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Prices ticked higher in February, but there’s good news at the grocery store
Higher prices at the gas pump pushed up inflation more than expected in February, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Gas prices have climbed in recent months due in part to higher demand and a switch to a more expensive summer blend. Mandatory Credit: TravelCouples/Moment …
Published on March 13, 2024
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US intel chief can’t rule out possibility China uses TikTok to influence 2024 elections
US intelligence officials “cannot rule out” the possibility that the Chinese government will use TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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All ages readers get lost in 'Rabbit Hole' Children's Literature Museum
A new museum is making reading fun for people of all ages. The Rabbit Hole’s new Children’s Literature Museum opened its doors to the public in North Kansas City on Tuesday.
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House passes bill; could ban TikTok despite resistance from Trump
The House voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok, a major challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps.
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Dozens of artists/speakers pull out of SXSW festival; protest military/defense industry sponsorships
Dozens of performers and speakers have canceled appearances at the ongoing South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, in protest of event sponsorship from by the US military and defense companies amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Putin ready to use nuclear weapons if Russian state at stake; 'never been such a need’
Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state but “there has never been such a need,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with state media published Wednesday.
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Oregon City: Driver dead after car plunges into river
Clackamas firefighters and the Oregon City Police Department worked together to pull the body of a driver out of a car that drove into the Clackamas River on Tuesday afternoon.
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A customer walks out of a Family Dollar store at Hickory Grove Market in Charlotte, N.C., in November 2005. Mandatory Credit: Ross Taylor/AP via CNN …
Published on March 13, 2024
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Family Dollar and Dollar Tree closes 1,000 stores
Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, will close about 1,000 stores.
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Kansas City woman accused of decapitating son and dog in 2022 found competent for trial
Two years after she was ruled mentally unfit to stand trial, the mother accused of killing her 6-year-old son has been deemed competent and will be in court later this month.
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Ukraine hits oil refineries deep inside Russian territory; Kyiv steps up drone attacks before Putin’s likely re-election
Ukraine launched overnight drone attacks on three oil refineries deep inside Russia, a Ukrainian defense source told CNN on Wednesday, as Kyiv intensifies its cross-border strikes days before President Vladimir Putin’s anticipated re-election.
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Election officials’ homes ‘swatted’ as presidential race heats up
Heavily armed officers ordered the homeowner to walk outside with his hands up. From the doorway, a middle-aged man emerged. It was Jay Ashcroft, Missouri’s Secretary of State who minutes earlier was gearing up for a workout on his home treadmill.
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Spring native recognized as the honor graduate as a Recruit Division Commander
Meet Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Daphny Davila, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp.
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Dual US-Israeli citizen, Itay Chen, was killed October 7 in the Hamas attacks, the Israeli military said. Mandatory Credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum via …
Published on March 12, 2024
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Dual US-Israeli citizen, Itay Chen, was killed October 7 in the Hamas attacks, the Israeli military said. Mandatory Credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum via …
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Published on March 12, 2024
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2 arrested in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that left 8 high school students injured
Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for allegedly unleashing a hail of gunfire at high school students waiting at a bus stop Wednesday in Northeast Philadelphia, leaving eight injured.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez poses for a photo at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 30. Mandatory Credit: Rebecca Wright/CNN via …
Published on March 11, 2024
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He prosecuted child sex predators; now, goes after Meta for allegedly enabling them
When Raúl Torrez, then a young prosecutor in a rural New Mexico, was preparing one of his first child abuse cases, he went to his father for advice.
