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The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits falls as employers continue to hold on to workers

By MATT OTT
Feb 13, 2025 10:35 am - U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as employers continue to retain workers despite resurgent inflation and elevated interest rates. The number of ...
Driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

By GEIR MOULSON
Feb 13, 2025 9:07 am - A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 28 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as Zelenskyy rejects talks without Ukraine present

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 8:20 am - Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone on Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year-long war in Ukraine.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

By The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:08 am - A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — se...
Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages as planned, paving the way to resolve ceasefire dispute

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN
Feb 13, 2025 7:04 am - Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Musk says he’ll withdraw $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI if ChatGPT maker remains nonprofit

The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:01 am - Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.
Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHAEL CASEY
Feb 12, 2025 9:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation...
Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly’s convictions and 30-year prison term

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Feb 12, 2025 9:18 pm - R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women.
House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Feb 12, 2025 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities, providing for ...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs...

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