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Trump Pauses Online Tirade to Preach Unity

At the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Mr. Trump took a moment to speak of bipartisan comity. Just hours earlier, he torched the federal bureaucracy, the global order, the media and Democrats.

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Here’s how physics could make big crowds safer

What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. When crowds cheer, sway and clump together, the movements look like ripples of water. Researchers hope insights from physics like this one could help

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Severance‘s Adam Scott and Britt Lower on That Major Episode 4 Twist

It took nearly three years for the team behind Severance to bring Season 2 to the small screen—and with good reason. The Season 1 finale of the Apple TV+ sci-fi series featured the innies breaking out of Lumon and exploring

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Australian politician changes his name to ‘Aussie Trump’

An Australian politician has legally changed his name to Austin Trump in a move inspired by Donald Trump – in what he said was a protest against the country’s ruling centre-left Labor Party.

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Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation. (Image credit: Moses Sawasawa)

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Alabama puts man to death in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn’t have the death penalty. (Image credit: Jake May/MLive.com)

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New Yorkers Keep Dying From ‘Subway Surfing.’ What’s Being Done About It?

NEW YORK — Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed to the

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NCAA bars transgender athletes from women’s sports after Trump order

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports. (Image credit: Eakin Howard)

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Trump and Musk Promote Misleading ‘Scandal’ About Government Funding Media

Federal government payments to news outlets like Politico, the New York Times, and the Associated Press for subscriptions or to license content are in the crosshairs of Trump administration spending hawks, with the President on Thursday calling it potentially “THE

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EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately. (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds)

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