Nation and World
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FTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse
May 08, 2024 10:53 am - FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more tha...
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The U.S. has updated its Social Security estimates. Here’s what you need to know.
May 08, 2024 10:44 am - A government report Monday released fresh estimates of the budget outlook for Social Security, which provides critical benefits for retirees, workers’ survivors and some ...
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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
May 08, 2024 9:29 am - ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower-court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the ele...
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Severe storms batter the Midwest, including reported tornadoes that shredded a FedEx facility
May 08, 2024 9:14 am - DETROIT — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two reported tornadoes struck one Michigan city and destroyed homes and commercial build...
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Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failed
May 08, 2024 7:02 am - President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southe...
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Police clearing pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrested
May 08, 2024 6:58 am - Police began to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday and arrested dozens of protesters, hours after dozens left the sit...
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Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the U.N. says no aid has entered
May 08, 2024 6:56 am - JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed...
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Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with a ‘massive’ attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism
May 08, 2024 6:54 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area...
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In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
May 07, 2024 4:40 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel...
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Deadline for businesses to apply for their share of massive credit card company settlement looms
May 07, 2024 3:49 pm - NEW YORK — A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. The settlemen...