Nation and World
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House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it
Mar 08, 2025 3:52 pm - WASHINGTON — 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 ...
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A car pulled from a river may tell what happened to an Oregon family of 5 that went missing in 1958
Mar 07, 2025 9:29 pm - After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled from the Columbia River a Ford station wagon that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared whil...
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Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts
Mar 07, 2025 5:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Giving a new meaning to the phrase mad scientists, angry researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Frid...
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Trump weighs new sanctions on Russia, days after pausing military aid and intel sharing with Ukraine
Mar 07, 2025 2:05 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday he is “strongly considering” levying new sanctions and tariffs on Russia for its war against Ukraine, floating the possibility of new pressure on Moscow just days after he ordered a pause on U.S. military assistance and intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
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US employers add a solid 151,000 jobs last month though unemployment up to 4.1%
Mar 07, 2025 9:41 am - U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants.
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Trump says he sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader over country's advancing nuclear program
Mar 07, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program and replace the agreement he withdrew America from in his first term in office.
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Clashes in Syria's coastal region between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 70
Mar 07, 2025 7:09 am - Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.
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Authorities: Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week earlier in Santa Fe
Mar 07, 2025 6:59 am - Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.
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Russia bombards Ukraine’s energy grid after Zelenskyy says his team will hold talks with the US
Mar 07, 2025 6:57 am - Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night, officials said Friday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that talks with the U.S. on ending the three-year war will take place next week.
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Unexploded WWII bomb halts Eurostar travel connecting Paris to London and Brussels
Mar 07, 2025 6:55 am - PARIS — The discovery of a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb caused transportation chaos in Paris on Friday that included the suspension of high-speed rail links with...