Nation and World
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Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week as labor market continues to show strength
Apr 03, 2025 8:15 am - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.
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Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week
Apr 03, 2025 8:08 am - Violent storms and tornadoes tore through cities from Oklahoma to Indiana during what could be a record-setting period of deadly weather and flooding, destroying homes and sending debris nearly 5 miles into the air in one location.
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Federal judge expands order barring Trump admin from firing federal workers
Apr 02, 2025 7:06 pm - A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to continue reinstating probationary federal employees that were fired from 20 federal agencies since the...
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Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE
Apr 02, 2025 6:44 pm - WASHINGTON — DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told report...
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Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused
Apr 02, 2025 4:16 pm - Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be in jeopardy. The entire 17-member U.S. government tea...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032
Apr 02, 2025 4:09 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth’s hit list. Discovered la...
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What a 110-year-old lemon tells us about espionage history
Apr 02, 2025 3:56 pm - It’s a classic line from a spy movie: “Burn after reading.” For German agent Karl Muller, that advice would have really helped. Muller, a spy who masqueraded as a Russian...
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Israel expanding operations to ‘seize large areas’ of Gaza, military says
Apr 02, 2025 3:53 pm - BEIRUT — Israel will “seize large areas” of the Gaza Strip in a major expansion of military operations, the defense minister said Wednesday, as airstrikes continued to po...
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Musk setback in Wisconsin raises questions about his future role
Apr 02, 2025 2:19 pm - The billionaire Tesla owner jumped fully into a hard-fought state election and suffered a major political rebuke.
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Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as the death toll tops 3,000
Apr 02, 2025 11:41 am - Myanmar's ruling military declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war Wednesday to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people.