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Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan is unveiledFeb 26, 2025 8:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednes...
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Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over UkraineFeb 26, 2025 7:41 pm - ABOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLANE — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an inv...
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Bloody crime scene photos play key role in trial of man accused in Palestinian American boy’s deathFeb 26, 2025 7:08 pm - Photos of a child's bloody body, a black knife holder and other crime scene evidence took center stage Wednesday at the murder and hate crime trial for an Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in 2023.
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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate findingFeb 26, 2025 7:00 pm - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal governme...
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memoFeb 26, 2025 6:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is facing a generational realignment as President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to develop plans for eliminating employee positio...
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Hamas hands 4 dead hostages from Gaza over to Red Cross, as Palestinians leave Israeli prisonFeb 26, 2025 5:00 pm - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days...
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Trump says Zelenskyy is coming to the White House to sign US-Ukraine critical minerals dealFeb 26, 2025 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that...
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Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ star, dies at 39Feb 26, 2025 12:40 pm - Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy TV shows at the dawn of the millennium — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died. She was 39.
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memoFeb 26, 2025 11:11 am - Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
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Paul McCartney’s next book, ‘Wings,’ is a look back at the group he formed after the BeatlesFeb 26, 2025 11:09 am - Paul McCartney’s next book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” coming out this fall, is a reminder that the Beatles were not his only band.