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Power conferences fill this year's Sweet 16 for the first time everMar 24, 2025 8:05 pm - Years of bracket chaos have given way to the year of the power conference. Cinderella is staying home this time. The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting m...
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Book Review: ‘Lollapalooza’ is an entertaining history of festival’s role in alternative rock riseMar 24, 2025 5:22 pm - The least enjoyable part of “Lollapalooza: The Unscripted Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” for readers might be seeing the $27.50 ticket price for the inaugu...
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Booker and No. 1 Texas dispatch No. 8 Illinois 65-48 to send the Longhorns back to the Sweet 16Mar 24, 2025 3:31 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Madison Booker scored 20 points and No. 1-seed Texas used a smothering defense to earn a 65-48 victory over No. 8 Illinois on Monday, sending the Longhorn...
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French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults on film setMar 24, 2025 3:16 pm - French actor Gérard Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France.
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Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalistMar 24, 2025 2:52 pm - Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”
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UN to reduce staff in Gaza, blaming Israel for a strike that killed its employeeMar 24, 2025 2:39 pm - The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer from Bulgaria and wounding five other employees.
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The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon MuskMar 24, 2025 1:12 pm - The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump 's top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
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Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistanceMar 24, 2025 12:39 pm - As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.
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Conan O’Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy CenterMar 24, 2025 8:16 am - On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note when he accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy.
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What to stream: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King,’ Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and AtomfallMar 24, 2025 5:30 am - Coming to streaming this week: Timothée Chalamet becomes Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” and Seth Rogen stars in a new Hollywood satire called “The Studio” for Apple TV+.