Nation and World
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Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port for aid on Gaza’s coast as cease-fire talks stall
Mar 07, 2024 5:54 am - CAIRO — U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to increase the flow of aid into...
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House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline
Mar 06, 2024 3:52 pm - WASHINGTON — The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget...
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McConnell endorses Trump for president
Mar 06, 2024 10:27 am - WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the the...
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How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power
Mar 06, 2024 8:53 am - TALLINN, Estonia — When charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin in February 2015, more than 50,000 Muscovites expressed t...
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Fed's Powell: Rate cuts likely this year, but more evidence is needed that inflation is tamed
Mar 06, 2024 7:51 am - WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell reinforced his belief Wednesday that the Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate this year but that it first wants to see more evi...
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Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidateMar 06, 2024 7:06 am - NEW YORK — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar wit...
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OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit companyMar 06, 2024 7:04 am - Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence ...
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A likely Yemen Houthi attack hits a ship, causing the first 'fatalities' in the assaults on shipping
Mar 06, 2024 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden caused “fatalities” and forced the crew to abandon the ...
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Super Tuesday takeaways: Biden and Trump momentum can't be slowed, Haley looks to suspend campaignMar 06, 2024 6:51 am - WASHINGTON — The picture of the presidential race has hardly been cloudy for some time, even if it is one that most voters say they don't want to see. On not-so-Super Tu...
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads down in widespread outage
Mar 05, 2024 10:37 am - Users of Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. Internet traffic observer Do...