The 64-year-old “Full House Rewind” host shared the touching voicemail on the latest episode of his podcast.
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Border Patrol must care for migrant children waiting in camps, judge says
Advocates say the U.S. government has a responsibility for the children and that Border Patrol often directs migrants to the camps, sometimes even driving them there.
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Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight
Alaska said in Thursday’s filing that it expects to lose between $1.05 and $1.15 per share for the January-March quarter, with 95 cents per share of the loss related to the accident.
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Maritime terminal prepares for influx of redirected ships as Baltimore bridge cleanup continues
Crews opened a second temporary channel through the collapse site Tuesday, but it’s too shallow for most commercial vessels.
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Mining for EV metals threatens gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa
Africa is home to a third of the world’s mineral resources, only 5% of which have been mined so far.
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Powell says Fed has time to assess data before deciding to cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated his expectation that it will likely be appropriate to begin lowering rates ‘at some point this year.’
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Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000
Authorities said they had expected a relatively mild earthquake and accordingly did not send out alerts.
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Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to talking regularly
A call, described by the White House as ‘candid and constructive,’ was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in California produced renewed ties between the two nations’ militaries.
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A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami
Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude a 7.2 while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4.
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Biden, Trump win Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin primaries
The outcomes, while hardly surprising, will offer clues about enthusiasm among base voters for the upcoming 2020 rematch that has left a majority of Americans underwhelmed.