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Ivy League football to compete in FCS playoffs beginning next seasonDec 18, 2024 8:48 pm - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League will compete in the FCS playoffs beginning next season, the conference announced on Wednesday, ending a century-long postseason ban orig...
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Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China’s powerDec 18, 2024 7:57 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a defense bill Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power ...
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Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdownDec 18, 2024 7:15 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike...
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Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lightsDec 18, 2024 6:42 pm - Marcus Freeman spent his first two seasons as the Notre Dame coach chasing the playoff dream. This year, he's living it — at home. After closing the regular season on a 1...
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House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source saysDec 18, 2024 2:55 pm - The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump's first choice for attorney general could be made public in the coming days.
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These three new sports dramas punch above their weightDec 18, 2024 2:24 pm - The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats. But a trio of new movies brings some original moves, and a few curveballs, to a genre where tried-and-true formula often reigns supreme.
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Barry Jenkins on why he made ‘Mufasa’ and how it changed him as a filmmakerDec 18, 2024 12:11 pm - Made with virtual filmmaking tools, “Mufasa” essentially plopped one of the most groundbreaking filmmakers working today — Barry Jenkins — into an all-digital playground, with a budget more than a hundred times that of “Moonlight.”
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Russia says suspect detained in the killing of a senior general in MoscowDec 18, 2024 7:05 am - Russia's security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.
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Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shootingDec 18, 2024 7:00 am - Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
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Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next yearDec 18, 2024 6:37 am - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation.