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Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job

Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold medalist is marking a whole new set of ‘firsts.’ (Image credit: Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million

Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer’s money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, and more. (Image credit: John Sciulli)

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Democrats decry Trump order decimating education agency: ‘Our kids will pay the price’ – live – The Guardian US

Democrats decry Trump order decimating education agency: ‘Our kids will pay the price’ – live  The Guardian US

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What We Know About the Venezuelan Men Deported to El Salvador by Trump

Nearly a week after the Trump administration flew more than 200 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, the mass deportation is continuing to draw intense scrutiny, with a federal judge admonishing Administration officials for “evading its obligations,” and skepticism building around

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UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty

The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born. (Image credit: WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Federal regulators recall nearly all Tesla Cybertrucks over faulty exterior panel

U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago.

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What’s next for the Department of Education after Trump begins effort to eliminate it

President Trump made good on a pledge by signing an order to dismantle the Department of Education. The department has been a target since it was created more than four decades ago. But President Trump and other Republicans want to

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What’s next for the Department of Education after Trump begins effort to eliminate it

President Trump made good on a pledge by signing an order to dismantle the Department of Education. The department has been a target since it was created more than four decades ago. But President Trump and other Republicans want to

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Advocates share differing perspectives on push to dismantle Education Department

To help understand the implications of President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department, Geoff Bennett has perspectives from Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Catherine Lhamon, a former assistant secretary for

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Putin will break any peace deal where Ukraine is not ‘defended’ by ‘coalition of the willing’, Starmer warns

Vladimir Putin will break any peace agreement with Ukraine that is not “defended” by an international coalition of forces, the British prime minister has said.

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