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Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, seize economic gains
The president’s visit was timed to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday accord, which the U.S. was key to striking.
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Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains
His visit is timed to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday accord, which the U.S. was key to striking 25 years ago.
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Your tax refund could be smaller than last year’s. Here’s why
An average of nearly 10% less money back is in part due to pandemic relief programs expiring.
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Alicia Shepard, media writer and Watergate biographer, dies at 69
She examined the lives of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in a book about the legacy of the Watergate investigation.
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Judge blocks rules intended to protect nation’s waterways
The injunction applies to 24 states that filed a lawsuit. Maine is not among them, but New Hampshire is.
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NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled ‘state-affiliated media’
The privately owned nonprofit says it receives less than 1% of its annual budget from the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. PBS and the BBC were given the same label.
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Judge admonishes Fox lawyers over evidence gap in libel case
The judge expressed anger and frustration during a pretrial hearing after learning that Fox only recently turned over recordings of Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo talking with 2 lawyers for then-President Donald Trump.
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Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading
A Russian defense official claimed that fighters from Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group have seized 3 districts of Bakhmut, the embattled city that for months has been the focus of Moscow’s grinding campaign in the east.
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Cheaper gas and food provide some relief from U.S. inflation
Consumer prices were up just 5% in March, down sharply from February’s 6% year-over-year increase and the mildest such rise in nearly 2 years.