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Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylumAug 20, 2025 9:08 pm - BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request ...
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Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 millionAug 20, 2025 9:03 pm - WASHINGTO — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump ad...
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Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 electionsAug 20, 2025 7:40 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymande...
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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ brings 1920s chaos on a Galápagos island to lifeAug 20, 2025 5:15 pm - Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” The phrase is referencing events from nearly a century ago. Based on a true story, “Eden” retraces what happened when a group of Europeans attempted to start anew on the remote island of Floreana.
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Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East CoastAug 20, 2025 3:42 pm - RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday as it crept closer to the mid-Atlantic coast, its outer bands brushing North Carolina’s Outer Banks as...
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Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigningAug 20, 2025 3:37 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign after a member of his administration accused Cook of committing mo...
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Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge saysAug 20, 2025 3:31 pm - Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporar...
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Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcriptsAug 20, 2025 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein has joined two other judges in rejecting the government’s request ...
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Eurovision, the world’s largest live music event, will take place in Vienna next yearAug 20, 2025 3:15 pm - The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in Vienna. Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which will organize the worlds largest live music event, announced the location Wednesday morning.
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Dave Koz and his band were in flight delay. So they picked up their instruments.Aug 20, 2025 3:06 pm - Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuck on the tarmac hundreds of miles from their final destination.