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‘Transformers One’ is an origin story no one wants with brutality levels no one needsSep 19, 2024 5:30 am - Movie origin stories finally reach their nadir this week with “Transformers One,” the super-violent, toy-selling vehicle that tells the tale of how Optimus Prime and Megatron went from besties to foes. Did anyone ask for this?
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Setting 12-team playoff bracket not the same as ranking top 12 teams and could be ‘a shocker’Sep 18, 2024 9:21 pm - GRAPEVINE, Texas — Let's forget all that has happened to Florida State since the Seminoles were 13-0 after winning the ACC title game with a third-string freshman quarter...
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Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden’s campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI saysSep 18, 2024 8:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolicited emails to peo...
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‘Agatha All Along’ sets Kathryn Hahn’s beguiling witch on a new quest — with a catchy new songSep 18, 2024 6:01 pm - As she reprises her role as the witch everyone loves to hate, “Agatha All Along” star Kathryn Hahn says it “makes total sense” she’s continuing the story.
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Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for presidentSep 18, 2024 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate had sufficient...
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MrBeast and Amazon sued by competitors from his $5M reality show over alleged ‘unsafe’ conditionsSep 18, 2024 12:21 pm - MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment, and misrepresenting contestants' odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5 million grand prize in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by five unnamed participants.
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Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVFSep 18, 2024 9:10 am - Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.
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Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and paySep 18, 2024 8:12 am - Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shu...
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Federal Reserve cuts key rate by sizable half-point, signaling end to its inflation fightSep 18, 2024 8:06 am - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
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Speaker Johnson takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new votersSep 18, 2024 8:03 am - WASHINGTON — The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a m...