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New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributionsSep 27, 2024 2:14 pm - NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting allegations that he accepted overseas travel, campaign ca...
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Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters as huge explosions rocked BeirutSep 27, 2024 10:48 am - BEIRUT — The Israeli military said Friday it carried out an airstrike on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a massive explosion leveled buildings in a...
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Finding Mr. Right and converting to Judaism led Erin Foster to write a fresh, original rom-comSep 27, 2024 10:12 am - There’s a meet-the-parents scene in the new Netflix series "Nobody Wants This" where Adam Brody’s Noah arrives at his girlfriend Joanne’s house (played by Kristen Bell) wearing a sports coat and carrying an oversized bouquet of sunflowers. Joanne is so appalled that she decides they need to break up.
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Netanyahu, at U.N., vows that Israel will keep 'degrading Hezbollah' until its objectives are metSep 27, 2024 9:51 am - UNITED NATIONS — His leadership strained by conflicts on two fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his...
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for UkraineSep 27, 2024 9:38 am - NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against...
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Provocative, genre-bending ‘A Different Man’ gets under our skin in unexpected waysSep 27, 2024 9:34 am - Imagine you could wake up one morning, stand at the mirror, and literally peel off any part of your looks you don’t like. How would it change your life? That’s a question in Aaron Schimberg’s fascinating and occasionally frustrating “A Different Man.”
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University of Wisconsin revokes tenure of former porn-making chancellor who wanted to teachSep 27, 2024 9:11 am - MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to revoke the tenure of a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornog...
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Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89Sep 27, 2024 8:28 am - Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in "Downton Abbey," has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 89.
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Fed's favored inflation gauge shows cooling price pressures, clearing way for more rate cutsSep 27, 2024 8:22 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure on Friday provided the latest sign that price pressures are easing, a trend that is expected to fuel furthe...
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Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?Sep 27, 2024 8:18 am - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States. The ...