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Musk says he’ll withdraw $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI if ChatGPT maker remains nonprofitFeb 13, 2025 7:01 am - Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.
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‘Paddington in Peru’ is buoyant and bright, and that’s enoughFeb 13, 2025 5:30 am - A through line in “Paddington in Peru” is the difference between the ties of family and of tribe, as Paddington, after learning that his Aunt Lucy has gone missing, goes on a jungle adventure with the Browns to search for her in his childhood stomping grounds.
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Marvel treads water with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’Feb 13, 2025 5:15 am - One way to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year is with “Captain America: Brave New World,” a highly processed, empty calorie, regret-later candy of a movie.
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Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignationsFeb 12, 2025 9:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation...
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Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly’s convictions and 30-year prison termFeb 12, 2025 9:18 pm - R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women.
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White House says it’s the judges — not Trump — causing a ‘constitutional crisis’Feb 12, 2025 7:16 pm - WASHINGTON — In the weeks since Donald Trump returned to office, Democrats and legal scholars have warned that he’s provoking a constitutional crisis by trying to expand ...
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House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceilingFeb 12, 2025 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities, providing for ...
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Joann moves to close 500 of its stores across the US amid bankruptcyFeb 12, 2025 4:46 pm - NEW YORK — Struggling fabric and crafts seller Joann plans to close about 500 of its stores across the U.S. — 26 in Illinois — or more than half its current nationwide fo...
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Bridget Jones is middle-aged now. And we still love her, just as she is.Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - What makes “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” especially enjoyable — it’s the best since the 2001 original — is not that Bridget (Renée Zellweger) finds a way yet again to triumph over doubts and obstacles. It’s that she still makes us care so much.
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programsFeb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs...