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Blackouts and soaring prices: Pakistan's economy is on the brinkBlackouts and soaring prices: Pakistan's economy is on the brink

Muhammad Radaqat, a 27-year-old greengrocer, is worried. He doesn't know how much an onion will cost next week, let alone how he'll be able to afford the fuel he needs to heat his home and keep his family warm.

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'The Daily Show's' Roy Wood Jr. selected as White House Correspondents' Dinner entertainer

Roy Wood Jr., the comedian known for his role on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," will be the entertainer at the 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the association announced Thursday.

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We cannot accept mass murder

Once more the horror. Three mass shootings in California – 11 killed at a ballroom dance hall in Monterey Park, seven killed at Half Moon Bay, and a week earlier, a 16-year-old mother and four others shot in a California farming community – are tragic and grotesquely routine. The savage beating and murder of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers was criminal, and one more incidence of police brutality that too often is unleashed on African American men.

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3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say

Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday.

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McCarthy hopeful after first meeting with Biden on debt limit: 'I think that at the end of the day, we can find common ground'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus "long before" the United States reaches default.

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Alec Baldwin has been formally charged in 'Rust' shooting

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin has been criminally charged in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie "Rust," the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, district attorney's office told CNN Tuesday.

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Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in AlaskaBiden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in

The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved.

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MLK Day encourages service

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago.

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Advocates plea to stop execution of Missouri man

Leonard "Raheem" Taylor is set to be executed next Tuesday. He was convicted of the quadruple murder of his girlfriend and her three young children.

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FBI finds no classified documents at Biden's Delaware vacation home

The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home on Wednesday and found no documents with classified markings, according to Biden's personal lawyer.

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What we know about the public servants involved in Tyre Nichols' death

As investigations continue into the deadly police beating of a 29-year-old Black man in Memphis, public servants involved in Tyre Nichols' traffic stop and brutal confrontation are facing repercussions -- some as severe as murder charges -- and more fallout is possible.

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MLK invoked as Tyre Nichols' life is celebrated in Memphis

Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers.

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Harris mourns Tyre Nichols at funeral and calls for police reform: He 'should have been safe'

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday mourned the death of Tyre Nichols, calling his death at the hands of police a moment that demands congressional police reform.

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Dallas Zoo says tamarin monkeys that went missing for a day are healthy and uninjured

The emperor tamarin monkeys that disappeared from the Dallas Zoo earlier this week but were recovered by police in an abandoned home on Tuesday are healthy and uninjured, the zoo said.

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Houston Ballet Continues the 2022-2023 Season with "Romeo & Juliet" and "Summer & Smoke"

Continuing its blockbuster 2022-2023 season, Houston Ballet returns on February 23, 2023, with Stanton Welch’s Romeo & Juliet, a lavish production of the Shakespearean star-crossed lovers and their tragic fate. This is only the second time Welch’s ornate production has come to the Wortham stage, returning after its lauded premiere in 2015 and a trip to The Australian Ballet worldwide. Following Romeo & Juliet, Houston Ballet presents Summer & Smoke from March 9-19.

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Houston Symphony Presents the Best of Broadway with Jeremy Jordan, February 24-26

Tony and Grammy-nominated Broadway luminary, Jeremy Jordan, returns by popular demand to the Jones Hall stage as Principal POPS Conductor, Steven Reineke, leads the Houston Symphony in hit songs from Jordan’s signature Broadway roles in NEWSIES! and Waitress, plus selections from fan-favorite musicals like West Side Story, Carousel, Oklahoma!, Rock of Ages, and Les Misérables, February 24, 25, and 26, 2023.

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The Modern Art Gallery and IYO Visuals Present Southern Glory

Exhibition marks gallery’s grand opening at GreenStreet in downtown Houston and features celebrated documentary film “Memory Builds the Monument”

The Modern Art Gallery (The MAG) and IYO Visuals, with support from GreenStreet, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (CRC), Downtown District, Prauper Studios and Paramount, present a collaborative exhibition entitled Southern Glory, featuring more than 20 local and globally recognized visual artists.

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Congressman Al Green Condemns Killing of Tyre Nichols and Calls for Police Reform

“Following the brutal footage released last week of the killing of Tyre Nichols, we mourn the loss of Tyre – yet another unarmed Black man whose life was unjustly taken by a group of police officers and their deadly use of excessive force. The officers who killed Tyre not only committed a heinous act, but also betrayed the trust of people of goodwill who worked tirelessly to diversify police departments across the country,” Congressman Al Green said.

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Death toll from blast in Pakistan mosque rises to at least 100 as country faces 'national security crisis'

The death toll from a suspected suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, rose to at least 100 on Tuesday, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years as it faces what one analyst described as "a national security crisis."

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Haywood County congressional candidate expected to plead guilty in campaign finance case

A Haywood County woman who ran for Congress is expected to plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution.