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U.S. government indicts Guatemalan suspect on smuggling charges over deaths of 53 migrants in trailerAug 22, 2024 12:27 pm - A suspect arrested in Guatemala has been charged with helping coordinate the 2022 smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants in Texas, the Justice Departme...
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New surveys show signs of optimism among small business ownersAug 22, 2024 12:25 pm - Small business owners overall are feeling positive about their business and achieving the goals they set for this year despite inflation and high labor costs, according t...
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levelsAug 22, 2024 8:05 am - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but the level of claims remains at healthy levels. Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,0...
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Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials sayAug 22, 2024 7:51 am - PORTICELLO, Sicily — The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage ...
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School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schoolsAug 22, 2024 7:16 am - MADISON, Fla. — Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and sm...
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Labor dispute stops Canadian freight railroads and could cause major economic disruption in U.S.Aug 22, 2024 7:12 am - TORONTO — Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that could bring significant econ...
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Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk regionAug 22, 2024 7:10 am - KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces entered ...
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In ‘Between the Temples,’ Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane make beautiful musicAug 22, 2024 5:30 am - In Nathan Silver’s divinely disordered screwball “Between the Temples,” Jason Schwartzman plays a grieving canter who, after the death of his wife, can’t sing anymore but who finds a strange kinship with a much older widow (Carol Kane) seeking her bat mitzvah.
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Harris' running mate Tim Walz talks of 'bringing the joy' in his national introduction at DNCAug 21, 2024 11:02 pm - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party's nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for...
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Shiloh Jolie, daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, officially drops Pitt surnameAug 21, 2024 5:16 pm - One of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children has officially dropped “Pitt” from her name. A Los Angeles court granted a petition from the third-eldest child of the ...