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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website that the FBI once called “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet.” Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media site, that he had
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For 14-year-old Ben Cohen-Vigder, accidentally losing his smartphone on the school bus last February ended up gaining him so much more. “I was without my phone for like two days and I realized how my days were so much longer and full,” Ben said. It was so much better that the 8th grade lacrosse goalie
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President Trump announced Tuesday billions of dollars in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle are planning a joint venture called Stargate, Mr. Trump said in a White House briefing. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son joined Mr. Trump for the announcement, along with Sam Altman of OpenAI
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Chatting about the new tactic to keep you from canceling your streaming subscriptions Chatting about the new tactic to keep you from canceling your streaming subscriptions 03:21 Netflix said it’s boosting the prices for its subscription plans for U.S. subscribers starting today, a move that comes as the streaming service is making an expansion into
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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order officially creating the Department of Government Efficiency, the cost-cutting initiative helmed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The executive order included fresh details about DOGE’s goals and structure, such as a mandate to upgrade the government’s IT systems. Mr. Trump first announced DOGE in November
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The American Cancer Society’s annual trend report is out with some mixed results. Cancer deaths are down but cases among certain groups are up. Jamil Rivers, a South Jersey mother of two, was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer when she was 39. “When I heard those words, cancer was devastating because my youngest was in
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Frankie Grande is turning evil into a musical number as the flamboyant villain Frankini in Nickelodeon’s “Henry Danger: The Movie,” bringing his Broadway flair to the superhero franchise now streaming on Paramount+. “I’m just so blessed that I get to play a villain that just wants everyone to sing and dance,” he said. Grande’s character,
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Comedian Trevor Noah has been tapped to host the Grammy Awards again in 2025, CBS announced Tuesday. A seasoned emcee of the music industry’s biggest night, this will mark Noah’s fifth consecutive year hosting the awards show. Known for his breakout success as the former host of Comedy Central’s late-night program “The Daily Show,” Noah
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More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into the pet food supply chain. “The FDA is aware of reports of death or illness associated with uncooked food
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Washington — President Trump struggled to land big-name musical talent during his first inauguration in 2017. But this time, he had one of the biggest names in country music — Carrie Underwood — performing at his 2025 swearing-in ceremony, which began at noon on Monday. Other artists performed at various celebrations in Washington over the
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