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Detroit march against Trump lists myriad grievances

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DETROIT – Hundreds of people marched in Detroit Saturday, expressing all manner of grievances against the Trump administration, from immigration to the climate to reproductive rights.

The protesters, bundled against the morning cold, carried American and Ukrainian flags as they walked the 1.7 mile route along Woodward Avenue.

They chanted, ...Read more

Migrant workers in Savannah, Ga., receive $580K settlement for back wages, damages

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Last April, a group of Chinese migrants walked into the office of a Savannah, Ga., nonprofit with a harrowing tale: They had come to the U.S. to work at a warehouse, loading and unloading trucks, but were still waiting on a first paycheck one month after starting their jobs.

“They were being victims of wage theft and labor trafficking,” ...Read more

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Calls for GOP to hold town halls grow as Trump reshapes Washington

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WASHINGTON — Members of a left-leaning group tried to get Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, to hold a town hall to talk about President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to Washington.

Receiving no response, Wright County Indivisible and Indivisible North Metro chose to hold one without him. At least 300 people...Read more

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President Trump won in 2024. How has the result affected Idaho's election integrity movement?

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About two dozen election bills have been introduced in Idaho this legislative session, a total that signals fewer questions around voting across the state compared to past years.

Since the 2020 election, far more election bills have typically been introduced, according to Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane and legislative archives. Right out...Read more

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And new baby makes three: Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome third hatchling

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Proud bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow welcomed a third chick to their feathered family Saturday morning, days after two hatchlings made their debut.

Movement was spotted in the third egg via livestream on Thursday as the days-old hatchlings nestled in their snowy Big Bear nest. The triplet poked through its shell and was mostly visible ...Read more

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International Women's Day protest draws roughly 100 people to Virginia Beach's Town Center

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VIRGINIA BEACH — A crowd of roughly 100 people holding politically charged signs and shaking tambourines showed up for an International Women’s Day protest Saturday at Town Center.

The rally was one of thousands of events held around the world focused on women’s rights, equality and empowerment. Attended by mostly women of all ages from ...Read more

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Maryland farmers left wondering how to pay for solar projects as federal grants remain frozen

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Mike Protas, owner of One Acre Farm, installed a $100,000 solar panel project on his property last year, expecting half of it to be paid for through a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. Now, with federal funds frozen via recent Department of Government Efficiency actions, Protas doesn’t know if or when he will get the promised grant money. ...Read more

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Russia ramps up Kursk campaign as US arms supplies set to wane

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Kremlin forces are racing to drive back and cut off Ukraine’s troops in Russia’s Kursk region in a bid to undermine a bargaining chip in possible peace talks after the U.S. suspended new military aid to Kyiv.

“All units across the entire Kursk front have gone on the attack,” Apti Alaudinov, a Russian military commander, was cited as ...Read more

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Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy

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New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.

On Thursday, SUNY convened 14 schools in a letter to the New York Congressional Delegation against drastic slashes to medical research. The universities included Columbia, NYU, Cornell,...Read more

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Trump team is pivoting to no pain, no gain as economic message

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President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to cure what he said was an ailing U.S. economy. Little more than a month into his second term, he’s starting to hint that the treatment might hurt.

The administration is still lavishing Americans with visions of a golden age to come. Yet in the course of a madcap week – which saw a flurry of ...Read more

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South Korea's President Yoon released after January arrest

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday as prosecutors complied with a court decision to overturn the arrest of the leader impeached for his shock martial law declaration.

Television footage showed Yoon walking out of a detention center and later entering his residence in Seoul. The release came a day after the...Read more

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The 'spring forward' of daylight saving time comes with health concerns

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While the promise of longer evenings can be appealing to many after a long, dark winter, the looming "spring forward" comes with a range of potential health concerns.

Losing just one hour of sleep can throw off our internal clocks in ways that ripple through our health, spiking risks for heart problems, groggy commutes and restless nights. As ...Read more

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Health of California dairy workers was compromised as bird flu spread, new study says

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As the bird flu outbreak in California dairies appears to be slowing, a study by researchers at UC Merced found that San Joaquin Valley dairy workers are feeling unprotected and unprepared in the fight against the virus.

Moreover, many of the workers interviewed as part of the study believed their employers placed a higher value on the health ...Read more

11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts

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As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins, there can be anxiety around losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change.

Usually an hour seems like an insignificant amount of time, but even this minimal loss can cause problems. There can be significant health repercussions of this forcible shift in the body clock.<...Read more

Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier

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Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little about the ocean’s deepest reaches. And there are good reasons to learn more.

Most tsunamis start with earthquakes under or near the ocean floor. The seafloor provides habitat for fish, corals and complex ...Read more

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Trump wants a new Air Force One. Boeing has about a dozen problems

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has come, gone and returned to the White House, but Boeing Co. still hasn’t delivered the new Air Force One jet that he’s eager to board after it’s painted in a red, white and blue color scheme of his own invention.

“They can never finish the damn thing,” he complained last month, a day before Boeing’s ...Read more

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DOGE push spurs state copycats with governors eyeing cost cuts

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Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crusade is trickling down to U.S. statehouses.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching Florida’s own version of the Department of Government Efficiency — known as DOGE. Already, he wants to cut $3 billion and more than 700 state government jobs as part of the upcoming budget. Kansas and Missouri lawmakers are soliciting ...Read more

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Illinois patients, hospitals fear potential Medicaid cuts: 'I hope people have some kind of compassion'

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CHICAGO — If Alex Outlaw doesn’t get monthly infusions of medication for Crohn’s disease, he experiences painful symptoms that can make it difficult to hold down a job.

But he doesn’t make enough money as a manager at a rental car agency to pay for private health insurance or to cover those infusions, which can cost more than $1,000 ...Read more

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Disgraced leftist hero now hides from the law in Bolivian jungle

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In a tropical corner of Bolivia, on a compound owned by a radio station that caters to growers of the plant often used to make cocaine, a former president is hiding from the law.

He’s holed up in a bunker, protected by an encampment filled with thousands of loyalists armed with sticks. They’re ready to beat back any attempt to take him ...Read more

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What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife?

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Officials announced Friday that Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife, had died of hantavirus — ending speculation about the circumstances surrounding her death while sparking new questions about the rodent-spread disease.

Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease that attacks the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, Dr. ...Read more