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Drake complains about Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Super Bowl performance in new defamation claimsApr 17, 2025 2:16 pm - Hip-hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at this year’s Super Bowl, adding it to his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over the diss track.
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Florida State gunman used deputy mom's former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities sayApr 17, 2025 12:43 pm - Multiple victims were reported in a shooting Thursday at Florida State University and a suspect was taken into police custody, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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A recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointmentApr 17, 2025 10:25 am - Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate, even as he continues recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
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UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stageApr 17, 2025 10:23 am - Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program are “in a very crucial” stage, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday while on a visit to the Islamic Republic.
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U.S. jobless benefit claims fall last week as labor market remains strong despite recession fearsApr 17, 2025 8:02 am - U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite fears of a tariff-induced recession.
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Trump suggests he can remove Fed Chair Powell, saying he’s ‘not happy’ with him over interest ratesApr 17, 2025 7:45 am - President Donald Trump has attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates and says he could fire him if he wanted to. Trump is renewing a threat from his first term that could cause a major legal showdown over the issue of the central bank's longstanding political independence.
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Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died of complications from diabetes, says NYC medical examinerApr 17, 2025 7:34 am - Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City’s medical examiner said Wednesday.
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Bowen Yang leads a heartfelt dramedy about found families in ‘The Wedding Banquet’Apr 17, 2025 5:30 am - In this modern-day remake set in and around Seattle, two gay couples decide to embark on one fake straight marriage to get what they need in Andrew Ahn’s modern update of “The Wedding Banquet.”
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US stocks tumble as Nvidia slides and the fog of Trump’s trade war thickensApr 16, 2025 9:55 pm - U.S. stocks are tumbling Wednesday after Nvidia warned new U.S. restrictions on exports to China will chisel billions of dollars off its results, while companies around the world said President Donald Trump’s trade war is clouding forecasts for how they or the economy will do this year.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says US autism cases are climbing at an ‘alarming rate’Apr 16, 2025 8:02 pm - WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate,” promising on Wednesday to cond...