Nation and World
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Villagers in southern Lebanon prepare to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal
Feb 18, 2025 7:15 am - Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon.
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Rubio: US and Russia agree to restore embassy staffing, create team to negotiate Ukraine peace
Feb 18, 2025 7:09 am - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that officials at U.S.-Russia talks agreed to restore embassy staffing and create a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine peace and promote economic cooperation.
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Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers
Feb 17, 2025 4:40 pm - Donald Trump has leaned into his unofficial role as the “crypto president” in ways that can both help the crypto industry and enrich himself and his family.
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Emboldened crypto industry seeks to cement political influence and mainstream acceptance
Feb 17, 2025 4:35 pm - When the Trump administration’s crypto czar, David Sacks, recently held a news conference to announce a new congressional working group to advance cryptocurrency regulation, many digital asset enthusiasts were unimpressed and underwhelmed.
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Delta flight flips over on landing at Toronto's Pearson Airport and 8 people are hurt
Feb 17, 2025 2:55 pm - A Delta Airlines plane flipped upon arrival at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday and paramedics say at least eight people are injured.
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Feb 17, 2025 11:48 am - Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.
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Zelenskyy travels to UAE as momentum grows for talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
Feb 17, 2025 11:44 am - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates on Monday as momentum grows for potential peace talks ending Russia's war on the country.
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Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv
Feb 17, 2025 8:00 am - Senior American and Russian officials, including the countries’ top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor nearly three years ago.
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'Life-threatening cold' expected as polar vortex stretches across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding
Feb 17, 2025 7:56 am - Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 people, including nine victims in Kentucky who died during flooding from heavy rains.
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As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved
Feb 15, 2025 8:47 pm - Federal and nonprofit employees across Washington are reeling, some preparing to be jobless as President Donald Trump takes an ax to their agencies. Government aid worker...