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[l] at 2/12/25 9:40am
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began spewing volcanic activity this week for its 9th time with no injuries or damage reported.
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[l] at 2/12/25 9:11am
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday Japan has formally asked the United States for an exemption of Trump administration 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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[l] at 2/12/25 8:37am
U.S. consumer prices rose by more than expected in January, driven by a sharp increase in egg prices amid an outbreak of bird flu, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
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[l] at 2/12/25 7:45am
Averting frictions that could lead to a trade war with the United States will be top of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda as he arrives in Washington ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump.
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[l] at 2/12/25 7:00am
Spirit Airlines Tuesday rejected Frontier's most recent merger proposal, opting to proceed with its own standalone recapitalization without a merger instead. Spirit is currently in bankruptcy.
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[l] at 2/12/25 5:32am
Russia launched ballistic missiles and more than 100 drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine overnight that killed three people and injured at least 16, including a child, authorities said.
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[l] at 2/12/25 2:33am
North Korea on Wednesday slammed the United States over President Trump's announced aim to take control of the Gaza Strip and permanently displace its residents, calling it "slaughter and robbery" in state-run media.
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[l] at 2/12/25 1:02am
A lawsuit filed Tuesday askes the courts to stop the Trump administration from disclosing millions of Americans' information Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.
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[l] at 2/12/25 1:00am
On Feb. 12, 2009, a Continental airlines turboprop commuter plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, including one person in the house.
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[l] at 2/11/25 10:35pm
The United States, Australia and Britain on Tuesday jointly sanctioned a Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider over its support of LockBit ransomware attacks.
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[l] at 2/11/25 10:05pm
Russian officials have released jailed American teacher Marc Fogel, in what President Donald Trump called a deal that will see a second person being released by Russia on Wednesday.
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[l] at 2/11/25 9:57pm
A former University of Connecticut basketball player was arrested Tuesday in Florida after his mother was found shot to death, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
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[l] at 2/11/25 9:21pm
Russian officials have released jailed American teacher Marc Fogel, in what President Donald Trump called a deal that will see a second person being released by Russia on Wednesday.
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[l] at 2/11/25 8:15pm
An 18-year-old Californian, who made hundreds of swatting calls against places of worship and education for profit and fun, was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.
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[l] at 2/11/25 7:44pm
Two young children died of hypothermia Monday while inside a van parked at the Detroit Hollywood Casino parking lot despite their mother's efforts to obtain help from city services for homeless families.
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[l] at 2/11/25 7:00pm
Elon Musk joined Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday as the president signed an executive order to shrink the federal government. The latest order directs DOGE to drastically reduce staffing in federal agencies.
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[l] at 2/11/25 6:01pm
Hundreds of members of the American Federation of Government Employees and their supporters gathered on Capital Hill Tuesday afternoon to "Rally to Save the Civil Service."
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[l] at 2/11/25 5:58pm
Two top officials in the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration takes aim the bureau and its employees.
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[l] at 2/11/25 5:23pm
Russian officials have released American teacher Marc Fogel after the Trump administration negotiated his release. He had served 3.5 years of a 14-year sentence for what Moscow had said was cannabis smuggling.
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[l] at 2/11/25 5:06pm
The U.S. Department of Education urged sports groups Tuesday to restore female athletes' records and awards that were "wrongfully erased" by biological males, who "unfairly competed" in women's sports.
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[l] at 2/11/25 4:09pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that if the rest of the hostages are not released by Saturday at noon, the "cease-fire will be terminated" and Hamas will be "decisively defeated."
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[l] at 2/11/25 12:46pm
President Donald Trump met Tuesday with King Abdullah II as the Jordanian leader says his country will take in thousands of sick Palestinian kids displaced in the Gaza Strip.
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[l] at 2/11/25 12:10pm
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon entered guilty pleas to five counts connected with defrauding the public in an online fundraiser to avoid jail time in a plea deal on Tuesday.
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[l] at 2/11/25 12:00pm
The United States and Britain declined to sign a final communique at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday evening, opposite of some 70 governmental and organizational leaders who did sign on.
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[l] at 2/11/25 10:53am
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the first of two hearings he will testify in this week.
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[l] at 2/11/25 9:44am
A teacher in South Korea is in recovery after fatally stabbing an 8-year-old girl to death this week then attempting to take her own life.
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[l] at 2/11/25 9:27am
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland formerly announced her candidacy for New Mexico's governor on Tuesday, attempting to become the first Native American to become governor of a state.
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[l] at 2/11/25 8:19am
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday announced a joint effort with Britain and Australia to sanction a Russian-based Internet hosting provider for supporting ransomware operations.
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[l] at 2/11/25 8:12am
Denmark topped the rankings of 180 countries globally with the lowest levels of public-sector corruption for the seventh year straight in 2024, closely followed by Finland and Singapore.
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[l] at 2/11/25 6:31am
BP Chief Executive Murray Auchincloss promised a "reset" for the company, including dialing back climate commitments, on Tuesday after a dip in annual profits and a threat from an influential activist investor.
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[l] at 2/11/25 3:09am
President Donald Trump on Monday named Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins as the interim leader of two watchdog offices after firing their leaders.
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[l] at 2/11/25 12:09am
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday night accused her ex-fiance and three other men of sexually abusing and exploiting women and underage girls for more than a decade, stating she was one of their victims.

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