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Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry

The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.

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Private Letters Between Harvard and Trump Signal New Escalation in Dispute

It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the Trump administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.

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A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says

Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating that the files be released by last Friday.

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Honduras Declares Trump-Backed Candidate Winner of Presidential Election

Nasry Asfura was endorsed by President Trump in a contentious election. His opponent, Salvador Nasralla, said he would not accept the results.

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A man in a blue shirt, surrounded by journalists with cameras, holds up one hand, pinky extended.

Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan

The first draft essentially called for Ukraine’s surrender. This version includes the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression.

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A bearded man with wide eyes looks through a shattered window with mangled curtains.

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‘Jingle All the Way’ and the Super Bad Dad Superhero

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman and Rita Wilson served a platter of high-octane holiday high jinks in this unhinged 1996 comedy.

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A boy and a man sit at table in a home. There are arts and crafts in front of them. They are looking at each other in the eye.

Intense California Storm Brings Flash Floods and Mudslides, Forcing Evacuations

Forecasters said heavy rain was expected to drench much of Southern California through the holidays, and officials warned the storm could be deadly.

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Family Mourns ‘Strong Mom’ Killed in Nursing Home Blasts

Muthoni Nduthu was one of two people killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, citations and fines.

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A brick building with a damaged window and its blinds blown out.

Pope Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass

Pope Leo XIV greeted the soggy faithful in St. Peter’s Square in English and Italian and apologized that there wasn’t enough room in the basilica for them.

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Pope Leo XIV, center, performed the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday.

Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future

As the much-derided Postal Service loses billions, its workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.

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A white Postal Service truck is on a snowy road on a blue-sky day. A mail carrier in a yellow beanie approaches a mail delivery hub.

After a Plane Crashed in the Texas Fog, 2 Stories of Rescue

A plane from Mexico was on a medical mission on Monday when it crashed into Galveston Bay, and two men on the water that day helped save two lives.

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Rescue workers and a small boat in the water near a wrecked plane.

Why China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in Myanmar

The vote, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing to exert its influence in the country.

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People seated at two long tables facing each other, with flags and a Chinese landscape mural in the background.

Did We Underestimate Kate Hudson?

For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.

7 min read

Long Carrier Deployment Projects U.S. Strength, and Carries Costs

The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months and is now part of the pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors could mount.

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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea in September. Neither the Navy nor the Pentagon has said when the ship’s deployment in the Caribbean will end.

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