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Rojas can earn up to $1 million in performance bonuses in addition to $3.5 million salary with White SoxJan 14, 2025 7:45 am - Infielder Josh Rojas can earn up to $1 million in performance bonuses in addition to his $3.5 million salary with the Chicago White Sox. Rojas can earn $500,000 based on ...
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Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfiresJan 14, 2025 7:27 am - Reality television star Heidi Montag’s 2010 album “Superficial” has hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genre songs and albums charts — 15 years after its release and just after Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire.
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What to watch as Pete Hegseth faces questions about his experience and personal pastJan 14, 2025 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face senators for the first time Tuesday after weeks of privately pushing back on criticism over his qua...
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Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progressJan 14, 2025 6:09 am - A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents were prepared for the worst as dangerous winds were expected to build Tuesday, a week after two massive infernos destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.
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A tough-on-crime approach is back in U.S. state capitolsJan 14, 2025 5:59 am - Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe unleashed a volley of orders targeting crime. The tone-setting move reflects a national trend. Aft...
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Biden says he's leaving Trump with a 'strong hand to play' in world conflictsJan 14, 2025 5:59 am - President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Don...
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This is what the Homeland Security secretary has to say about his border recordJan 14, 2025 5:58 am - In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency's work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued ...
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Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president's remarksJan 14, 2025 5:56 am - The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” the prosecutor who led the probes said in a...
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Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials sayJan 14, 2025 5:54 am - Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediator Qatar said the negotiations were at the “closest point” yet to sealing a deal.
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Rams overwhelm Vikings 27-9 in wild-card playoff game moved to Arizona because of LA wildfiresJan 13, 2025 10:49 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. — Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and the Los Angeles Rams overwhelmed the Minnesota Vikings, sacking Sam Darnold an NFL playoff record-tying ...