Nation and World
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US stocks sink as Wall Street sees both good and bad in Big Tech profits, US-China relations
Oct 30, 2025 3:47 pm - The U.S. stock market sank from record heights as Wall Street sifted through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to profits for Big Tech behemoths. The S&P 500 fell 1% Thursday and edged further from its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.6% from its record set the day before.
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Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba pick up pieces after Melissa's destruction
Oct 30, 2025 3:35 pm - SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday ...
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Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
Oct 30, 2025 3:27 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over the remains of two more hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire a...
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Judge questions the Trump administration's plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions
Oct 30, 2025 3:22 pm - BOSTON — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump's administration's argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the f...
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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
Oct 30, 2025 8:13 am - The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
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Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it
Oct 30, 2025 8:11 am - President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's rivals have been expanding and testing their nuclear-capable arsenals.
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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction
Oct 30, 2025 8:06 am - SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm...
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Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years
Oct 29, 2025 11:13 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an...
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US determined to prevent the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire after overnight airstrikes
Oct 29, 2025 4:37 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Over 100 Palestinians ...
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Trump and China's Xi meet in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions
Oct 29, 2025 4:25 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — President Donald Trump met face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, a chance for the leaders of the world's two largest economies to ...