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Chicago Sports Network set to air Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox gamesJun 03, 2024 3:28 pm - CHICAGO — A new network is launching to carry games from three Chicago pro teams, the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox. The Chicago Sports Network (CHSN) announced Monday ...
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Mexico awakes with joy, fear, market jitters to first woman elected president, Claudia SheinbaumJun 03, 2024 2:23 pm - MEXICO CITY — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faced a market meltdown Monday and a tough path toward reco...
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Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacyJun 03, 2024 2:18 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape...
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A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He's finally being posthumously honoredJun 03, 2024 2:15 pm - WASHINGTON — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumous...
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Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centersJun 03, 2024 1:11 pm - Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back t...
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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories aliveJun 03, 2024 8:00 am - HONG KONG — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China's history, was b...
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CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they overseeJun 03, 2024 7:20 am - NEW YORK — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at ...
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A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum?Jun 03, 2024 7:13 am - MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation's more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continu...
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Prospective jurors in Hunter Biden's firearms case questioned on gun rights, addiction, politicsJun 03, 2024 7:07 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — Prospective jurors in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter were questioned Monday on their thoughts about gun rights and drug ad...
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Zelenskyy in Manila to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermineJun 03, 2024 7:05 am - MANILA, Philippines — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Philippine president on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-...