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Schumer is vowing to hold up Justice Department nominees for answers about luxury plane from QatarMay 13, 2025 3:17 pm - WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Department of Justice nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers...
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Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s lifeMay 13, 2025 3:16 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages.
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FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove ingestible fluoride products used to protect kids’ teethMay 13, 2025 2:50 pm - U.S. health regulators announced an effort Tuesday to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a mainstay of dental care.
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Kim Kardashian testifies about being bound and held at gunpoint during Paris robberyMay 13, 2025 2:43 pm - PARIS — Defiant in diamonds, Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life. The reality s...
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Netanyahu says there is 'no way' Israel halts the war in Gaza until Hamas is defeatedMay 13, 2025 2:40 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza — where airstrikes on two hospitals Tuesday killed at...
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Inflation cooled again, but economists don't expect that to lastMay 13, 2025 12:59 pm - Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in the coming months.
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Maren Morris’ ‘Dreamsicle’ album invites healing as she embraces her new lifeMay 13, 2025 8:33 am - When country star Maren Morris would voice support for the LBGTQ community, she thought she was doing it as an ally. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she was also speaking up for herself, too. She explores those themes on her new album, “Dreamsicle.”
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Kardashian testifies that she feared rape and murder during 2016 heistMay 13, 2025 7:47 am - Kim Kardashian testified Tuesday that she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris, describing the ordeal in stark, emotional terms.
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R&B singer Cassie set to testify in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trialMay 13, 2025 7:05 am - The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called “freak-offs.”
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French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault and given 18-month suspended sentenceMay 13, 2025 6:57 am - On Tuesday, French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.