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At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern TurkeyJan 21, 2025 1:28 pm - A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
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States sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenshipJan 21, 2025 12:59 pm - Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
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Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87Jan 21, 2025 12:01 pm - Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to rock standards, has died at age 87.
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Book Review: A tour de force of a novel about a celebrated actor in the throes of a midlife crisisJan 21, 2025 11:28 am - Have you ever woken up on Thanksgiving morning to a house full of company and just wanted to flee? In Mischa Berlinski’s extravagantly brilliant and darkly funny new novel, “Mona Acts Out,” the eponymous heroine does just that.
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Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by BidenJan 21, 2025 11:17 am - A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
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A family is torn apart under Brazil’s dictatorship in ‘I’m Still Here’Jan 21, 2025 11:15 am - It’s easy to fall in love with the Paiva family. Filmmaker Walter Salles makes sure of that in “I’m Still Here.” He drops the audience into the warm everyday of the beautiful home of Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, where their five kids run freely between the beach and their living room.
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Trevor Noah is tapped to once again host the Grammy AwardsJan 21, 2025 10:28 am - The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man: Trevor Noah will host the show for the fifth consecutive time, the Grammys announced Tuesday.
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A rare winter storm is bringing heavy snow, sleet and ice to Texas and the northern Gulf CoastJan 21, 2025 8:12 am - A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
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Israel’s top general resigns over Oct. 7 attack as it launches major military operation in West BankJan 21, 2025 7:58 am - Israel's top general resigned on Tuesday, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
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What Melania Trump wore to the inauguration — including the hatJan 21, 2025 6:48 am - While red baseball caps have become synonymous with President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump made her own millinery-related fashion statement, sporting a navy wide-brimmed hat by an American designer on Inauguration Day.