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Oprah Winfrey picks Richard Russo’s ‘Bridge of Sighs’ for her book clubAug 05, 2025 8:22 am - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo is the latest author to be welcomed into the inner circle of Oprah Winfrey book club picks. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had selected Russo’s “Bridge of Sighs,” a 2007 novel centered in a rural New York community.
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Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 on way to Titanic ruins was preventable, Coast Guard saysAug 05, 2025 8:18 am - The Coast Guard’s report on the Titan submersible disaster that killed five on the way to the Titanic said Tuesday the implosion was “preventable.”
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Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpyAug 05, 2025 8:04 am - The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend.
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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comebackAug 05, 2025 8:00 am - The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. As workers focus the vaccination campaign there, WHO and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine.
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Following the light: The Black Keys’ ‘No Rain, No Flowers’ puts a feel-good spin on a turbulent yearAug 05, 2025 7:33 am - The Ohio alt-rock band the Black Keys are finding their way home on their 13th full-length LP, “No Rain, No Flowers.”
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Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world's spiraling plastic pollution crisisAug 05, 2025 7:15 am - Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet.
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Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missilesAug 05, 2025 7:05 am - Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine.
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Crème fraîche creates a creamy broth in this recipe for briny-sweet steamed clamsAug 05, 2025 5:50 am - A big bowl of steamed clams and juicy-crisp corn is summer eating at its finest. The combination is fresh, sweet and briny, almost like a chowder made for eating with your fingers.
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Former SAG-AFTRA executive director David White is interim executive director of the NFLPAAug 04, 2025 8:58 pm - Former SAG-AFTRA executive director David White was elected interim executive director of the NFL Players Association. White replaces Lloyd Howell, who stepped down last ...
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Boeing addresses more labor strife amid attempt to resuscitate its reputationAug 04, 2025 12:45 pm - A strike by thousands of workers that build fighter jets for Boeing at three U.S. plants is the second labor disruption for the plane builder in less than a year.