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Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film starring Sofia Carson.
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US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agendaAug 01, 2025 7:53 am - U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy.
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Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sinkAug 01, 2025 7:40 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration over running out of time after hitting Trump's Aug. 1 deadline for striking deals with America’s trading partners.
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Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 childrenAug 01, 2025 7:38 am - The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said.
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Trump calls on Federal Reserve board to wrest full control of central bank from Fed Chair PowellAug 01, 2025 7:30 am - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve's board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates.
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Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7Aug 01, 2025 7:27 am - For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public.
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Teacher admits to fatally stabbing couple on a hike with their kids in a random attack in ArkansasJul 31, 2025 10:28 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A teacher admitted he fatally stabbed a couple he didn't know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park, authorities said T...
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Trump signs order imposing new tariffs on a number of trading partners that go into effect in 7 daysJul 31, 2025 10:22 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7 — the ...
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Trey Lance tosses 2 touchdown passes, leading the Chargers over the Lions 34-7 in Hall of Fame gameJul 31, 2025 10:11 pm - CANTON, Ohio — On his third team in his fifth season, Trey Lance played like a No. 3 overall pick. Lance threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and the Los Angeles Charg...
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Trump seeks to use Canada's recognition of Palestinian state as leverage in trade talksJul 31, 2025 8:14 pm - WASHINGTON — Canada's announcement it will recognize a Palestinian state “will make it very hard” for the United States to reach a trade agreement with its northern neigh...