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Dallas Wings select Azzi Fudd of UConn No. 1 in WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waitingApr 13, 2026 8:08 pm - NEW YORK — Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star. “I’m not really sure I have wor...
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UCLA has a record night at the WNBA draft after winning the NCAA championshipApr 13, 2026 8:03 pm - NEW YORK — The party isn't over for UCLA's national champions. The Bruins are having another big celebration at the WNBA draft. Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Ric...
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Dave McGinnis, former Cardinals head coach and Bears assistant, dies at 74Apr 13, 2026 7:38 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Arizona Cardinals head coach and longtime NFL assistant Dave McGinnis, longtime known simply as “Coach Mac,” died Monday. He was 74. McGinnis, w...
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Hollywood heavyweights voice ‘unequivocal opposition’ to Paramount-Warner merger in open letterApr 13, 2026 2:56 pm - More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday.
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Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran warApr 13, 2026 1:45 pm - Midwest soybean farmers are facing an array of compounding issues. Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low. Tariffs levied by the Trump administration last year and the resulting monthslong trade war with China in 2025 only made things worse, they say. Then the Iran war bottled up shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sending fertilizer prices sky high.
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Tailors age out of the workforce even as demand for their skills growsApr 13, 2026 1:02 pm - Like engraving, repairing musical instruments and many other skilled trades, creating and fitting garments to individual specifications hasn't attracted enough entry-level workers over the years to replace the professionals retiring their pincushions after decades of performing their craft.
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Trump administration agrees to keep flying rainbow Pride flag at New York’s Stonewall monumentApr 13, 2026 12:43 pm - The Trump administration said Monday it will keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, reversing course after removing the banner in February.
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Hungarian election victor Magyar says he’d speak with Putin and ask him to end the war in UkraineApr 13, 2026 12:14 pm - Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar said on Monday that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to initiate a call with him, he would speak with him and tell him to end the war in Ukraine.
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The US is short 10 million houses. A new White House report lays out a blueprint to fix thatApr 13, 2026 12:05 pm - White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday — and say regulatory cuts could lead to more construction to stabilize prices, increase home ownership and fuel faster economic growth.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to EpsteinApr 13, 2026 9:46 am - A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.