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Venezuela opposition leader attends State of the Union

WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó drew a standing ovation from Republicans and Democrats in a rare moment of political unity as Pr...
3:07 5 February 2022
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Iowa disaster prompts Nevada Dems to drop caucus tech plan

LAS VEGAS — Reacting to tech troubles in Iowa, Nevada Democrats scrapped plans to use similar technology at their caucuses in less than three weeks, a...
1:45 5 February 2022
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Tiny indigenous land highlights Brazil’s environmental woes

SAO PAULO — Their bodies painted black, dozens of members the Brazil’s Guarani Mbya tribe lift their hands and sing a mourning song for hundreds of fe...
0:32 5 February 2022
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NBA changing 3-point contest format at All-Star Saturday

The NBA is changing the format to this season’s 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday Night in Chicago by adding a pair of deep shots that will be wort...
0:13 5 February 2022
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American Airlines halts Hong Kong flights, United to follow

American Airlines said Tuesday it has suspended flights to Hong Kong through Feb. 20 due to weak demand , and United Airlines will do the same next we...
0:09 5 February 2022
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Online conspiracy theories flourish after Iowa caucus fiasco

CHICAGO — Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on...
23:40 4 February 2022
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Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months

NEW YORK — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for...
23:25 4 February 2022
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Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing?

DETROIT — Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined...
23:19 4 February 2022
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Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors will seek to dismiss charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged wome...
22:54 4 February 2022
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Macy’s to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs

NEW YORK — Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tr...
22:39 4 February 2022
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UK, France urge citizens out of China; Belgium sees 1st case

LONDON — Britain on Tuesday urged all of its citizens in China to leave the country because of the outbreak of a respiratory illness from a new virus,...
22:34 4 February 2022
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California shooting shows security vulnerabilities on buses

LOS ANGELES — Would-be plotters bent on staging an attack aboard a passenger plane know they've first got to pass through a gauntlet of security measu...
22:08 4 February 2022
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Maker of glitchy Iowa caucus app has Democratic Party ties

WASHINGTON — The little-known technology start-up under scrutiny after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic caucuses on Monday was founded little more ...
21:31 4 February 2022
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As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk

Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir t...
21:14 4 February 2022
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Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio retiring after 13 seasons

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio announced his retirement Tuesday, ending a 13-year run in which he guided the Spartans to heights they hadn't reach...
20:46 4 February 2022
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Jane Austen, actress create PBS costume drama diversity

LOS ANGELES —
19:46 4 February 2022
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Show me the Monet: Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts turns 150

BOSTON — Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is getting ready to show you the Monet.
19:36 4 February 2022
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PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy, but the tr...
19:32 4 February 2022
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Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders

NEW YORK — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when ...
19:18 4 February 2022
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Knicks fire Steve Mills, begin search for new president

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks fired President Steve Mills on Tuesday, shaking up the front office just two days before the NBA's trade deadline.
18:37 4 February 2022
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Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing comp...
18:34 4 February 2022
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Review: Graham Norwood transparently melancholic on debut

Graham Norwood, “Out of the Sea” (Self-released)
18:11 4 February 2022
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Virus blocks 3 Chinese brands from Milan Fashion Week

MILAN —
17:38 4 February 2022
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German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic

BERLIN — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where ...
17:01 4 February 2022
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Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds

NEW YORK — Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds.
16:38 4 February 2022
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Meeting between Sudan leader, Netanyahu debated in Sudan

CAIRO — A surprise meeting between Sudan's leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan on Tuesday, with the gove...
16:30 4 February 2022
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Montana lawmaker rejects resigning over socialism comments

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders' call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S. Constitution allo...
16:27 4 February 2022
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Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87

NEW YORK — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Berns...
16:20 4 February 2022
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Democratic primary pivots to unpredictable New Hampshire

NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire rarely takes its cues from Iowa. And this time, there aren't clear cues anyway.
16:17 4 February 2022
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Moving faith: Mexican town’s saint feast lives in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — In Midwestern boots or bare feet in sandals, the faithful walked in procession down a snow-covered street here, keeping the rhythm of fe...
16:05 4 February 2022