President Donald Trump pledged a U-turn away from the Biden administration's commitment to fighting climate change and promoting clean energy. On Trump's first day, he signed an energy emergency …
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
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2/26/25
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A new study reassures people that the nightmare disaster movie scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century …
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BY SETH BORENSTEIN
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2/26/25
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President Donald Trump says he plans to offer a “gold card” visa with a path to citizenship for $5 million, replacing a 35-year-old visa for investors. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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2/26/25
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Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture that served as a sort of Oscars orientation. At the Tuesday night gathering at …
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By ANDREW DALTON
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2/26/25
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President Donald Trump’s effort to suspend the system for resettling refugees in the U.S. is on hold after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, a 2023 …
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By GENE JOHNSON
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2/26/25
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A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring and increased transparency in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK
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2/25/25
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Baltimore prosecutors have announced their decision to withdraw a motion to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction even as they support his recent request for a sentence reduction. The subject of the …
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By LEA SKENE
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2/25/25
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Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual. Trees were knocked down in Fiji from Tropical Cyclone Rae and the Australian state of …
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By ISABELLA O'MALLEY
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2/25/25
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A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins off the coast of Monterey Bay. They include the more elusive northern right whale dolphin, which are often …
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By JANIE HAR
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2/25/25
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He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction
A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder …
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By SEAN MURPHY
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2/25/25
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Seven planets grace the sky at the end of February in what’s known as a planetary parade, though some will be difficult to spot. Venus, Mars and Jupiter are visible to the naked eye through the end …
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
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2/25/25
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A Michigan veterinarian says she rescued a distressed dog. But months later, Amanda Hergenreder is in hot water: She is facing a theft charge after failing to return the dog to a homeless man. …
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2/25/25
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A Denver family alleges that a police SWAT team mistakenly raided their apartment in June 2023, forcing a mother and a grandmother out at gunpoint and then terrifying two young girls who were still …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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2/25/25
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Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday that after two months of observations, scientists have almost …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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2/25/25
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No other wealthy donor has dedicated as much money to such a wide range of nursing programs as Bill Conway, the 75-year-old co-founder of the private equity giant the Carlyle Group, and his late …
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By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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2/25/25
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A vacation photo posted online by Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan and captioned “Puppy Mountain” has become a sensation in China. It even has created a tourist destination. Guo had gone on a …
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By ELSIE CHEN
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2/25/25
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Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save any money. The Department of …
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By RYAN J. FOLEY
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2/25/25
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A Mississippi city is dropping its lawsuit against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local officials removed by a judge. The city of Clarksdale on Monday sought to end its lawsuit that …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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2/24/25
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A funeral service will be held later this week for a Pennsylvania police officer who was killed last weekend while responding to a gunman inside a hospital intensive care unit. West York Patrolman …
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By MARK SCOLFORO
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2/24/25
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Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn’t allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing …
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By KENYA HUNTER
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2/24/25
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