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Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the waterway crucial to global energy supplies and complicating already faltering efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war. The attacks were carried out by the paramilitary
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Why are states unleashing millions of these fish?
Every year, federal and state wildlife agencies in the US breed millions of fish and release them into the wild, all for fishers to catch. They do this because many ecosystems no longer support the thriving fish populations they once did, due to dams, pollution, and rising water temperatures. But there’s a catch. In many
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ICE blunder frees suspected kidnapper — twice
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — When the Department of Homeland Security surged federal agents into North Carolina last November, they pledged to “target criminal aliens” and go after “the worst of the worst — including murderers, rapists, and pedophiles.” But in one case reviewed by Raw Story, federal immigration authorities received a tip about a 24-year-old Guatemalan
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A ‘Barbaric’ Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spread throughout his body (but not to his ever-willful brain), and, having trained as a doctor, I had jury-rigged a hospital at home, aided by specialists who
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Controversial hotel and housing complex approved in West Hollywood
A controversial housing and hotel complex that will stand out on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood got the go-ahead from the City Council. Saying their hands were tied by state laws mandating more housing construction, West Hollywood officials earlier this month denied an appeal to stop the seven-story mixed-use project at 7811 Santa Monica
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Even Trump’s closest allies are ‘worried’ GOP’s new response to Dem upset could ‘backfire’
The White House is already plotting its response to a major Democratic Party victory where Virginia voters elected to adopt a new congressional district map that could flip as many as four seats, but “even some of [President Donald] Trump’s closest allies” are “worried” that the plan could “backfire” spectacularly, Politico reported Wednesday. Tuesday night,
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Marie Osmond remembers ‘incredible’ brother Alan after his death at 76: ‘Always very protective of me’
Marie Osmond is remembering her late brother Alan Osmond with a touching Instagram message — though she admitted it’s “something [not] easily done.” “As his only sister, I know I had a different relationship with him than he had with his brothers, and I must say I loved that!😄 He was always very protective of
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Living With Your Friends Won’t Solve Your Problems
Years ago, I moved into a small, cold house with two women I’d never met. Quickly, we became very close, in part through living communally: divvying up the big chores and scarce hot water, waiting until everyone was home to watch the latest episode of Girls. We were the same age as the show’s characters
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Trump’s Labor secretary departs, leaving scandal and vast disappointment in her wake
It has long become clear that those of us who saw a glimmer of hope in President Trump’s appointment of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as secretary of Labor got snowed. It wasn’t just, or even chiefly, the miasma of sleaze and corruption that seemed to surround her wherever she went. Or her slavish sucking up to Trump
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Anthropic just made AI scarier
How powerful is AI? Enough that Anthropic, a leading AI company, announced earlier this month that its latest AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, would be available only to a limited number of businesses due to security concerns — at least for now. Claude Mythos Preview was designed for general use, Anthropic says, but during testing,