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UK suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlersMay 20, 2025 3:49 pm - LONDON — The U.K. suspended free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday and hit West Bank settlers with sanctions, less than a day after vowing “concrete actions” if Israel d...
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Romance and writer’s block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’May 20, 2025 3:45 pm - Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by Austen as she has been made acutely aware of her own limitations in both romance and literature.
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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76May 20, 2025 3:19 pm - George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf,” has died. He was 76.
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Rubio defends Trump foreign policy as Democratic senators ask pointed questionsMay 20, 2025 2:14 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s foreign policies, ranging from Ukraine and Russia to the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget and refugee admissions.
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Blackhawks’ Nazar scores twice as US rallies past Czechs at ice hockey worldsMay 20, 2025 1:42 pm - STOCKHOLM — The Blackhawks’ Frank Nazar scored twice to help the United States rally for a 5-2 victory over the Czech Republic and hand the titleholder its first defeat a...
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Castle a unanimous All-Rookie first team pick, Bulls’ Buzelis named to second teamMay 20, 2025 1:37 pm - NEW YORK — Stephon Castle gets one more accolade from his rookie season: The San Antonio guard was the only unanimous first-team selection on the NBA All-Rookie team. Cas...
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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.