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Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the jobFeb 21, 2025 11:17 am - A pair of court orders have had only limited effect in slowing the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and have left some USAID workers stationed worldwide in precarious situations, staffers assert.
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IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts sayFeb 21, 2025 10:54 am - WASHINGTON — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely will mean the end of the agency's plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers a...
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Teenager Andreeva beats Rybakina to become youngest WTA 1,000 finalist in DubaiFeb 21, 2025 10:12 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to reach the final of a WTA 1,000 event after beating sixth-seeded Elena Ryb...
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‘Universal Language’ needs to be seen to be believedFeb 21, 2025 8:20 am - Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue. It’s as if we’ve been knocked over the head and woken up in some snowy, Canadian version of an Abbas Kiarostami film.
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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigateFeb 21, 2025 7:51 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised.
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Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night voteFeb 21, 2025 7:29 am - Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage early Friday, chugging through an all-night session and Democratic opposition in a step toward unleashing money the Trump administration says it needs for mass deportations and border security that top their agenda.
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Music Review: Tate McRae’s ‘So Close to What’ entices with post-Britney Spears, dirty, breathy popFeb 21, 2025 6:38 am - She can sing. She can dance. She’s mastered a sultry gaze. She can write a smutty phrase. Is Tate McRae the new princess of dirty, breathy pop? At 21 she’s released her third studio album, “So Close to What,” and is gearing up for a world tour.
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Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?Feb 21, 2025 1:33 am - Standing all day, every day, can cause low back pain, joint pain, leg swelling and more. So why do we make workers, such as cashiers, nurses, hairdressers and cooks, suffer? A handful of U.S. states have “right to sit” laws and some unions are starting to negotiate the right to sit into contracts.
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More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosisFeb 21, 2025 12:55 am - More adults have sought insight on their own neurodiversity in the last decade — often after their children are diagnosed or after seeing social media posts. The number of adults diagnosed with autism between the ages of 26 and 34 has substantially increased in the past decade. But it can be costly and difficult to obtain an autism diagnosis later in life.
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Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage slips to 8-week low after fifth-straight weekly declineFeb 20, 2025 6:22 pm - The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fifth week in a row to its lowest level since late December, a welcome boost for prospective homebuyers in what's traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales.