Nation and World
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A healthy U.S. economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
Apr 12, 2024 7:23 am - MIAMI — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceri...
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OJ Simpson, fallen football star acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
Apr 11, 2024 10:13 am - LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liabl...
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Biden will meet with Philippine and Japanese leaders as worry grows over China's Indo-Pacific action
Apr 11, 2024 8:11 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is meeting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Thursday as the thre...
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High interest rates, rising inflation: The economy still isn’t normal
Apr 11, 2024 8:05 am - The economy still isn’t behaving the way anyone expected. The job market is growing at a blockbuster pace, even though high interest rates usually slow hiring or cause la...
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Ukraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts as war drags on
Apr 11, 2024 7:07 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament passed a controversial law Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new soldiers to replenish depleted forces who are incre...
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Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes ‘too far’ and defends the overturning of Roe v. WadeApr 10, 2024 1:33 pm - ATLANTA — Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also def...
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Conservative revolt in the House blocks effort to reauthorize a key U.S. spy tool
Apr 10, 2024 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt, pushing the prospects of final...
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Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without U.S. help, top Europe general says
Apr 10, 2024 12:12 pm - WASHINGTON — The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress doe...
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Abortion opponents still expect federal action from Trump. Here’s what it could look like.
Apr 10, 2024 9:41 am - Former President Donald Trump disappointed some supporters this week when he appeared to rebuff pressure to back a federal ban on abortion, declaring in a video that “now...
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Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying in civil fraud case
Apr 10, 2024 9:07 am - NEW YORK — Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his ...