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Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territoryMay 20, 2025 1:27 pm - Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ a sweet but unnecessary live-action remakeMay 20, 2025 12:16 pm - The alien Stitch from “Lilo and Stitch” doesn’t choose to be bad. He’s just genetically programmed that way. Kind of like the way Disney is apparently programmed these days to strip mine its old animated stories to make poor live-action remakes.
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Prosecutors charge McIver with pushing and grabbing agents while trying to stop mayor's arrestMay 20, 2025 11:12 am - Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility, according to charges in court papers unsealed on Tuesday.
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Trump announces he’s selected final ‘Golden Dome’ space missile defenses that would cost billionsMay 20, 2025 11:10 am - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program— a multilayered $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space.
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Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and childrenMay 20, 2025 11:08 am - Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts billMay 20, 2025 10:49 am - President Donald Trump has implored House Republicans on Capitol Hill to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill. He spoke privately for at least an hour trying to unite House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week. Trump was upbeat afterward, saying there was "unity."
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Elon Musk says he’s committed to still be Tesla's CEO in 5 years’ timeMay 20, 2025 10:46 am - Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he’s committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock-price pressure over his work with U.S. President Donald Trump's government.
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Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’May 20, 2025 8:58 am - Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is getting a bit of a god complex. It’s not exactly his fault after defying death and completing impossible missions time and time again. But in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” there’s a breathlessness to the naive trust from his growing band of disciples.
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Slow progress and no major breakthroughs dampen hopes for Russia-Ukraine peace dealMay 20, 2025 7:29 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war, though frustration at the slow pace of negotiations and the absence of any significant breakthrough kept hopes low.
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Give salt-and-pepper pork chops a crunchy coating without the deep fryingMay 20, 2025 5:33 am - The salt-and-pepper treatment is a Cantonese technique that can be applied to give almost any meat, seafood or tofu a crunchy exterior and tongue-tingling flavor. The protein typically is deep-fried, but this version opts to pan-fry pork dusted in cornstarch seasoned generously with Sichuan pepper, black pepper and cayenne.