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Major Russian attack includes rare strikes on the center of Kyiv, killing at least 21Aug 28, 2025 3:54 pm - Russia launched a major air attack early Thursday on Kyiv that included a rare strike on the city center, killing at least 21 people, wounding 48 and damaging European Union diplomatic offices, authorities said.
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UK, France and Germany initiate ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran over status of nuclear programAug 28, 2025 3:47 pm - France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel.The process, termed a “snapback” by the diplomats who negotiated it into Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, was designed to be veto-proof at the U.N. and could take effect as soon as October.
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780,000 pressure washers are under recall after some consumers report explosions and impact injuriesAug 28, 2025 3:15 pm - About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures ...
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US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growthAug 28, 2025 2:18 pm - The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn due to fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
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The facts about hormone therapy for menopauseAug 28, 2025 10:40 am - Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. But many women wonder about taking it.
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May the nearly perfect drama ‘A Little Prayer’ find its audienceAug 28, 2025 10:20 am - Angus MacLachlan’s “A Little Prayer” made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, and those of us who cherished this small-scale, nearly perfect drama of small-town American lives were worried it might never see the light of day again. Yet here it is at last, and all I can say is: Go.
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ABC’s Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to her hometownAug 28, 2025 10:03 am - Revisiting the time she broke down on “Good Morning America” while covering Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of her hometown Pass Christian, Mississippi, Robin Roberts said she feared losing her job. That was not the case though. An ABC News special looking back at Katrina after 20 years airs at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operationsAug 28, 2025 9:12 am - President Donald Trump's administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firingAug 28, 2025 8:52 am - Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence.
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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desertAug 28, 2025 7:12 am - When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.