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White Sox make a change: Manager Pedro Grifol fired after end of 21-game skid that tied recordAug 08, 2024 9:16 am - The White Sox are on course to finish with baseball's worst record of the modern era. Change clearly is needed. The White Sox made a switch in the dugout, firing manager ...
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The Perseids are here. Here's how to see the 'fireballs' of summer's brightest meteor showerAug 08, 2024 9:13 am - WASHINGTON — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It's one of t...
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Movie Review: ‘Good One’ is one of the year’s indie breakoutsAug 08, 2024 8:43 am - A 17-year-old’s perception of her father is forever altered on a three-day backpacking trip in India Donaldson’s excellent debut “ Good One," in theaters Friday.
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Hunter Biden was hired by Romanian businessman trying to ‘influence’ U.S. agencies, prosecutors sayAug 08, 2024 7:28 am - WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden was hired by a Romanian businessman accused of corruption who was trying to “influence U.S. government policy” during Joe Biden's term as vice p...
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Tropical Storm Debby spins up tornadoes, dumps rain in North CarolinaAug 08, 2024 7:09 am - LUCAMA, N.C. — Tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the system dropped heavy rain and floode...
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Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials sayAug 08, 2024 7:01 am - VIENNA — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said ...
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Movie Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ tackles big issues, but is melodramaticAug 07, 2024 6:40 pm - “It Ends With Us,” starring Blake Lively, tries to balance the realities of domestic violence inside a rom-com and a female-empowerment movie. All suffer in the process.
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Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attackAug 07, 2024 3:42 pm - VIENNA — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an a...
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U.S. abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study findsAug 07, 2024 10:36 am - The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a repor...
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Hamas has a new leader. How will that affect the war in Gaza and cease-fire efforts?Aug 07, 2024 10:33 am - Yahya Sinwar's appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped maste...