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Carolyn Hax: Fiancé insists her parents pay for their weddingMay 19, 2025 9:16 am - Woman’s fiancé wants her unemployed parents to pay for expensive wedding because he is “traditional.” She’s OK paying for it herself. Carolyn Hax says it may be time to consider calling off the wedding due to her fiancé's self-centeredness.
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Staff cuts forced this forecast office to shut overnight. Then a tornado hit.May 17, 2025 7:46 pm - If not for the storms, the critically understaffed National Weather Service office responsible for monitoring weather hazards across eastern Kentucky would have gone dark...
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Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutionsMay 17, 2025 7:44 pm - Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, ...
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College newspapers under pressure as immigration fears silence sourcesMay 17, 2025 6:42 pm - International students have asked to remain anonymous in college newspaper articles examining White House policies, to nix their names from old stories and — if they’re r...
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Big U.S. cities grew in 2024, reversing covid-era population declinesMay 17, 2025 6:29 pm - Populations in major American cities have bounced back from pandemic-induced drops, with New York, Houston and Los Angeles leading the way, according to new data from the...
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Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissentMay 17, 2025 6:25 pm - Five years ago, Microsoft divested its stake in an Israeli facial recognition startup after thousands of employees and activists protested the company’s suspected role in...
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On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunchMay 17, 2025 6:24 pm - On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. ...
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AI poses new moral questions. Pope Leo says the Catholic Church has answers.May 17, 2025 1:15 pm - Artificial intelligence might not seem like an obvious focus for a new pope taking over the world’s largest Christian church. AI is developing faster than most people can...
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Storms knocked power for thousands around Great Lakes region, with more tornado risk comingMay 16, 2025 11:41 am - After widespread thunderstorms and some tornadoes knocked power out to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Great Lakes region, a continued severe weather outbreak is expected through Friday night. It will be the third-straight day of significant severe weather, with more threats through the weekend.
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‘Deaf President Now!’ amplifies the birth of a rights movementMay 16, 2025 9:39 am - The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president in its 124-year history — may seem like an incremental advancement for representation in the deaf community. But it was so much more.