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Possible National Rail Strike Already Causing Cancellation On Passenger Rail Routes

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LABOR STALEMATE

Biden rallies lawmakers to act to avert rail strike ahead of looming deadline

Christian Pulisic of United States scores their team's first goal during their World Cup match against Iran on Nov. 29, 2022, in Doha.

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1-0: USA's Pulisic scores first goal in must-win game against Iran

Then-President Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 11, 2018.

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Image: Protest in Beijing Against China Covid Measures

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China vows to accelerate Covid vaccinations, while cracking down on protests

Workers sort packages at a FedEx Express facility on Cyber Monday in Garden City, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 2022.

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Economy

Discounts drive record spending as holiday shopping season gets off to roaring start

Politics

Image: Congress Returns To Capitol Hill After Thanksgiving Holiday

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Congress

Senate to vote Tuesday on same-sex marriage bill after breaking a filibuster

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Former Trump deputy chief of staff Ornato, a key witness on Jan. 6, to appear before House committee

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest an immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security during an early morning raid in Compton, Calif., Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022 from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained.

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Supreme Court grapples with whether to restore Biden immigration enforcement policy

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Trump doesn't have 'absolute immunity' over efforts to overturn 2020 election, judge says

Congress

Virginia congressman Donald McEachin dies at 61

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Democrats have doubled GOP spending on Georgia runoff ads

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Severe weather could bring tornadoes in the South and thunderstorms in the Northeast

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Brett Favre files motion to dismiss lawsuit in Mississippi welfare fraud case

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Texas woman kidnapped as a baby 51 years ago reunites with family thanks to home DNA testing kit

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Number of injured in Club Q shooting is revised upward

U.S. news

Financier Leon Black accused in lawsuit of raping woman in Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion

U.S. news

Houston lifts boil-water order affecting more than 2 million

Guns in America

Uvalde mom files a federal lawsuit against police, gunmaker in school massacre

World

Three African migrants found sitting on the rudder on ship were rescued by the Spanish coastguard in the Canary Islands.

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African migrants on rudder of a ship rescued by Spanish coast guard after an 11-day voyage

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

NATO commits to future Ukraine membership, drums up aid

FILE - A school of fish swim above corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. Australia’s environment minister said on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

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Australia argues against 'endangered' status for Great Barrier Reef

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Myanmar detention was 'hell,' says freed Japanese filmmaker

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South Korea extradites suspect in New Zealand suitcase murders

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Myanmar detention was 'hell,' says freed Japanese filmmaker

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South Korea extradites suspect in New Zealand suitcase murders

Lantern torch lights on a tropical beach at sunset.

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Why 'gaslighting' is the perfect Word of the Year for 2022. And 2016. And 1776.

Bruno Martelli played by Lee Curreri, tries to convince Coco Hernandez played by Irene Cara, that they should form a rock band, in a scene from 'Fame,' 1980.

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Irene Cara sung the anthem of my youth. I will miss her.

Commuters with protective masks walk through Pennsylvania Station in New York on Aug. 3, 2020.

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Respiratory diseases are still killing people. We need to mask up again.

Photo illustration: Books float over an image of a woman with her headphones on.

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It should go without saying that audiobooks count as reading. But I need to say it.

Former President Donald Trump addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla.

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Trump has officially run out of moves on his tax returns. Here's why that matters.

Two people sitting at opposite ends of a broken thanksgiving table.

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It was 50 years since I last saw my brother. It was not a Hollywood reunion.

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Clarence Gilyard Jr., 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and 'Die Hard' star, dies at 66

Felipe Valls Sr. poses at Cafe Versailles in Miami in an undated photo.

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His Cuban coffee and cuisine were on celebrity maps. Now fans are celebrating his legacy.

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022.

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Culture Matters

Will Smith describes 'horrific' Oscars night in 'The Daily Show' interview, says 'I lost it'

Culture Matters

Simu Liu stars in 'The Simpsons' episode as Lisa's tech billionaire husband

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Morehouse students witness Black history in the metaverse

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Simu Liu stars in 'The Simpsons' episode as Lisa's tech billionaire husband

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Morehouse students witness Black history in the metaverse

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A rheumatologist injects a patients knee.

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Health news

Common treatment for joint pain may be linked to faster arthritis progression, research suggests

A flu vaccine is administered at a Covid testing site on Nov. 24, 2020, in San Fernando, Calif.

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Flu came early to the U.S. and 'the floodgates are open'

A medical worker collects a swab sample from a resident for a Covid-19 test in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, 2022.

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Health news

Is it Covid, flu or RSV? A chart compares the most common symptoms of each virus

Coronavirus

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out

Health news

New virtual reality apps focus on mental health, but their effectiveness isn't known

Coronavirus

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out

Health news

New virtual reality apps focus on mental health, but their effectiveness isn't known

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Workers sort packages at a FedEx Express facility on Cyber Monday in Garden City, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 2022.

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Discounts drive record spending as holiday shopping season gets off to roaring start

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U.S. news

Florida woman sues Kraft for $5M, saying Velveeta shells & cheese takes longer to prepare than packaging claims

A worker weighs a lobster to sort in Arundel, Maine, on Jan. 24, 2022.

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Whole Foods' decision to pull Maine lobster sparks outcry among elected officials, lobster industry

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Irish watchdog fines Meta 265 million euros in latest privacy case

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Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads

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An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole, which reacts by launching a relativistic jet.

Space

New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes

This aerial image released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on November 28, 2022 courtesy of the National Weather Service, shows the lava in the summit caldera of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, which is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. - Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, US authorities said, as emergency crews went on alert early Monday.

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World's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, erupts in Hawaii

Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu, left, Fei Junlong, center, and Deng Qingming, the crew of the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission, wave at a press conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gansu province on Nov. 28, 2022, a day before the scheduled launch.

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Space

China rocket taking 3 to space station to blast off Tuesday

Climate in Crisis

Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain

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Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

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Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain

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Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

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