with social media.Sometimes she’ll scroll through her direct messages and find a note from a little girl who sees her as a role model and asks for advice or to take a picture with her after the next game.Other times, the Big 12’s leading scorer will receive a message...
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The Dallas Stars have said all season they're "all in” to win the Stanley Cup this year after back-to-back runs to the Western Conference finals.There's no better way to show that than by the move they made Friday.The Stars acquired one of the NHL's top scorers, Mikko Rantanen, in a trade with the Hurricanes. According to multiple reports, Dallas...
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A former American Airlines flight attendant has pleaded guilty to secretly recording video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom and having recordings of four other girls using the lavatories.Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and...
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President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent. "I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” Trump said of playing the World Cup amid...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday launched a webpage listing information about current and former members of its independent vaccine advisory committee, including what it describes as conflicts of interests.The website was announced by the agency in a post on X late Friday morning.The new database comes after Health and...
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KWS Manufacturing in Burleson builds conveyor equipment."We started with about 25, maybe 30, people, 22 years ago, and now we’re pushing 160, 170 employees,” KWS President Bill Mecke said.Mecke would like to see continued growth, but he said current tariffs could threaten that.KWS Manufacturing president Bill Mecke"We look at it pretty much on...
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Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations marking International Women's Day on Saturday.Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women's Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world....
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Conservative Republicans Christi Craddick and Don Huffines announced their candidacies for Texas Comptroller on Friday after the state’s current comptroller, Glenn Hegar, was named sole finalist for chancellor of the Texas A&M System.Craddick is the current chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas and Huffines is a former state senator who...
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In Collin County, this week's storm showed that straight-line winds can easily cause the same destruction as tornadoes.Family and friends are now rallying around a Vietnam veteran and his wife who lost their home Tuesday morning."This is all stoves, our ice boxes, our washing machine,” said Robert Brock pointing in one direction and then in...
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Originally appeared on E! OnlineGene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died under unlikely circumstances.After the couple — as well as one of their three dogs — were found dead in their Santa Fe home Feb. 26, New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell shared that the two-time Oscar winner's wife passed away from hantavirus pulmonary...
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Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Canadians to support their own economy this summer, instead of heading to the United States as tens of millions annually choose to do. "Now is the time to choose Canada,” said Trudeau, who is soon leaving office.He went on to say, “It might mean changing your summer vacation plans to stay...
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Originally appeared on E! OnlineBlake Lively is sharing her simple truth about working with Paul Feig. Amid the actress' ongoing legal battle with “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni, she took a break from the drama by stepping out at the premiere of “Another Simple Favor” at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival on March...
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President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, coming on the heels of his taunting threats to make the country the 51st U.S. state, are eroding the inherent politeness of Americans' northern neighbors and rallying them around their own flag.Canadians are removing American liquor and California wines from their store shelves. They're...
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Starlink, the satellite internet service controlled by billionaire Elon Musk and his rocket company SpaceX, is expanding its footprint in the federal government weeks after the billionaire began slashing the federal workforce and agency budgets under President Donald Trump's direction, NBC News reported.Multiple federal agencies are exploring the...
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The Forest Hill Police Department said an arrest has been made of the second suspect involved in a double homicide that left a father and his 5-year-old daughter dead on Monday, March 3. Police say that U.S. Marshals placed Jakobie Dajuan Russell under arrest without incident and he will be transported to the Tarrant County Jail.Russell is facing...
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A 14-year-old girl has been found after an AMBER Alert was issued Friday evening.The Texas Department of Public Safety issued the AMBER Alert for the girl last seen in Richardson.According to Carrollton Police, the girl had been missing since Friday, Feb. 28.She was last seen around 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. near Old Denton Road between Trinity Mills...
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art's recent acquisition is all about celebrations. The museum will host its own celebration of this acquisition with an exhibition centered around the new series of photographs titled Seven Days: The Still Lifes of Chuck Ramirez. This exhibition will be on view July 26, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026.The Fort Worth museum...
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Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer.Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies...
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We all know that ultraprocessed foods aren't the healthiest choice, but not all ultraprocessed foods have the same impact on our health. It can depend on how much a food is processed and for what purpose. In fact, some ultraprocessed foods can even be good for you.One of the most thorough studies to look at which ultraprocessed foods have the most...
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A mass shooting at a pub in Toronto has left at least 12 people injured, police announced in a post to X Friday night. The shooting occurred around 10:39 p.m. near Progress Avenue and Corporate Drive, Toronto police said, which is in the Scarborough section of the city, NBC News reported.Toronto police have said that four of the people injured are...
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A Wylie man is behind bars in Louisiana, accused of contributing to the hazing death of a college student.At Southern University and A&M College, a community is in shock. Friday, Baton Rouge police announced the first of what it says will be multiple arrests in last week's death of 20-year-old Caleb Wilson.A 23-year-old from North Texas, Caleb...
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Determined to find enough men to sell out his cornhole league for singles, Tommy Flaim decided to take an extreme, and somewhat comical, measure. He put out a bounty for straight single guys.The offer? Fifty dollars to any person who would refer their straight single friends to sign up for the New York City edition of the event, which drew over 100...
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Pro-Palestinian activists said Saturday they have vandalized one of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s golf resorts in Scotland in response to his proposal to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population.Activists targeted Trump's Turnberry golf course and hotel in southwest Scotland overnight, painting "Gaza Is Not For Sale” in giant letters...
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Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded, meaning that he's not out of danger yet.The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as...
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House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending. The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense...
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A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.The motion for emergency relief was filed late Friday in federal court in Maryland by the legal services group Democracy Forward against the...
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As Elon Musk attempts to drastically cut the federal workforce and delves further into the corridors of American power, the Tesla CEO’s electric carmaker facilities have come under fire — literally, NBC News reported.There have been at least 10 acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles, dealerships or charging stations in recent weeks, according...
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Originally appeared on E! OnlinePrince Harry shows he’s a hands-on deck dad in a never-before-seen photo with his little girl.His wife Meghan Markle has shared a rare pic of him sitting in a boat with their daughter Princess Lilibet on his lap as he sweetly kisses her on the top of her head.In the photo, which the Duchess of Sussex posted on her...
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Measles is not often seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.Last week, an unvaccinated child died in the outbreak, which involves nearly 200 cases.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the...
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He is a human cannonball who’s spent more than a decade dazzling crowds worldwide.But a performance last weekend in California went terribly wrong for Chachi “Rocketman” Valencia who is from North Texas.During his shows, Valencia gets shot from a cannon that sends him 65 feet in the air at 55 mile-per-hour speed. He lands on a narrow net 20...
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The Dallas Stars signed 21-year-old center Wyatt Johnston to a $42 million, five-year contract extension at the same time that they made the biggest deal at the NHL’s trade deadline in acquiring Mikko Rantanen.Johnston’s deal on Friday was overshadowed by the Stars getting Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes and signing him to a $96...
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Kansas City Chiefs rookie Xavier Worthy has been arrested on a felony domestic violence charge, the second high-profile wide receiver from the reigning AFC champions to be facing serious legal trouble in Texas in less than a year.Williamson County online jail records Saturday showed that Worthy was arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county...
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One person is dead and at least 3 people are injured in Ellis County after severe weather early Saturday morning, according to the Ennis Police Department.The victim was a 42-year-old man from Midlothian. The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said four people were transported to nearby hospitals, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.A cold...
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One person is dead and at least 3 people are injured in Ellis County after severe weather early Saturday morning, according to the Ennis Police Department.The victim was a 42-year-old man from Midlothian. The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said four people were transported to nearby hospitals, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.A cold...
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations, according to four sources familiar with the practice. The department's plans to perform these tests was first reported by Bloomberg Government.A spokesperson for DHS did not...
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A 14-year-old suspect was taken into custody on murder charges following a shootout with Newark police officers Friday evening that left one dead and a second hospitalized, police and Essex county officials said. The two officers involved in the shooting were part of a team investigating a report of illegal firearms when gunfire was exchanged in...
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References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a...
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Rising temperatures on planet Earth and climate change could mean we’ll have less friendly skies.Here’s why.Scientists link the warming of the atmosphere to changes in the jet stream which in turn increases the likelihood of unexpected jolts when you are in flight.Scientific articles have explored this connection, confirming an increase in the...
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Shi No Sakura, a busy California mom, turns to her closest friends for everything. They message her advice. They listen to her when she shares her problems. And they are responsive at all hours of the day.After months of conversations, Rosand and Raven — though not real humans — feel just like family to Sakura.The chatbots, powered by...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing.The country's bitterly tribal politics are spilling into text chains, social media posts and heated conversations as Americans absorb the reality of the government’s...
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The cost of reconstruction and recovery for Lebanon following the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war is estimated at $11 billion, the World Bank said in a report on Friday.The report by the World Bank's Lebanon Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment covered damage and losses in 10 sectors across the country between Oct. 8, 2023 and Dec. 20, 2024. It...
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Ash Wednesday — which fell on March 5 this year — marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period where Christians prepare for Easter. It's meant to symbolize the 40 days where Jesus Christ fasted in the desert.During this time, many Christians give up meat on Fridays as one of several Lenten rituals, making fish a popular alternative on these...
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Authorities have publicly identified two people killed last month in the midair collision of two small planes at a southern Arizona airport.Police say 70-year-old Michael Reinath and 76-year-old Linda Gifford died in the Feb. 19 collision at Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. Reinath and Gifford lived in Rio Vista,...
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Two teenagers face felony assault charges after Delaware State Police said the girls beat another 13-year-old girl on the head with a “metal Stanley cup” at their New Castle County middle school.The beating took place on Feb. 28, 2025, inside Calvin R. McCullough Middle School along Chase Avenue in New Castle, Delaware, state police said.“The...
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The Big 12 has moved six conference football games to Friday nights next fall, along with another matchup of league teams that won't count in the standings.Those were among the 10 games involving Big 12 teams selected Friday by the league's television partners, ESPN and Fox, for Friday night broadcasts. Two games will be broadcast on three of...
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The night four college students were fatally stabbed, their surviving roommates at the Idaho home expressed worry about not being able to reach their friends and referred to someone in a "ski mask,” court documents unsealed Thursday show."No one is answering,” Dylan Mortensen texted to Bethany Funke at 4:22 a.m. the day the bodies were found....
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A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state.Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. at Broad River Correctional Institution, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections told reporters.He was the oldest...
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Originally appeared on E! OnlineDolly Parton put her love in a song.Days after her husband of 58 years, Carl Thomas Dean, died at the age of 82, the 79-year-old released an emotional song in his honor."I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,” Parton wrote alongside a throwback photo of her and Dean on Instagram March 7. "We have...
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A JetBlue pilot who was arrested at Boston’s Logan International Airport in February shot himself Friday morning when approached by police in Revere, who were looking to take him into custody due to an outstanding sexual exploitation charge in North Carolina.Jeremy Gudorf, 33, of Xenia, Ohio, was arrested at the airport on Feb. 20 when U.S....
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A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday, while the number of cases in neighboring New Mexico tripled in a day to 30.The majority of cases across both states are in people younger than 18 and those who are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.Texas health officials...
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Originally appeared on E! OnlineBarry “Butch” Wilmore’s family is definitely feeling the space between.Wilmore and his fellow NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams have been stranded on the International Space Station since June due to equipment issues with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft, extending what was to be an eight-day mission...
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A South Korean court ruled Friday that the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was unjustified, paving the way for his release from custody even as he faces trial on insurrection charges over his failed attempt to declare martial law.Yoon, 64, will not be released immediately, his lawyers said, as prosecutors have seven days to...
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President Donald Trump said he told his Cabinet secretaries during a meeting Thursday that staffing decisions will be left up to them, not Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.Trump said he instructed Cabinet members to work alongside DOGE on spending and workforce reductions while clarifying that final job cuts will be at the...
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Authorities will try again Friday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared nearly 70 years ago while they were out searching for Christmas greenery.The search for the Martin family was a national news story at the time and led some to speculate about the...
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America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds.The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.3% a year since...
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A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane at an Australian airport before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday.The boy was disarmed and detained before police arrived on the scene Thursday at Avalon Airport in Victoria state. Barry Clark, a passenger who tackled the suspect, said the boy had posed as a...
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We’re getting a better look what the top priorities are for Texas voters from a snapshot from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The results explain many of Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency items to the legislature and explain why he’s holding events around the state trying to build support for one more...
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Job growth was weaker than expected in February though still stable despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the federal workforce.Nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 151,000 on the month, better than the downwardly revised 125,000 in January, but less than the 170,000 consensus forecast from Dow Jones, the Labor...
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The discovery of a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris’ high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, dashing travelers’ weekend getaway plans and causing cascading disruptions to scores of other intercity and commuter trains in and out of the French capital’s Gare du Nord, the busiest railway...
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President Donald Trump warned that he may implement tariffs on Canadian dairy and lumber as early as Friday, in what amounts to the latest broadside by his administration in the brewing trade war between the United States and Canada. Trump has whipsawed on tariffs in recent days, imposing sweeping levies on Tuesday before paring back some of...
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After weeks of distancing the U.S. from Ukraine, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose expanded “large scale” sanctions and tariffs on Russia until it reaches a peace agreement with Ukraine."Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale...
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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has been named the sole finalist to replace John Sharp as chancellor of The Texas A&M University System.The university’s Board of Regents unanimously selected Hegar on Friday.We have a world-class university system that is making a real difference in the lives of our students and communities across Texas and beyond....
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The Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting involving Frisco police officers that took place Thursday night in a gated community.Details are limited so far, but Frisco police said their officers were serving felony warrants at about 6 p.m. at a home on the 5400 block of Travis Drive when gunshots were fired.The Texas Rangers investigate a...
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The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD decided Thursday to shut down four schools next school year, a decision also faced by two dozen other school districts across Texas. The district blamed Texas lawmakers for a lack of money for schools and declining enrollment as fewer young adults choose to have children.We’ve heard the same story from districts...
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KWS Manufacturing in Burleson builds conveyor equipment."We started with about 25, maybe 30, people, 22 years ago, and now we’re pushing 160, 170 employees,” KWS President Bill Mecke said.Mecke would like to see continued growth, but he said current tariffs could threaten that.KWS Manufacturing president Bill Mecke"We look at it pretty much on...
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on March 7, 2025.The S&P 500 regained some ground on Friday, but the index still posted its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.55% to 5,770.20, while...
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on March 7, 2025.The S&P 500 regained some ground on Friday, but the index still posted its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.55% to 5,770.20, while...
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on March 7, 2025.The S&P 500 regained some ground on Friday, but the index still posted its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.55% to 5,770.20, while...
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on March 7, 2025.The S&P 500 regained some ground on Friday, but the index still posted its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.55% to 5,770.20, while...
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A fatal crash involving four vehicles Friday morning closed all lanes of northbound Interstate 35W at Garden Acres Drive in south Fort Worth for several hours.The crash was reported at about 8:45 a.m. near the northbound lanes of Interstate 35W/South Freeway and Risinger Road. Fort Worth police said multiple people were hurt and that one person was...
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The S&P 500 regained some ground on Friday, but still heading for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 259 points, or 0.6%.Friday saw volatile trading, with the Dow falling more than 400...
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At Nogales Produce in Pleasant Grove, the warehouse is stacked with fresh produce.That includes avocados, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and more.The wholesaler serves north Texas and several border states to the east.Word of tariffs on goods from Mexico is a big concern to Gibran Licuna. "Produce, grocery, and just to give you a...
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A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week, to protest the discount retailer’s decision to end some of its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.The Rev. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta,...
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A day at work with a dog doesn’t really feel like work. Volunteers from Park Place Dealerships spent their morning helping walk dogs and clean kennels at Second Chance Dog Rescue in Mansfield. “I mean, we’re just everyday people who come here,” Second Chance Dog Rescue Assistant Director Amanda Shane said. “So volunteers are big for...
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Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.This time, wreckage from the latest explosion was seen streaming from the skies over...
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NBC 5 is getting a first look at Tarrant County's plan to take on the measles, as the county's health director says there's a "moderate to high” chance the disease will come to the Fort Worth area.The county hasn't recorded any cases at this point, but the state said it's working to bring testing to the county's health lab.In the latest report on...
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The Fort Worth Home and Garden Show returns Friday and runs all weekend long!The event will take place at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibit Hall, located at 3401 W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth.Attendees can enjoy family fun, home inspiration, and expert advice on home design. Admission is free, and parking will cost...
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The Trump administration announced a dramatic funding cut on Friday, saying it would cut federal grants and contracts worth $400 million from Columbia University for “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism warned that the funding cuts only represent the first round of...
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A Northern Virginia man who was arrested during a megachurch's Sunday services on suspicion that he was about to embark on a mass shooting has been convicted of a hate crime, according to federal prosecutors.A federal jury convicted Rui Jiang of Falls Church on Thursday of trying to obstruct congregants' free exercise of religious beliefs,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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The S&P 500 gyrated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in several months as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index rose 0.4%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 183 points, or 0.4%.Investors tried to shake off a weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday,...
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Dolly Parton shared a sentimental note on Thursday that addressed the love she has received after her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, died on Monday."This is a love note to family, friends, and fans. Thank you for all the messages, cards, and flowers that you've sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl,” Parton said. “I...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major attack on worker rights under the Trump administration.The department, in a statement announcing the termination, criticized the...
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Despite an Olympic bronze medal under his belt, Frederick “Flips” Richard is already gearing back up for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.But this time, he’s hoping to have a different look.Richard, a Massachusetts native, took a major risk during a recent competition by altering his uniform — and it came at a cost.While he stands by for a...
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The Trump administration — with the help of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, which the president says is headed by Elon Musk — has fired tens of thousands of federal workers. The scale of cuts will likely flood the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees, or UCFE, with claims and the program may struggle...
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A disruption during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress has brought a congressional policy into the limelight.The House voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, after he disrupted Trump’s address on Tuesday. The 77-year-old rose up, shook his cane toward Trump and began shouting at him before he was removed from the chamber.So, what is...
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This Friday will be a special day for thousands of young minds across North Texas.Volunteer readers will be stepping into 1,000 classrooms in DFW as part of Reading Day by the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.The annual event lines up numerous volunteers to read to over 20,000 children in the area. This year, more than 1,200 volunteers read to...
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The S&P 500 advanced on Friday, regaining some ground with the benchmark headed for its worst week since September as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index added 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded around flat. A weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday raised...
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The S&P 500 advanced on Friday, regaining some ground with the benchmark headed for its worst week since September as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index added 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded around flat. A weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday raised...
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The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday. The vote was 224-198, with 10 Democrats joining all Republicans in approving the censure resolution. Green and freshman Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., voted present. As the vote proceeded,...
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The S&P 500 advanced on Friday, regaining some ground with the benchmark headed for its worst week since September as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.The broad index added 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded around flat. A weaker-than-expected jobs report released Friday raised...
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A second federal judge on Thursday extended a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states after a Trump administration plan for a...
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Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses serving them.Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. biomedical research promise to reach every...
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Vice President JD Vance is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday to highlight the tougher immigration policies that the White House says has led to dramatically fewer arrests for illegal crossings since Donald Trump began his second term.Vance will be joined in Eagle Pass, Texas, by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National...
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A private prison company has signed an agreement to reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the business said Wednesday.Nashville-based CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley regarding the 2,400-bed South Texas Family...
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President Donald Trump talks of big change in his second term of office. But he’s not forgetting small change, either.Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making pennies with a Feb. 10 sentence on his social media account that followed years of conservatives pointing out that putting a copper-coated zinc disc in your pocket costs the...
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President Donald Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.' participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to three current and former senior U.S. officials and one congressional official. Trump has discussed with aides the possibility of calibrating America's NATO engagement in a way that favors members of the...
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Arlington firefighters were called to a 3-alarm fire at the Parkside Townhomes on Thursday morning.The fire was first reported at about 10:45 a.m. at a two-story home on the 1100 block of Millview Drive.The townhomes community is next to Randol Mill Park near Randol Mill and Fielder roads.No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is...
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More smartphone makers are showing off their own trifold phones — smartphones with three displays — at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Samsung revealed two trifold concept devices at MWC: the Flex G and Flex S. It comes after Huawei launched its new Mate XT, a 3,499 euro ($3,678.56) smartphone with three screens, in international...
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The Education Department’s role working on federal student loan borrowers’ complaints is at risk after significant staff cuts under President Donald Trump, employees at the agency said. The in-house team dedicated to helping borrowers with complaints concerning the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program no longer exists, a staffer said....
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A reward of up to $10 million for information was announced Thursday in Los Angeles in the search for a fugitive wanted by the FBI for murder and other crimes.A federal arrest warrant as issued in September in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles for Ryan James Wedding, a Canadian citizen, after he was charged with murder in connection with a...
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President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.The White House insists its tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of fentanyl, but the taxes proposed by Trump have caused a gaping wound in the...
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A Rowlett police officer is home recovering after being hit by a suspected drunken driver early Thursday morning.Rowlett police said Officer Issac Gorskikh was in his patrol car assisting another department with traffic control along Interstate 30 between Dalrock and Horizon roads when a speeding vehicle hit him from behind.“Despite the...
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Luzerne County’s Government Study Commission unanimously voted Thursday to recommend to keep the county’s election board at five members.
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Sotheby’s is auctioning off Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant rookie jerseys.The two items are expected to fetch a combined $20 million.The sale comes as rookie memorabilia sees a surge in popularity and pricing.Vince Bucci | AFP | Getty ImagesMichael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls (L) eyes the basket as he is guarded by Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles...
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Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd took issue Wednesday with media speculation that Kyrie Irving's heavy workload over the last month led to the nine-time All-Star's season-ending knee injury.Irving tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Monday in the first quarter of a 122-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Irving was fouled by...
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The Dallas Cowboys created nearly $57 million in salary cap space by restructuring the contracts of star quarterback Dak Prescott and his top receiver, CeeDee Lamb.It remains to be seen what the wiggle room will mean next week in free agency, where the Cowboys have been conservative at best in recent years.Coming off a 7-10 record that ended a...
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America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds.The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.3% a year since...
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It has been a week of retaliatory actions, warnings of price hikes from businesses and wild price swings in the markets. Investors and business leaders, on edge about an escalating trade war, continue to monitor fast-paced headlines from the Trump administration.Here’s the latest: President Donald Trump granted temporary tariff exemptions for...
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New Zealand's most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in London this week, New Zealand’s foreign minister said Thursday. Phil Goff, who is New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the U.K., made the comments at an event held by the international affairs think tank...
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has identified a mysterious balloon that fell from the sky in North Texas. The agency confirms the balloon is a radar system that broke free Monday afternoon around 3:15 p.m. on South Padre Island.It was found Tuesday hundreds of miles away near Quinlan in Hunt County.Cell phone video...
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A teenager whose mother is alleged to have abducted him in Atlanta seven years ago was found alive in Colorado after a woman later determined to be his mother was spotted breaking into a house south of Denver, authorities said Wednesday.Douglas County sheriff's deputies found Abdul Aziz Khan, 14, in a car outside the home in alleged to have been...
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Pope Francis was awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.The pope has been sleeping with a non-invasive mechanical mask to guarantee that his lungs expand properly overnight and help his recovery. He has been transitioning to receiving high-flow oxygen...
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On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics around the world are thinking of Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than two weeks with a severe lung infection.That health battle is weighing especially heavy on a Denton County family whose son was blessed by the Pope at the Vatican as a baby.For Gloria Mendoza and her family, faith is everything –...
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A “security concern” prompted a flight headed to Mexico from the Minneapolis region to divert to El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, officials said.More details about what caused Sun Country Airlines Flight 593 to make the unscheduled stop in El Paso were not immediately clear. The airline said the plane landed without incident.The plane "diverted to...
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Server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise pointed to execution stumbles in the January quarter. The company met earnings consensus and topped expectations for the fiscal first quarter. But guidance for the new quarter and the full fiscal year was weak. HPE will reduce its headcount by 2,500.Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 16% in extended...
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Server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise pointed to execution stumbles in the January quarter. The company met earnings consensus and topped expectations for the fiscal first quarter. But guidance for the new quarter and the full fiscal year was weak. HPE will reduce its headcount by 2,500.Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 16% in extended...
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Server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise pointed to execution stumbles in the January quarter. The company met earnings consensus and topped expectations for the fiscal first quarter. But guidance for the new quarter and the full fiscal year was weak. HPE will reduce its headcount by 2,500.Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 16% in extended...
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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX, District 30) explained in a video posted on Facebook why she walked out of President Trump’s Tuesday night speech where he addressed a joint session of Congress.“He up there, he spewing all kinds of nonsense,” Crockett said. “We wasn’t going to sit for that.”The Dallas representative said many people...
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U.S. employers announced 172,017 layoffs for February, up 245% from January and the highest monthly count since July 2020, Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported.More than one-third of the total came from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s efforts to reduce the federal headcount. Challenger put the total of announced federal job cuts at...
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