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SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reportedJun 19, 2025 8:39 am - A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.
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Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly Kyiv missile strikeJun 19, 2025 7:52 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said a Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv apartment building was a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, as Moscow intensifies attacks in the three-year war.
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Iranian missiles hit a hospital and wound over 200. Israel threatens Iran's top leaderJun 19, 2025 7:50 am - Israel's defense minister overtly threatened Iran's supreme leader on Thursday after the latest missile barrage from Iran damaged the main hospital in southern Israel and hit several other residential buildings near Tel Aviv. Israel meanwhile struck a heavy water reactor that is part of Iran's nuclear program.
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Rebel Wilson’s ‘Bride Hard’ is a wedding movie that’s easy to break up withJun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Take your average wedding flick, shotgun a hostage situation into it and add some anarchic energy from Rebel Wilson and you get “Bride Hard,” which is a movie, for better or for worse. In this case, much, much worse.
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Pixar’s ‘Elio’ an intergalactic, existential adventure about lonelinessJun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Elio is a lonely 11-year-old just looking for big answers about life. He’s recently lost his parents, the only people who understood him and wanted him. So, in Pixar’s latest, he starts waging a campaign for aliens to abduct him.
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Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s deathJun 18, 2025 9:22 pm - DEDHAM, Mass. — A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a ...
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rightsJun 18, 2025 8:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices'...
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The world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission — if people can get itJun 18, 2025 7:54 pm - The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions — although it’s unclear how many in the U.S. and abroad will get access to the powerful new option.
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Zombie pandemic rages on in soulful ‘28 Years Later’Jun 18, 2025 5:04 pm - “28 Years Later” is a more thoughtful movie than you’re likely to find at the multiplex this time of year. This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right off bodies.
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Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA lawJun 18, 2025 4:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security's trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security ben...