Nation and World
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto
Feb 05, 2026 6:51 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say hav...
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Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
Feb 05, 2026 6:43 pm - The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans.
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Companies can now claim ‘no artificial colors’ if they add plant-based color to food
Feb 05, 2026 3:23 pm - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors. The agency announced Thursday that food labels may claim to have “no artificial colors” when they are free of petroleum-based dyes.
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Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests
Feb 05, 2026 3:20 pm - During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study suggests they were right.
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Minneapolis man is charged with threatening and cyberstalking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
Feb 05, 2026 3:08 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man was arrested Thursday on charges of cyberstalking and threatening to kill or assault Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers involve...
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Savannah Guthrie's missing mother is 'still out there,' sheriff says, but no suspects
Feb 05, 2026 3:06 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators have no proof that the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive but are holding out hope she's “still out there,”...
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Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact
Feb 05, 2026 2:40 pm - The Kremlin said Thursday it regretted the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal.
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Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands
Feb 05, 2026 2:37 pm - Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
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No public sign of a response to Savannah Guthrie's message to her mother's kidnapper
Feb 05, 2026 9:18 am - There was no public sign early Thursday of a response to NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s message to her 84-year-old mother’s kidnapper.
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Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year
Feb 04, 2026 7:32 pm - Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published...