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Federal Reserve official sees signs of slowing economy but not ready to cut rates
A top Federal Reserve official said Friday that massive uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s tariffs has caused ...
NCAA women’s rules committee proposes coach’s challenge to initiate video review on variety of plays
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee proposed that a coach’s challenge be required to initiate a video review of out-of-bounds calls and three other types of ...
‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...
US poets laureate criticize Trump’s firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Outgoing U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón and her two immediate predecessors, Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith, are condemning ...
Out-of-bounds plays could be reviewed only by coach challenge under NCAA rules panel recommendation
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, in an effort to enhance the flow of games, has recommended that video reviews of ...
German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at age 103
Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi ...
1st Egyptian drafted into the NFL, Ahmed Hassanein, takes part in Detroit Lions minicamp
Ahmed Hassanein remembers the days of learning how to play football in his half-brother’s small kitchen in California. The ...
Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according ...
Ukraine expels 2 Hungarian diplomats over alleged espionage. Budapest responds in a tit-for-tat move
Ukraine said that it has expelled two Hungarian diplomats on Friday, hours after the country’s main security agency said that it had arrested two people on suspicion of ...
‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff
The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday ...
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.
Trump administration proposes cuts to SNAP benefits
A major political battle is brewing on Capitol Hill as House Republicans push for sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest food assistance ...