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Carolyn Hax: Parents want to tell daughter no wedding funds until she’s 25Mar 03, 2025 11:30 am - Parents worry 21 is too young to get marry and threaten to withhold funds if their daughter doesn’t wait until at least 25. Carolyn Hax says support the whole child, not just the good or bad choices she makes.
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DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax recordsMar 01, 2025 7:39 pm - Officials from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have expressed interest in using personal tax records to check federal benefits payments for fraud, which would mobilize the ...
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Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops, Stryker combat vehicles to borderMar 01, 2025 7:35 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton ar...
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As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against MoscowMar 01, 2025 6:42 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber and information operations against Russia as President Donald Trump seeks to end Pre...
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Joseph Wambaugh, author who knew gritty reality of cop life, dies at 88Mar 01, 2025 5:10 pm - Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the strait-laced TV police drama “Dragnet” to loo...
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Trump officials start gutting civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret planFeb 28, 2025 6:35 pm - Agencies across the federal government are gutting offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws under a Trump administration push to shrink the workforce...
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Seven top D.C. prosecutors demoted in purge by Trump U.S. attorneyFeb 28, 2025 3:55 pm - Seven top leaders of the U.S. attorney’s office for Washington, D.C., were demoted to misdemeanor and entry-level intake positions Friday, the latest move in U.S. Attorne...
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Chatbot meets therapy couch: A psychologist looks at benefits, perils of patients using AIFeb 28, 2025 6:41 am - Can AI chatbots complement psychotherapy? A psychologist delves into potential benefits and highlights dangers to be considered.
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Carolyn Hax: Would marriage pact give false romantic hope to platonic friend?Feb 28, 2025 6:00 am - Woman considers proposing a down the road marriage pact to lifelong friend with no romantic hope, even though he has been in love with her for years. Carolyn Hax says the suggestion could mislead him, so why consider it.
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A surprising health benefit of drinking teaFeb 28, 2025 5:25 am - Scientists now say that brewed tea may provide a surprising health benefit: Your morning cup of tea could be removing dangerous contaminants from your water.