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- Today in History: May 29, Hillary and Norgay first to summit Mount Everest
- Israel accepts a US proposal for a temporary Gaza ceasefire and Hamas gives a cool response
- $14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
- CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared
- More Americans file for jobless aid but layoffs remain low despite economic uncertainty over tariffs
- California Republicans see Democrat Kamala Harris as their best chance at winning governor’s race
- Schools in this California town won acclaim for their pandemic comeback
- Harvard grads cheer commencement speakers who urge the school to stand strong
- The key question for Kamala Harris
- Hit by Trump trade wars, U.S. economy falls 0.2% in first quarter, an upgrade from initial estimate
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- Judge considers whether Florida’s attorney general should be held in contempt over immigration law
- A global rally for stocks loses steam amid questions about what will happen to Trump’s tariffs
- Why Trump, the ‘Peacemaker,’ can’t secure peace
- What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
- US is leaving open the possibility of a troop drawdown in South Korea
- Ford recalls more than a million vehicles for software glitch that makes rearview camera unreliable
- Supreme Court scales back a key environmental law in a ruling that could speed development projects
- Chinese students anxious and angry after Rubio vows to revoke visas
- Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, poll finds
- Tropical Storm Alvin forms in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of western Mexico
- Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.89%, its highest level since early February
- Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard
- Trump’s push to save coal faces a new hurdle: his own trade war
- Argentine court declares a mistrial in the death of soccer star Maradona
- Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence
- Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects
- California avocado growers say Mexican imports have helped their sales
- Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say
- Looking to keep wildlife out of the ‘emergency room,’ states expand managers’ role
- Texas lawmakers fail to pass ban on social media for those under 18
- Man who blamed exposure to far-right content gets 3 years for threatening election officials
- The world’s longest living pygmy hippo in captivity is a California resident
- Trump meets with the Federal Reserve chairman he has repeatedly scorned
- Rural patients face tough choices when their hospitals stop delivering babies
- The truth about these 4 common banking myths
- Tangy cherry preserves bring balance to this ancient ricotta tart
- Phineas and Ferb return this summer with zany new episodes and a small change
- Victoria’s Secret website is down in the US as the lingerie seller addresses a ‘security incident’
- Ex-assistant testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her and used violence to get his way
- Epic Universe: Know before you go
- Does Epic Universe have the 2 best dark rides in the world?
- Judge finds man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston is mentally incompetent to stand trial
- Skittles removes controversial additive targeted by RFK Jr.
- Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations
- State Department notifies Congress of reorganization plan with bigger cuts to programs and staff
- White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report
- The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat
- National Spelling Bee runners-up rarely go on to win. But Faizan Zaki hopes to defy the odds
- Trump suffered ‘mental anguish’ from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says
- Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister’s flower beds
- Already numb to tariff twists, US importers see legal decisions as another price of doing business
- What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted
- Ex-Goldman Sachs banker gets 2 years in prison for plot to fleece billions from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund
- Foundations donate $1.5M to help restore historic Black church in Memphis gutted by arson
- Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations
- Faizan Zaki overcomes a shocking, self-inflicted flub and wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
- US government employee charged with trying to give classified information to a foreign government
- Wrongful death lawsuit says Big Oil contributed to heat wave and woman’s death
- What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers
- Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world
- NYPD probing detectives who worked security at house where man says he was tortured, AP source says
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