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Clooney and Pitt carry the fixer caper ‘Wolfs’Sep 19, 2024 2:31 pm - The overriding tension in “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as rival fixers brought in to clean up the same crime, isn’t so much the threat of police arrest or Albanian mob assassination. It’s that Clooney and Pitt aren’t pals — at least at first.
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A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19’s originSep 19, 2024 1:40 pm - Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
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Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cutSep 19, 2024 7:35 am - LONDON — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5% Thursday despite a big cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve, its first since the onset of the corona...
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These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala HarrisSep 19, 2024 7:27 am - WASHINGTON — When the Rev. Lee Scott publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president during the Evangelicals for Harris Zoom call on Aug. 14, the Presbyterian pastor and fa...
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Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow overSep 19, 2024 6:58 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras...
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Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for ‘SNL’ season 50Sep 19, 2024 6:57 am - Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart is taking her comedy to a new audience — she’ll kick off “Saturday Night Live’s” landmark 50th season.
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Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?Sep 19, 2024 6:54 am - JERUSALEM — With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the...
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Hezbollah leader says pager attack crossed a ‘red line’ as fears of wider war with Israel mountSep 19, 2024 6:51 am - BEIRUT — The leader of Hezbollah vowed Thursday to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week's deadly sabotage of its members' communication devices, and said Isr...
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‘Transformers One’ is an origin story no one wants with brutality levels no one needsSep 19, 2024 5:30 am - Movie origin stories finally reach their nadir this week with “Transformers One,” the super-violent, toy-selling vehicle that tells the tale of how Optimus Prime and Megatron went from besties to foes. Did anyone ask for this?
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Setting 12-team playoff bracket not the same as ranking top 12 teams and could be ‘a shocker’Sep 18, 2024 9:21 pm - GRAPEVINE, Texas — Let's forget all that has happened to Florida State since the Seminoles were 13-0 after winning the ACC title game with a third-string freshman quarter...