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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bearsOct 11, 2025 2:53 pm - BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales...
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A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyardOct 11, 2025 2:36 pm - NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characte...
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Palestinians return to ruins and the US expects hostages freed on Monday as Gaza ceasefire holdsOct 11, 2025 1:38 pm - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis che...
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Polanco hits winning single in the 15th inning as the Mariners beat the Tigers to advance to ALCSOct 11, 2025 12:31 am - Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory Friday night in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.
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Wilson scores 31 and Aces win 3rd WNBA title in 4 seasons, beating Mercury 97-86 for 4-game sweepOct 10, 2025 10:22 pm - A'ja Wilson scored 31 points, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces won their third WNBA championship in four seasons, beating the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 on Friday night for a four-game sweep of the Finals.
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AstraZeneca agrees to lower drug prices for Medicaid under Trump administration dealOct 10, 2025 8:27 pm - WASHINGTON — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid unde...
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National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local policeOct 10, 2025 6:19 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and...
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Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on ChinaOct 10, 2025 5:16 pm - A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered Friday, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.6%.
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Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominationsOct 10, 2025 3:42 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most v...
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Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdownOct 10, 2025 3:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to exert m...