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Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plantsJun 27, 2024 9:39 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the c...
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The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue PharmaJun 27, 2024 9:18 am - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.
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Walgreens to take a hard look at underperforming stores, could shutter hundreds moreJun 27, 2024 9:16 am - Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts T...
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Biden's asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will takeJun 27, 2024 8:56 am - NOGALES, Mexico — Ana Ruiz was dismayed seeing migrants from some countries released in the United States with orders to appear in immigration court while she and other M...
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Biden and Trump go head to head: How to watch the first general election presidential debateJun 27, 2024 7:08 am - ATLANTA — The first general election debate of the 2024 election season is here, and it's a historic moment no matter what happens on stage. President Joe Biden and forme...
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Bill Cobbs, the prolific and sage character actor, dies at 90Jun 27, 2024 6:44 am - Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90.
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Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “Daddio.” She’s just going home to Manhattan. And her cabdriver (Sean Penn) decides to strike up a conversation that will last the duration of this nearly 100-minute ride. And talk they certainly do.
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Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic ‘Horizon’Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - “You just gotta keep going” should be the slogan of Kevin Costner’s new Western “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” the initial three-hour salvo in what could morph into a four-part epic about the West that could tax even the biggest cowboy fan.
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No shield required: ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie’s own super power is swimming with sharksJun 26, 2024 4:05 pm - When National Geographic approached Anthony Mackie with an opportunity to swim with sharks to kick off its SharkFest programming, it was an easy yes for the Marvel star who is the new Captain America.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle endsJun 26, 2024 2:42 pm - CANBERRA, Australia — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters ch...