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Departing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looks back at his tenureJan 11, 2025 5:53 pm - TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looked back at his three-year tenure and was confident that he played a role in reinvigorating the Japan-U. S. relationship,...
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Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82Jan 11, 2025 5:23 pm - Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil...
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Putin is open to meet with Trump after inauguration, Kremlin saysJan 10, 2025 8:19 pm - The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin is open to a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump after he is sworn in to office on Jan. 20. Kremlin spokesman ...
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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.Jan 10, 2025 2:22 pm - When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer in 2009, it put fact-checkers on the map. Donald Trump’s MAGA movement gave them plenty of work. Now, Meta’s fact-checking retrenchment threatens to hollow out the industry.
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As Los Angeles burns, Elon Musk stokes partisan outrageJan 10, 2025 2:12 pm - As flames have engulfed large swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk has been inundating his 212 million followers with posts casting blame for the blazes on Democrats and diversity policies, amplifying narratives that have taken hold among far-right activists and Republican leaders, including President-elect Donald Trump.
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Pamela Anderson dazzles in Vegas drama ‘The Last Showgirl’Jan 10, 2025 8:40 am - Pamela Anderson, Golden Globe-nominated for “The Last Showgirl,” brings a bone-deep understanding to Shelly, a bubbly 50-something Las Vegas showgirl who’s poured her life into the once spectacular, now tired and struggling topless revue “Le Razzle Dazzle.”
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At inflection point, Pentagon chief holds final forum for Ukraine aidJan 10, 2025 6:27 am - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — More than two dozen times since Russia’s 2022 invasion, President Joe Biden’s Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin, has gone around the table with hi...
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Carolyn Hax: Environmentally aware parents want to rein in gifts for their kidJan 10, 2025 6:00 am - Environmentally conscious parents want to reign in the amount of gifts their daughter receives from friends and family, but also worry about denying her childhood joy. Carolyn Hax says it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.
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Supreme Court refuses to delay Trump’s hush money sentencingJan 09, 2025 8:04 pm - A closely divided Supreme Court refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, clearing the way for the president-elect to face judgment in a New York...
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Some say Alito should recuse from Trump sentencing case after phone callJan 09, 2025 5:45 pm - Some judicial ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers say Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. should recuse himself from a decision on whether President-elect Donal...