Nation and World
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US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environment
Jul 17, 2025 9:22 am - After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.
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Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby,' dead at 87Jul 17, 2025 8:01 am - Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87.
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Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect
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Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
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How weather conspiracy theories moved from online fringes to state laws
Jul 16, 2025 7:43 pm - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to all public airports in the state Monday to warn them of a new law banning any injection of chemicals to change th...
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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts
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20 killed in Gaza as crowd surges at aid site run by an Israeli-backed group
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Another key ally quits Netanyahu’s governing coalition in a major blow to Israel's leader
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NOAA was developing tool to help communities prepare for extreme rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.
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RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback