Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government.
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Blue New Jersey is expecting a very close race for governor this November
President Trump and former President Obama have endorsed the two candidates locked in a tight race for New Jersey governor, Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill.
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Karine Jean-Pierre on why she left the Democrats — and calls herself independent
In her new book Independent, former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre writes that party infighting, bias and disloyalty drove her to leave the Democratic Party.
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Tyshawn Sorey’s powerful sounds of silence
The composer, multi-instrumentalist and MacArthur “genius” fellow, deftly straddles the classical and jazz realms while unleashing the power of spaces between the notes.
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Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister
Japan’s parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a coalition deal expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.
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American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29
The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him “a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community.”
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Miami Beach puts the art in offshore artificial reef
The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island’s coral habitat and an underwater tourist attraction.
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The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump’s ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
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Outage at Amazon Web Services disrupts websites across the internet
Amazon’s cloud computing service provides back-end support to many companies that operate online. When it has problems, so do they.
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Hollywood pushes OpenAI for consent
The latest version of OpenAI’s Sora can quickly turn text prompts and simple images into studio quality videos, which left the entertainment industry deeply uneasy.
