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FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train runs through a crossing on Sept. 14, 2022, in Homestead, Pa. Norfolk Southern hauled in 27% more third-quarter profit, Wednesday, Oct. 26, as the railroad increased shipping rates and reduced the number of delayed deliveries that shippers have been complaining about this year. The Atlanta-based railroad said it earned $958 million, or $4.10 per share, in the quarter. T AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Labor Stalemate

Biden urges Congress to pass legislation to avert nationwide rail strike

Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway Addresses The Media Outside The White House
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Congress

Kellyanne Conway meets with Jan. 6 committee for nearly 5 hours

People wait in line to vote in the early morning in front of the American Legion in Tombstone, Arizona on November 3, 2020. - The United States started voting Tuesday in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump's uniquely brash and bruising presidency, which Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden urged Americans to end to restore "our democracy."
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2022 Election

Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results

Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va., holds a news conference with faith leaders to "urge lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the Farm Bill" on Monday, May 7, 2018.
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Congress

Virginia congressman Donald McEachin dies at 61

Politics News

Veterans Affairs has denied benefits to Black people at higher rates for years, lawsuit alleges

Supreme Court

Supreme Court to resume public tours

Latino

State Dept says Salvadorans' attempts to 'directly influence' a U.S. congressional election are 'unacceptable'

U.S. news

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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volcanic eruption

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

Kevin Johnson at the Clayton Courthouse
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U.S. news

Missouri death row inmate's execution can proceed after court rejects racial bias claim

Former NFL football player and Hall of Fame inductee Terrell Owens watches his alma matter warm up prior to kick off. The Chattanooga Mocs defeated the Virginia Military Institute Keydets 34-27 at Finley stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 27, 2018.
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Sports

Retired NFL great Terrell Owens punches man in CVS parking lot near Los Angeles

Autumn Janeway's son Anthony.
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U.S. news

Kentucky agency launches probe into facility accused of abusing developmentally delayed child

U.S. news

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

U.S. news

Houston mayor defends boil-water order that kept hundreds of thousands of children home from school

Guns in America

Number of injured in Club Q shooting is revised upward

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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I never knew Irene Cara. But the ‘Fame’ star knew me.

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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Some people think I cheated in my 2022 reading challenge. But audiobooks count.

Former President Donald Trump addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla.
Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP file

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.
Liza Evseeva / NBC News

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

Quentin Tarantino
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Why Quentin Tarantino's 'worst' film era comments are so offensive

World

Vladimir Putin holds a meeting in Moscow on April 20, 2022.
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Russia postpones nuclear arms control negotiations with the U.S.

A woman, center, leaves to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea, on Sept. 15, 2022. A South Korean court has approved the extradition of the 42-year-old woman facing murder charges in New Zealand over her possible connection to the bodies of two long-dead children found abandoned in suitcases in August. The Seoul High Court said Friday, Nov. 11, its decision came after the unidentified woman agreed to be sent back to New Zealand.
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World

South Korea extradites suspect in New Zealand suitcase murders

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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Climate in Crisis

Australia argues against ‘endangered’ status for Great Barrier Reef

World

Myanmar detention was ‘hell,’ says freed Japanese filmmaker

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Surgeons work with flashlight as Russian strikes batter Ukraine's power grid

World

Myanmar detention was ‘hell,’ says freed Japanese filmmaker

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Surgeons work with flashlight as Russian strikes batter Ukraine's power grid

Culture and trends

Fishtopher's listing on Petfinder.
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Culture Matters

Fishtopher the cat finds forever home after his adoption listing went viral

Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates scoring their team's first goal during a World Cup match against Mexico
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World Cup

Canelo slams Messi over Mexico team World Cup jersey

Will Smith attends the Oscars in Hollywood, Calif., on March 27, 2022.
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Culture Matters

Will Smith addresses fans hesitant to see his new film after the Oscars slap

Culture Matters

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

Culture Matters

Kim Kardashian says she's 'disgusted and outraged' over Balenciaga ad featuring children and harness-wearing teddy bears

Culture Matters

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

Culture Matters

Kim Kardashian says she's 'disgusted and outraged' over Balenciaga ad featuring children and harness-wearing teddy bears

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Business, Tech & Media

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

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

Black Friday shoppers in South Coast Plaza on Nov. 25, 2022 in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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Consumer

Cyber Monday set to eclipse Black Friday again as inflation-pinched shoppers seek deals

Image: Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022.
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Tech News

Irish watchdog fines Meta 265 million euros in latest privacy case

Crypto

Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads

Consumer

'Natural' baby product company recalls toddler cups over lead poisoning hazard

Crypto

Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads

Consumer

'Natural' baby product company recalls toddler cups over lead poisoning hazard

Health news

Dima Radilla, 92, receives a flu vaccination during a drive-through clinic in Garden City, Ga., on Nov. 22, 2022.
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Health news

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

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OUT News

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

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

Key lessons we learned from Covid that scientists are now applying to the flu

Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus

Key lessons we learned from Covid that scientists are now applying to the flu

Coronavirus

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

Science news

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.
US Geological Survey / AFP - Getty Images

U.S. news

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

Cracks in the Sau reservoir in Catalonia, Spain, on Oct. 3, 2022.
Lorena Sopêna / Europa Press via AP file

Climate in Crisis

Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain

Environment

Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

Health news

Expect more fungal infections as their geographic ranges expand, experts warn

Environment

Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

Health news

Expect more fungal infections as their geographic ranges expand, experts warn

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