Nation and World
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People named in JFK assassination documents are not happy their personal information was released
Mar 20, 2025 12:40 pm - Sensitive personal information including Social Security numbers was unveiled in the newly unredacted John F. Kennedy assassination documents released this week, and that...
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Trump's bluntness powered a White House comeback. Now his words are getting him in trouble in court
Mar 20, 2025 10:59 am - Donald Trump’s shoot-from-the-lip style kept Americans on the edge of their seats during last year's campaign. But now that he's speaking as a president and not as a candidate, his words are being used against him in court in the blizzard of litigation challenging his agenda.
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With outlook uncertain, the Bank of England joins the US Fed in putting interest rates on hold
Mar 20, 2025 8:22 am - The Bank of England kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% on Thursday even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S.
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Military leaders to discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out
Mar 20, 2025 8:18 am - Senior officers from countries across Europe and beyond will meet Thursday at a military headquarters on the outskirts of London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out.
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How will the universe end? A changing understanding of dark energy may provide a new answer
Mar 19, 2025 7:08 pm - NEW YORK — Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. The force...
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Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates
Mar 19, 2025 7:00 pm - ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other promine...
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Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department
Mar 19, 2025 6:51 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House offici...
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Fed holds interest rates steady as tariffs begin to drive some inflation
Mar 19, 2025 4:03 pm - The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady Wednesday, continuing its cautious approach as President Donald Trump’s trade war and stubborn inflation blur the path ahea...
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Israeli troops move into Gaza; United Nations staffer killed in blast
Mar 19, 2025 3:57 pm - Israeli troops recaptured part of the Netzarim corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip and deployed an infantry brigade along the enclave’s perimeter, the military said Wedn...
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A judge has moved the Columbia student activist’s detention challenge to New Jersey
Mar 19, 2025 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — A Columbia University student activist detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations can challenge the legality of h...