Nation and World
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At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey
Jan 21, 2025 1:28 pm - A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
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States sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Jan 21, 2025 12:59 pm - Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
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Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Biden
Jan 21, 2025 11:17 am - A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
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Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago’s ‘Little Village’ into ghost town
Jan 21, 2025 10:31 am - The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.
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Trump signs order to end birthright citizenship. Legal experts say it won’t work.
Jan 21, 2025 9:12 am - President Donald Trump on Monday tried to use executive authority to end birthright citizenship for children born to people who are in the country without authorization o...
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A rare winter storm is bringing heavy snow, sleet and ice to Texas and the northern Gulf Coast
Jan 21, 2025 8:12 am - A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
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Israel’s top general resigns over Oct. 7 attack as it launches major military operation in West Bank
Jan 21, 2025 7:58 am - Israel's top general resigned on Tuesday, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
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What Melania Trump wore to the inauguration — including the hat
Jan 21, 2025 6:48 am - While red baseball caps have become synonymous with President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump made her own millinery-related fashion statement, sporting a navy wide-brimmed hat by an American designer on Inauguration Day.
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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address
Jan 20, 2025 2:25 pm - In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. Here’s a look at the facts.
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Just minutes before leaving the presidency, Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses
Jan 20, 2025 11:38 am - President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”