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A man is charged with providing alcohol to 20-year-old who fell from PNC Park outfield wall in AprilMay 20, 2025 8:25 pm - PITTSBURGH — A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30. Ethan Kirkwood, ...
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Trump’s Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him ‘remove people from this country’May 20, 2025 8:11 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the...
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NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028May 20, 2025 6:25 pm - EAGAN, Minn. — NFL players in the past three Pro Bowls have had a taste of flag football under the new format for the all-star game. For a select few, the Olympics could ...
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Arrested New Orleans jail worker says he helped inmates to escape after stabbing threatMay 20, 2025 4:03 pm - NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to s...
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UK suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlersMay 20, 2025 3:49 pm - LONDON — The U.K. suspended free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday and hit West Bank settlers with sanctions, less than a day after vowing “concrete actions” if Israel d...
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Romance and writer’s block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’May 20, 2025 3:45 pm - Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by Austen as she has been made acutely aware of her own limitations in both romance and literature.
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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76May 20, 2025 3:19 pm - George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf,” has died. He was 76.
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Rubio defends Trump foreign policy as Democratic senators ask pointed questionsMay 20, 2025 2:14 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s foreign policies, ranging from Ukraine and Russia to the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget and refugee admissions.
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Blackhawks’ Nazar scores twice as US rallies past Czechs at ice hockey worldsMay 20, 2025 1:42 pm - STOCKHOLM — The Blackhawks’ Frank Nazar scored twice to help the United States rally for a 5-2 victory over the Czech Republic and hand the titleholder its first defeat a...
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Castle a unanimous All-Rookie first team pick, Bulls’ Buzelis named to second teamMay 20, 2025 1:37 pm - NEW YORK — Stephon Castle gets one more accolade from his rookie season: The San Antonio guard was the only unanimous first-team selection on the NBA All-Rookie team. Cas...