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Firefighters race to contain Los Angeles wildfires with menacing winds forecast to returnJan 11, 2025 3:21 pm - LOS ANGELES — Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul...
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I drove all 2,448 miles of Route 66. What I wish I had known before startingJan 11, 2025 4:00 am - Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I'd driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one trip.
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Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep themJan 10, 2025 8:29 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effo...
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Biden to deliver prime-time farewell to nation on Wednesday from Oval OfficeJan 10, 2025 8:27 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, five days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. ...
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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19Jan 10, 2025 6:16 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media progra...
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Powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow, causing flight delays, slick roads and school closingsJan 10, 2025 4:58 pm - ATLANTA — A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into southern U.S. states Friday, m...
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Timothée Chalamet returns to ‘SNL’ as host — and musical guestJan 10, 2025 3:06 pm - Timothée Chalamet will return to “Saturday Night Live” for his third stint as a host — but this time, he'll be pulling double duty on Jan. 25.
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Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdownJan 10, 2025 2:07 pm - About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.
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For Elton John, ‘Never Too Late’ isn’t just a documentary and song — it is a life mantraJan 10, 2025 10:25 am - Capturing Sir Elton John’s 50-year career is a herculean task. Good thing his husband, David Furnish, and filmmaker R.J. Cutler were up for the challenge, the end product being “Elton John: Never Too Late.”
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US added a strong 256,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%Jan 10, 2025 7:58 am - U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates.