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NHL commissioner calls on Jets, Winnipeg fans to find solution to attendance issuesFeb 27, 2024 8:32 pm - WINNIPEG, Manitoba — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says he doesn’t think the Winnipeg Jets’ attendance issues are a red flag for the team’s viability. Bettman and deputy ...
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The US women fought to raise the level of soccer worldwide, and now the competition is much tougherFeb 27, 2024 7:53 pm - CARSON, Calif. — The U.S. national team has fought for years to raise the level of women’s soccer across the globe, but that doesn't make its inevitable losses to teams i...
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Payton hints at moving on from Wilson, says Broncos have to hit on 'the next one' at QBFeb 27, 2024 7:43 pm - ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Sean Payton isn't providing anything definitive on Russell Wilson's time in Denver but he did hint at the Broncos moving on from him when suggesting th...
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No slowing down: At 79, Rod Stewart just recorded a new swing album with Jools HollandFeb 27, 2024 4:03 pm - Sir Rod Stewart continues full-throttle with a busy year. Highlights in 2024 include his 200th show at his Las Vegas residency, an ongoing world tour and a new swing album in collaboration with Jools Holland.
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Macy’s to close 150 unproductive stores, pivot to luxury with new Bloomingdale's locationsFeb 27, 2024 12:30 pm - NEW YORK — Macy's will close 150 unproductive namesake stores over the next three years including 50 by year-end, the department store operator said Tuesday after posting...
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Why does the US government think a Kroger-Albertsons merger would be bad for grocery shoppers?Feb 27, 2024 10:18 am - Kroger and Albertsons — two of the biggest grocery chains in the United States — had hoped to complete the largest supermarket merger in the country's history this year. ...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’Feb 27, 2024 10:07 am - Like its predecessor, “Dune: Part Two” thrums with an intoxicating big-screen expressionism of monoliths and mosquitos, fevered visions and messianic fervor — more dystopian dream, or nightmare, than a straightforward narrative.
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Biden and party leaders implore Speaker Johnson to help Ukraine in 'intense' Oval Office meetingFeb 27, 2024 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday speaking optimistically about the prospects for avoid...
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Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?Feb 27, 2024 8:55 am - SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students us...
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Germany and Poland say they're not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of wider warFeb 27, 2024 7:16 am - BRUSSELS — European military heavyweights Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries ...