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Every planet of our solar system is lining up in the February night skyFeb 25, 2025 7:03 pm - NEW YORK — Seven planets grace the sky at the end of February in what's known as a planetary parade, though some will be difficult to spot with the naked eye. These plane...
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Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGEFeb 25, 2025 6:59 pm - WASHINGTON — More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusi...
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Jordan Spieth is playing PGA National this week for first time as a pro as his comeback continuesFeb 25, 2025 5:32 pm - PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Jordan Spieth is playing this week for a lot of reasons. Among them: It was unseasonably cold in Dallas and he grew tired of hitting balls off ...
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CFP commissioners meet after SEC and Big Ten leaders urged them to make changes to seedingFeb 25, 2025 5:29 pm - DALLAS — All of the commissioners who are part of the College Football Playoff were meeting Tuesday, a week after the SEC and Big Ten commissioners came out of a meeting ...
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Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury retires after 20 WNBA seasons, 3 titles and 6 Olympic goldsFeb 25, 2025 5:20 pm - PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women's basketball history. The WNBA's career scoring leader and a three-time ...
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Ukraine and US have agreed on a framework economic deal, Ukrainian officials sayFeb 25, 2025 4:36 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals, three ...
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White House says it 'will determine' which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional onesFeb 25, 2025 2:17 pm - The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.
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The FBI's new deputy director is a popular podcaster — who has had plenty to say about the agencyFeb 25, 2025 10:12 am - NEW YORK — The popular right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino has built a career of unleashing sometimes inflammatory rants against the media, Democrats and the federal governm...
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Music Review: Rebecca Black says goodbye to ‘Friday’ and masters the dance floor on ‘Salvation’Feb 25, 2025 8:42 am - Rebecca Black, she of the inescapable 2011 online smash hit “Friday,” has a new dance-heavy EP, “Salvation.” For an artist who first emerged at age 13 promising danceable fuel, she continues to deliver — just with a very different approach.
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savingsFeb 25, 2025 7:52 am - Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.