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Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversiesMay 29, 2024 1:11 pm - WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the c...
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Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ is headed to an Australia museumMay 29, 2024 1:04 pm - The sole physical copy of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" is headed to Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art.
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ConocoPhillips buying Marathon Oil for $17.1 billion in all-stock deal as energy prices riseMay 29, 2024 6:56 am - ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices soar and big oil companies reap massive profits. The de...
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Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pauseMay 29, 2024 6:50 am - WASHINGTON — Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intent...
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Jury in Donald Trump’s hush money case asks to rehear testimony as deliberations get underwayMay 29, 2024 6:47 am - Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, placing the outcome of the history-making case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task.
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Schneider and Gausman lead the Blue Jays past the sliding White Sox 7-2May 29, 2024 12:11 am - CHICAGO — Davis Schneider had three hits and three RBIs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the sliding Chicago White Sox 7-2 on a rainy Tuesday night. Justin Turner drove in...
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Seattle beats Sky to move above .500 for the first time since the 2022 seasonMay 28, 2024 9:50 pm - CHICAGO — Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 21 points, Jewell Loyd added 19 and the Seattle Storm pulled away in the third quarter for a 77-68 victory over the Chicago Sky on T...
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Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporatedMay 28, 2024 7:59 pm - NEW YORK — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300...
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Scorned umpire Ángel Hernández, who unsuccessfully sued MLB for racial discrimination, retiresMay 28, 2024 7:53 pm - NEW YORK — Longtime umpire Ángel Hernández, who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial discrimination, is retiring immediately. During a career that lasted ...
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Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94May 28, 2024 2:50 pm - Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan's Heroes,” has died at age 94.