Nation and World
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Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launchesMar 22, 2025 8:27 am - With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.
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Entering the U.S.? Here are your rights at airports and border crossings.
Mar 22, 2025 8:21 am - Several reports of travelers being questioned, detained or refused entry at U.S. ports of entry have emerged in recent weeks as the Trump administration continues to tout...
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‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
Mar 22, 2025 8:12 am - SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day's drive from her home in La...
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George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76
Mar 21, 2025 10:09 pm - George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful business owner, died Friday night. He was 76.
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USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
Mar 21, 2025 9:52 pm - Food banks across the country — already facing huge cuts to locally grown food assistance — learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 mi...
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Elon Musk won’t receive secret China briefings, Trump says
Mar 21, 2025 8:56 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said Elon Musk would not receive a briefing on secret plans for a potential war against China, given his substantial conflicts of interes...
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A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
Mar 21, 2025 8:40 pm - A lawsuit filed late Friday accuses the Trump administration of unlawfully shutting down the Voice of America and asks a federal court to restore the outlet that for deca...
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Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza and destroy its only cancer hospital
Mar 21, 2025 6:35 pm - JERUSALEM — Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialized cancer hospital in the war-torn territory, as Israeli leaders vo...
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Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
Mar 21, 2025 6:06 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two wee...
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Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency
Mar 21, 2025 6:00 pm - Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek threatened Thursday evening to bar Social Security Administration employees from accessing its computer systems in respon...