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Stealing the show: Star of ‘The Friend’ is a very good boyApr 03, 2025 3:56 pm - The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre. He has those classic Hollywood features — instantly accessible, forever unknowable — and when he walks down the street with his co-stars, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, people’s heads turn. He’s Bing the Great Dane.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independentApr 03, 2025 3:48 pm - New York City Mayor Eric Adams withdrew from the city’s Democratic primary on Thursday and said he would instead run for reelection as an independent, a move intended to ...
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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies foundApr 03, 2025 3:45 pm - BANGKOK — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led gove...
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strikeApr 03, 2025 2:57 pm - The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlashApr 03, 2025 12:55 pm - President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.
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Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources sayApr 03, 2025 10:40 am - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffsApr 03, 2025 10:29 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar...
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‘Freaky Tales’ a nostalgic, very gory ode to ’80s OaklandApr 03, 2025 8:21 am - Remember what it was like growing up in the East Bay in the ’80s? Ryan Fleck sure does, and vividly. The writer-director, together with partner Anna Boden, has produced a self-described “very weird” love letter to his former home in “Freaky Tales.”
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Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake marketsApr 03, 2025 8:19 am - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.
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Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week as labor market continues to show strengthApr 03, 2025 8:15 am - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.