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What to know about the federal workforce under TrumpFeb 14, 2025 1:56 pm - Since President Donald Trump began his second term last month, he has focused on dramatically reducing the federal workforce at a breakneck pace. From dismantling the U....
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The Wayans family to be inducted into the NAACP Awards’ Hall of FameFeb 14, 2025 7:38 am - The Wayans family, who through film, TV, sketch and stand-up comedy, have both entertained and created countless jobs both on and off camera in Hollywood, will be feted at this year’s NAACP Image Awards.
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Zelenskyy calls for US and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in war against RussiaFeb 14, 2025 7:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for the United States and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.
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A drone damaged the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normalFeb 14, 2025 7:16 am - A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The Kremlin denied it was responsible.
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Inmates with violent records from shuttered prison are being sent to medium-security sitesFeb 14, 2025 6:45 am - SPRINGFIELD — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more ...
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Trump administration lays off probationary government workers, warns others of large cuts to comeFeb 13, 2025 7:23 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering...
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Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the jobFeb 13, 2025 4:18 pm - WASHINGTON — A court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another w...
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12 times ‘Saturday Night Live’ made a cultural bang over the past 50 yearsFeb 13, 2025 4:03 pm - “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later, it’s firmly part of the culture. Here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn’t just reflect pop culture — it drove it.
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Action, romance collide in ridiculous ‘The Gorge’Feb 13, 2025 3:13 pm - The new action thriller "The Gorge" pairs two snipers – Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy — guarding a portal at the bottom of a gorge who develop an unlikely romance in this stylish but hollow Apple TV+ streamer.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, 940 million flowers are traveling (through Miami) to youFeb 13, 2025 1:57 pm - If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine's Day, it's not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run up to Feb. 14, agricultural specialists at Miami International Airport have processed about 940 million stems of cut flowers, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.