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Harvard grads cheer commencement speakers who urge the school to stand strongMay 29, 2025 6:54 am - Harvard graduates celebrated commencement on Thursday at a pivotal time for the Ivy League school, cheering speakers who emphasized maintaining a diverse and international student body and standing up for truth in the face of attacks by the Trump administration.
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‘Like old times’: Phineas and Ferb return this summer with zany new episodes and a small changeMay 28, 2025 9:50 pm - The beloved cartoon duo Phineas and Ferb are returning for new episodes this summer after a decade away and pretty much nothing has changed. Except maybe one thing.
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Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasionMay 28, 2025 9:39 pm - President Donald Trump signed pardons Wednesday for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were serving federal prison sentences after being convicted three years ago of bank fraud and tax evasion.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of Chinese studentsMay 28, 2025 6:58 pm - WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, “including those with connections to the Chine...
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Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers lawMay 28, 2025 6:52 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into do...
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Chelsea Chop is the catchy new name for a classic gardening techniqueMay 28, 2025 4:41 pm - What’s the deal with the Chelsea Chop? The pruning method, named for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show, held every May in the U.K., is a common one. But things with catchy names tend to take on a life of their own, as the Chelsea Chop has on social media. And that’s a good thing because it popularizes a useful technique.
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Stunt performer sues Kevin Costner over his direction of a rape scene in his film series ‘Horizon’May 28, 2025 3:24 pm - A stunt performer has sued Kevin Costner, alleging she was subjected to an unscripted rape scene without proper warning, consent or protocols while shooting his film “Hor...
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Air traffic control system must be improved to prevent problems like Newark airport, officials sayMay 28, 2025 2:37 pm - The problems that disrupted flights at New Jersey's largest airport this spring could be repeated anywhere across the country, so Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is trying to sell Congress on his plan to overhaul the nation's air traffic control system that will cost “tens of billions.”
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Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warnMay 28, 2025 2:28 pm - Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world's top weather agencies forecast.
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Four Palestinians die in storming of UN food warehouse a day after gunfire at new Gaza aid siteMay 28, 2025 1:21 pm - Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse Wednesday in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat, shouting and shoving each other and even ripping off pieces of the building to get inside. Four people died in the chaos, hospital officials said.