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‘Leap together,’ Kermit the Frog says in commencement address at University of Maryland graduationMay 22, 2025 9:12 pm - COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Kermit the Frog knows it’s not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncerta...
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugsMay 22, 2025 7:03 pm - WASHINGTON — A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the na...
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Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in OklahomaMay 22, 2025 4:28 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4. The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma c...
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ unmasks Paul ReubensMay 22, 2025 2:41 pm - Some bio documentaries are carried mostly by the reflective, archival footage that send you back to the subject’s heyday. But in Matt Wolf’s “Pee-wee as Himself” — as wonderful as much of the archival stuff is — nothing is more compelling than when Paul Reubens is simply himself.
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal statusMay 22, 2025 1:26 pm - A judge in California blocked the Trump administration Thursday from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending.
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Natalie Portman and John Krasinski embark on a globe-trotting adventure in ‘Fountain of Youth’May 22, 2025 11:40 am - The spirit of Indiana Jones is baked into the essence of the new movie “Fountain of Youth.” This lighthearted, globe-trotting heist from Guy Ritchie, debuting on AppleTV+ on Friday, stars Natalie Portman and John Krasinski as estranged siblings attempting to piece together historical facts in hopes of finding the mythical spring.
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US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the pennyMay 22, 2025 10:39 am - The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Education DepartmentMay 22, 2025 10:30 am - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.
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2 people killed when private plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, authorities sayMay 22, 2025 7:54 am - A private jet crashed into a neighborhood of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego during foggy weather early Thursday, igniting cars and homes and killing two people while injuring multiple others, authorities said.
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Stocks drift to a mixed close as worries about the US government’s soaring debt continue to weighMay 22, 2025 7:51 am - Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street in what has been a rocky week because of worries coming out of the bond market about the U.S. government's mounting debt. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%.