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Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash beginsJan 30, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity i...
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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston clubJan 30, 2025 5:42 pm - Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included teen figure skaters, their mothers and Russian coaches.
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Nora Roberts is happily defying genres with 250 books writtenJan 30, 2025 5:09 pm - Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts said. She typically releases four books a year, and has for more than four decades.
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Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list’ and won’t seek retributionJan 30, 2025 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that...
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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled about Snowden, Syria and RussiaJan 30, 2025 4:54 pm - WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday dur...
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Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programsJan 30, 2025 4:03 pm - Civil rights activists gathered outside the headquarters of Target Corp. on Thursday to call for a national boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balanceJan 30, 2025 2:19 pm - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be the nation's top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to raise persistent concerns over the nominee's deep skepticism of routine childhood vaccinations that prevent deadly diseases.
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Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78Jan 30, 2025 1:40 pm - Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied, has died. She was 78.
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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 GrammysJan 30, 2025 1:03 pm - Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack. Is it finally her time to take home the top prize? Find out when the Grammys air at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, on CBS.
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Hamas frees 8 more hostages and Israel releases 110 more Palestinian prisonersJan 30, 2025 11:47 am - Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners by Israel and underscored the fragility of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that began earlier this month.