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Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens fireApr 24, 2025 11:50 am - A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday.
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Highland Park parade shooter gets seven life sentencesApr 24, 2025 11:04 am - “Irretrievably depraved, permanently incorrigible and beyond any rehabilitation” is how Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti described the Highland Park shooter moments be...
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Can ‘Étoile’ make ballet cool? ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ creators pirouette to ballet-themed showApr 24, 2025 10:55 am - Ballet is beautiful. Ballet is ethereal. Ballet is mysterious. Can ballet also be cool? The creators of the new Prime Video show “Étoile” – Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fame — are betting yes.
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‘Suspect’ on Disney+ digs for the truth around a fatal London police shootingApr 24, 2025 10:20 am - It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to have the most traumatic event of your life reenacted as television drama. “Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes,” which will be released April 30 on Disney+, dramatizes the killing of the 27-year-old electrician in London in 2005.
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Wall Street’s rally loses momentum as more companies say the trade war is clouding their plansApr 24, 2025 8:56 am - Wall Street’s momentum is slowing Thursday following its big two-day rally, as more U.S. companies say uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war is scrambling their expectations for the year.
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US filings for jobless benefits inch up as labor market remains strong despite fears of downturnApr 24, 2025 7:43 am - U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose modestly last week as business continue to retain workers despite fears of a possible economic downturn.
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Election officials from across the US meet to consider Trump's order overhauling election operationsApr 24, 2025 7:34 am - State and local election officials from across the country are meeting Thursday to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks major changes to how elections are run, the first time those in charge of the nation's voting will formally gather to weigh in on its implications.
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Russian strike on Kyiv kills 9 in biggest attack on Ukrainian capital since last summerApr 24, 2025 7:02 am - Russia attacked Kyiv with an hourslong barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 70 in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since last July and just as peace efforts are coming to a head.
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‘The Legend of Ochi’ a tactile, retro-coded fantasyApr 23, 2025 10:10 pm - “The Legend of Ochi,” a scrappy and darkly whimsical fable about a misunderstood teenage girl on a dangerous quest, has the feeling of a film you might have stumbled on and loved as a kid.
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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity effortsApr 23, 2025 9:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what ...