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Inmates with violent records from shuttered prison are being sent to medium-security sitesFeb 14, 2025 6:45 am - SPRINGFIELD — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more ...
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Trump administration lays off probationary government workers, warns others of large cuts to comeFeb 13, 2025 7:23 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering...
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Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the jobFeb 13, 2025 4:18 pm - WASHINGTON — A court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another w...
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12 times ‘Saturday Night Live’ made a cultural bang over the past 50 yearsFeb 13, 2025 4:03 pm - “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later, it’s firmly part of the culture. Here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn’t just reflect pop culture — it drove it.
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Action, romance collide in ridiculous ‘The Gorge’Feb 13, 2025 3:13 pm - The new action thriller "The Gorge" pairs two snipers – Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy — guarding a portal at the bottom of a gorge who develop an unlikely romance in this stylish but hollow Apple TV+ streamer.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, 940 million flowers are traveling (through Miami) to youFeb 13, 2025 1:57 pm - If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine's Day, it's not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run up to Feb. 14, agricultural specialists at Miami International Airport have processed about 940 million stems of cut flowers, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertaintyFeb 13, 2025 1:47 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike as he hopes to eliminate any trade imbalances.
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A deftly choreographed nightmare unspools in Norwegian film ‘Armand’Feb 13, 2025 11:52 am - A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a claustrophobic courtroom thriller set in a primary school classroom. While unsettling, it’s never not compelling.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate voteFeb 13, 2025 10:38 am - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
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The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits falls as employers continue to hold on to workersFeb 13, 2025 10:35 am - U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as employers continue to retain workers despite resurgent inflation and elevated interest rates. The number of ...