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Murdoch’s UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana
Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial d ...
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Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety in attempt to diverge from his predecessor
Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-develop ...
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Trump administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page and social media
Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.
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Why is Israel launching a crackdown in the West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire?
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the ...
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Largest U.S. grid issues alert as cold lifts demand to near record
PJM Interconnection, which operates the largest U.S. grid from Washington, D.C., to Illinois, issued a Level 1 emergency alert for Wednesday as cold weather boosts electricity demand.
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Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 atta ...
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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration ...
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Votes for Mr. Potato Head and fictional characters given to a real candidate in South Georgia race
After voters wrote in Mr. Potato Head, Mickey Mouse and hundreds of other names on their ballots, an election official awarded all those votes to the real candidate in a low-profile South Ge ...
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Tr ...
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The Taliban say a Chinese national has been killed in northeastern Afghanistan
A Chinese man was killed as he traveled in northeastern Afghanistan while working for a mining company, Taliban officials said Wednesday. A militant resistance group took responsibility for the killin ...
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Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across pa ...
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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US
Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the ...