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Cary adds non-home-rule sales tax after voters reject home rule status, extends grocery taxAug 22, 2025 8:10 am - Cary officials have approved a non-home-rule general sales tax and the continuation of a 1% grocery tax for next year.
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For the first time, the world's food crises authority announces a famine in GazaAug 22, 2025 7:22 am - The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it's likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
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Top European diplomat says Putin is setting ‘a trap’ by demanding Ukraine concessionsAug 22, 2025 7:18 am - The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday that the possibility of Ukraine ceding land to Russia as part of a peace deal to end their three-year war is “a trap” set by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.Aug 22, 2025 7:15 am - Researchers say the modern-day potato evolved from hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants and another potato-like plant, known as etuberosum, in South America up to 9 million years ago.
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FBI searches home, office of ex-Trump national security adviser John BoltonAug 22, 2025 6:55 am - The FBI on Friday searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Israel's defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed as Israeli strikes kill 17 PalestiniansAug 22, 2025 6:53 am - Israel’s defense minister warned Friday that Gaza’s largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yields to Israel’s terms, as the world’s leading authority on food crises said the city was gripped by famine from fighting and blockade.
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Chiefs the last preseason challenge for Williams, Bears on the bubbleAug 22, 2025 6:00 am - Both Bears head coach Ben Johnson and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced their starters will play in Friday’s game, including quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Patrick Mahomes. Neither coach said how long their starters will play. But there will plenty to watch in the Bears’ last game before the start of the regular season against the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8.
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Anti-sunscreen movement could cause long term health risksAug 21, 2025 9:52 pm - For years dermatologists and health experts have extolled the value of sunscreen to prevent skin cancer and protect people from the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. But a growing anti-sunscreen movement has taken hold on social media is alarming public health experts who say avoiding sunscreen increases long-term health risks.
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Barbells or bands? Experts look at different strength training methodsAug 21, 2025 9:19 pm - When it comes to weight-resistance exercise, you can choose from four primary options: free weights, weight machines, resistance bands or tubes or your own body weight. Or use a combination. All have their pros and cons.
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI pushAug 21, 2025 7:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion effo...