Day: February 11, 2025

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Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship.
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FBI

LIVE: Federal Reserve Chair Powell testifies before House committee on monetary policy

Federal Reserve Chairman delivers the Fed’s semi-annual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.For access to live and …

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BREAKING: The White House says it has “negotiated an exchange” with Russia to secure the release of Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia. More: trib.al/ya9FVsu

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Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren’t released Saturday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its war against Hamas if the militant group does not go ahead with the next scheduled release of hostages on Saturday.
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New interim coach Sherratt wants Wales to be brave entertainers reut.rs/40MmpoM

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Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel, held in Russia since 2021, has been freed

Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel, who has been detained in Russia since his arrest in 2021, is on his way home.
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After Trump’s bombastic Gaza threat, three scenarios for the war and hostages

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Trump Shooting Investigations

Jordan’s King Abdullah II offers to take in thousands of Palestinian children in a sign of openness to Trump’s Gaza plan

Trump called the offer a “beautiful gesture” and said he believed something could be worked out with Egypt, another ally that had bristled at the president’s surprise plan.
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Jordan’s King Abdullah II offers to take in thousands of Palestinian children in a sign of openness to Trump’s Gaza plan

Trump called the offer a “beautiful gesture” and said he believed something could be worked out with Egypt, another ally that had bristled at the president’s surprise plan.
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Trump Shooting Investigations

Donald Trump Signs Executive Order in Favor of Plastic Drinking Straws

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, Feb. 10, encouraging the U.S. government and public to go back to using plastic straws following the Biden Administration’s push to phase out the single-use plastics.