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Mike Ditka, legendary player and coach for Chicago Bears, dies at 86
Mike Ditka, the Chicago Bears great who personified the toughness and grit of the Windy City during his time as a player and the head coach for its NFL franchise, has died.
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Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
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Americans 75 and older are wealthiest age group, Fed survey finds
Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market, families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America's wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report released Friday said.
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Wall Street finishes its record-setting week with gains
The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains on Friday, even as other financial markets remained indecisive.
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OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks
OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a “breach of trust," defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting its corporate interests before safety as the reason for removing them.
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Trump names commentator Katie Zacharia of his media company as next White House press secretary
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.
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What to know about Trump Accounts and automatic enrollment
Whether you realize it or not, your child may be enrolled in a “Trump Account.”
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NFL urges the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets
The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after accounting for $1.8 billion in trading volume the first Sunday of this season.
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New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shocks to scores of victims, including several Americans.
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The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
After more than 10 months at sea, thousands of sailors Thursday poured out of the the USS Lincoln on San Diego Bay to thunderous cheers, streaming tears and emotional hugs, marking a homecoming that included new dads who met babies born while they were away on a historic deployment supporting the Iran war.
