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American slider, US federation seek extra skeleton spot in Games after qualification controversy

Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, ...
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Europe opens major probe into Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualized images

The European Union has launched a wide-reaching investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on X following global outrage over its ability to generate sexually explicit images, including of children.
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Is Xi’s purge a blow to China’s combat readiness?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s purge of his top general has sent shock waves around the globe. CNN Beijing Bureau Chief Steven Jiang explains its implications for the world’s biggest standing army and ...
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For Obama, Lincoln was model president

Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as the nation's 44th -- and first African-American -- president Tuesday. And the obsession is certainly not lost on the president-elect. On January 10, he and his ...
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Ice snaps trees and power poles

Ice brought down power lines and snapped trees across Mississippi.
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Review: Weekend's lead player: Violence

Moviemakers are taking a long hard look at the violence visited on us, and, increasingly, the violence we're meting out in return. There is a sense of dismay in these films, a pervasive moral ...
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Moment climber Alex Honnold summited Taipei skyscraper

Climber Alex Honnold reaches the top of Taipei 101 safely after climbing the building without ropes or safety nets.
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Climate campers pitch tents to protest 'insanity'

The site has been secured, the tents pitched, banners raised and, most importantly, compost loos installed; there is little to do now but wait for thousands of campers to arrive for one of Britain's ...
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Americans think nation still mired in recession, CNN poll finds

Eighty-seven percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday morning say the nation's in a serious, moderate or mild recession, and nea ...
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Minnesota Gov. Walz: ‘This is an inflection point’

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz shared a message to all Americans, urging them to speak out and put politics aside a day after a 37-year-old was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
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Envoy says Saudis stand united with U.S.

Saudi Arabia stands "as one" with the United States in its war against terrorism, but has not been asked to allow U.S. forces to use bases on its soil, the Saudi ambassador to the United States said ...
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Police searching river, garbage in missing girl case

Authorities are searching a river and sifting through garbage as part of their investigation into the disappearance of an 8-year-old Tracy, California, girl, police said Thursday. Sandra Cantu was ...