Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is feeling pressure to secure his own triumph in the Super Bowl after Taylor Swift’s Grammy win.
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Protests erupt across Haiti as demonstrators demand that the prime minister resign
Among the protesters was presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who was seen in a video wiping his face as supporters yelled, ‘We are not stopping!’
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Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement
A lawsuit claimed the police officers’ actions were evidence of ‘profound and systematic’ racism, a lawyer for the family, David Lane, announced Monday.
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Zelensky signals a shakeup of Ukraine’s military leadership is imminent at a critical point in war
According to Ukrainian and Western media reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces to resign last week, but the general refused.
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With a single word – ‘lover’ – Trump employs familiar playbook in tweaking his investigators
During years of scrutiny from prosecutors, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to deflect attention from himself by making the personal lives of investigators ripe for derision and ridicule.
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Senate presses toward vote on border policies and Ukraine amid Republican backlash
The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from conservatives.
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Police: Former Buckfield woman slain in Denver, but body has not been found
Police believe Naudiaerella ‘Naudia’ Wesley, 27, was killed just before Thanksgiving. Her body has not been found, no arrests have been made and police believe the person who killed her is dead.
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Senate bill would upend U.S. asylum at the border with limits and fast reviews
Asylum, once a policy afterthought, is now the border’s dominant challenge.
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Some Americans are saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high
Noticeable pockets of Americans – renters, and lower- and middle-income borrowers – are running up their credit cards balances, and increasing numbers are falling behind on their debts.
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Judge rules casinos have no duty to stop compulsive gamblers from betting
A judge says that the voluminous rules and regulations governing gambling in New Jersey do not impose a legal duty upon casinos to cut off compulsive gamblers.