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‘Last Breath’ a gripping deep-sea rescue mission with Woody Harrelson, Simu LiuFeb 26, 2025 8:51 pm - A routine deep-sea diving mission in the North Sea goes terribly wrong when a young diver is stranded some 300 feet below the surface in the new film “Last Breath.” It’s 40ish minutes of pure suspense and anxiety. But you’ll want to keep watching anyway.
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Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan is unveiledFeb 26, 2025 8:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednes...
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Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over UkraineFeb 26, 2025 7:41 pm - ABOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLANE — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an inv...
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Bloody crime scene photos play key role in trial of man accused in Palestinian American boy’s deathFeb 26, 2025 7:08 pm - Photos of a child's bloody body, a black knife holder and other crime scene evidence took center stage Wednesday at the murder and hate crime trial for an Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in 2023.
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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate findingFeb 26, 2025 7:00 pm - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal governme...
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memoFeb 26, 2025 6:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is facing a generational realignment as President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to develop plans for eliminating employee positio...
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Hamas hands 4 dead hostages from Gaza over to Red Cross, as Palestinians leave Israeli prisonFeb 26, 2025 5:00 pm - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days...
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Trump says Zelenskyy is coming to the White House to sign US-Ukraine critical minerals dealFeb 26, 2025 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that...
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Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ star, dies at 39Feb 26, 2025 12:40 pm - Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy TV shows at the dawn of the millennium — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died. She was 39.
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memoFeb 26, 2025 11:11 am - Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.