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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programsFeb 21, 2025 7:44 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting di...
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US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leaderFeb 21, 2025 3:50 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodym...
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Measles outbreaks rise to nearly 100 cases between Texas and New Mexico. Here’s what you should knowFeb 21, 2025 3:37 pm - The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized. I...
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LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last monthFeb 21, 2025 2:51 pm - Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation.
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Jerry 'Ice Man' Butler, soul singer whose hits included 'Only the Strong Survive,' dies at 85Feb 21, 2025 12:57 pm - Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died at age 85.
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Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the jobFeb 21, 2025 11:17 am - A pair of court orders have had only limited effect in slowing the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and have left some USAID workers stationed worldwide in precarious situations, staffers assert.
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IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts sayFeb 21, 2025 10:54 am - WASHINGTON — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely will mean the end of the agency's plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers a...
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Teenager Andreeva beats Rybakina to become youngest WTA 1,000 finalist in DubaiFeb 21, 2025 10:12 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to reach the final of a WTA 1,000 event after beating sixth-seeded Elena Ryb...
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‘Universal Language’ needs to be seen to be believedFeb 21, 2025 8:20 am - Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue. It’s as if we’ve been knocked over the head and woken up in some snowy, Canadian version of an Abbas Kiarostami film.
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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigateFeb 21, 2025 7:51 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised.