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Dept of Education asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletesFeb 11, 2025 9:01 pm - WASHINGTON — The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration's new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key ...
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NASCAR heads into 2025 with plenty of storylines, none bigger than a lawsuit filed by Michael JordanFeb 11, 2025 8:14 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has no shortage of storylines headed into its 76th season and the biggest one is the federal court showdown between the stock car series and ...
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‘Saturday Night Live’ plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who’s coming and how to watchFeb 11, 2025 5:37 pm - Airing Sunday — not Saturday — and spanning three hours, the, yes, live “SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration” will assemble a dream team of stars who have helped the NBC show become an enduring pop culture force.
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Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at VanceFeb 11, 2025 4:18 pm - ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purel...
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Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive orderFeb 11, 2025 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an e...
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Kevin Hart will be the on-court emcee for Sunday’s NBA All-Star tournamentFeb 11, 2025 2:21 pm - Kevin Hart will be on the court at the NBA All-Star Game. The comedian and actor will be the master of ceremonies for the All-Star Game, a mini-tournament that takes place Sunday in San Francisco.
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Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House saysFeb 11, 2025 1:57 pm - Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained in Russia, has been released in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud caseFeb 11, 2025 1:26 pm - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”
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After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in GazaFeb 11, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab nation agrees to accept more refugees.
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Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released SaturdayFeb 11, 2025 1:19 pm - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its fight against Hamas if the militant group does not go ahead with the next scheduled release of hostages on Saturday.