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Ludvig Aberg aces Sawgrass with 63 to take 2-shot lead at Players as Scheffler narrowly makes cutMar 13, 2026 7:20 pm - Ludvig Aberg had a dream start that carried him to a 9-under 63 and a two-shot lead Friday in The Players Championship. Scottie Scheffler had a clutch finish, but only to avoid missing the cut.
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Illinois’ open US Senate race tests Gov. JB Pritzker’s influence ahead of possible presidential bidMar 13, 2026 4:07 pm - A rare opening for Illinois to elect a new U.S. senator has sparked a political brawl among the top three candidates in the Democratic state.
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Two long-lost episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ have been found. Fans will soon be able to watch them.Mar 13, 2026 12:50 pm - A film charity announced Friday that it has found two previously lost 1960s episodes of “Doctor Who” in film cans wrapped in plastic bags among the possessions of a deceased collector.
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US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at onceMar 13, 2026 10:12 am - Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
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The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back and a ‘moving’ In MemoriamMar 13, 2026 9:17 am - At the Oscars, It’s a tricky thing to both honor the people in the room while also making an entertaining show for a home audience. But behind the scenes, from returning host Conan O’Brien to the producers and Emmy-winning production design team, is a group of people who know how to dazzle a global audience.
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Number on gun used in fatal Old Dominion shooting was obliterated, law enforcement official saysMar 13, 2026 9:10 am - The shooter who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University on Thursday in an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism had a gun with an obliterated serial number, potentially complicating investigators’ efforts to determine how the man with a previous felony conviction obtained a firearm, according to a law enforcement official.
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Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas pricesMar 13, 2026 8:11 am - An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
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Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official saysMar 13, 2026 8:07 am - A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
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Best cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awardsMar 13, 2026 8:03 am - Awards season has a way of diminishing the movie year into a handful of films that are talked about ad nauseam for months. But as good as some of this year’s Oscar nominees are, you have to go outside the consensus — and the same old categories — to remember the best of 2025.
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US economy expanded at sluggish 0.7% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading first estimateMar 13, 2026 8:00 am - The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a big downgrade of its initial estimate.