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Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in OklahomaJan 24, 2025 4:45 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed t...
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Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement’s gainsJan 24, 2025 4:04 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump vowed to support anti-abortion-rights protesters in his second term as tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington on Fri...
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Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 monthsJan 24, 2025 4:04 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas announced Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian ...
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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilitiesJan 24, 2025 4:03 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rig...
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Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while touring disaster areasJan 24, 2025 12:37 pm - LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency...
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Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdownJan 24, 2025 12:35 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Several federal agencies have begun removing resources for underrepresented Americans from their webpages following President Donald Trump's executive o...
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Target is ending its DEI goals as workplace inclusion gets a strong opponent in the White HouseJan 24, 2025 12:33 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity, equity...
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Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell himJan 24, 2025 12:31 pm - FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pa...
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Marlee Matlin, a trailblazer for deaf actors, opens up in a new documentaryJan 24, 2025 8:54 am - Marlee Matlin gives an unflinchingly honest account of her experiences as a deaf actor in the funny and revelatory documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.” The film kicked off the 41st Sundance Film Festival Thursday.
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Don’t book a seat for 'Flight Risk'Jan 24, 2025 8:39 am - “Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this truly forgettable thriller-comedy.