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Big retailers didn’t pull ByHeart baby formula fast enough after botulism recall, FDA saysDec 16, 2025 3:05 pm - Four of the nation’s top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said in warning letters posted Monday.
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Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on othersDec 16, 2025 2:56 pm - The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
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Cubs agree to 1-year contract with reliever Caleb ThielbarDec 16, 2025 2:42 pm - CHICAGO — The Cubs retained a key reliever on Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year contract with Caleb Thielbar. A person familiar with the deal confirmed the agreement to the...
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Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity FairDec 16, 2025 2:41 pm - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations that were published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. The magazine’s two-part profile of Wiles immediately sent shock waves through Washington while sending the West Wing into damage control.
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‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ advance in Oscars shortlistsDec 16, 2025 2:38 pm - Ryan Coogler’s bluesy vampire thriller “Sinners,” the big screen musical “Wicked: For Good” and the Netflix phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters” are all a step closer to an Oscar nomination.
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Texas songwriter Joe Ely dies at age 78Dec 16, 2025 2:19 pm - Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78.
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Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry gets 8 months of home confinementDec 16, 2025 2:13 pm - A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.
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Naughty and nice: Paul Feig’s ‘The Housemaid’ is a twisty horror-thrillerDec 16, 2025 1:19 pm - Santa left us a present this holiday season and it is exactly what we didn’t know we needed: “The Housemaid,” a twisty, psychological horror-thriller that’s all wrapped up in an empowerment message.
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Donna Summer posthumously inducted into Songwriters Hall of FameDec 16, 2025 12:22 pm - Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, known for such timeless tunes as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Dim All the Lights,” “On the Radio” and “She Works Hard for the Money,” has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Wonder and war: New chapter opens on Pandora in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’Dec 16, 2025 10:39 am - “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” at well more than three hours, is our longest stay yet on Pandora, and the one most likely to make you ponder why you came here in the first place. You can feel James Cameron’s deep devotion to the dynamics of his central characters, even when his interest outstrips our own.