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‘The Fall Guy’ fizzles with $28.5 million in ticket sales

UPDATED: Sun., May 5, 2024

Universal backed "The Fall Guy" with a six-month marketing campaign, releasing trailers that racked up 400 million views and carpet-bombing televised sporting events with ads. It added up to only $28.5 million in North American ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, the worst start to Hollywood's summer season since 1995.

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Bribery charge against U.S. congressman Cuellar implicates Mexico’s Azteca

UPDATED: Sun., May 5, 2024

An executive of Mexico’s Banco Azteca helped arrange payments to U.S. House Democrat Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife in exchange for influence in Washington, according to court documents.

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Noem acknowledges removing Kim Jong Un claim from book, continues to defend dog killing

UPDATED: Sun., May 5, 2024

South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Sunday acknowledged that she was removing a claim that she met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from her forthcoming book and continued to defend her decision to kill a dog.

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After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule

UPDATED: Sun., May 5, 2024

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, designed to fly astronauts to orbit under a $4.2 billion contract from NASA, had suffered a series of problems that put its launch with astronauts years behind schedule. If all goes to plan, Boeing will finally attempt to fly its Starliner spacecraft with people onboard Monday.

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Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump

UPDATED: Sun., May 5, 2024

The top lawyer at the Republican Party is resigning after he cited conflicts with his other work obligations and after Donald Trump grew angry about his criticism of the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, people familiar with the situation said Saturday night.

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Buffett says U.S. corporate taxes likely to rise to tame deficit

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

U.S. taxes are likely to rise as lawmakers look to narrow the federal deficit, Warren Buffett said, as Washington prepares for major tax negotiations next year.

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A seized superyacht shows up in Pacific Northwest — minus one Russian oligarch owner

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

It's not clear whether Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov had plans to visit Puget Sound this spring. But on April 29, the Amadea, a 348-foot, $300 million-plus superyacht said to be owned by Kerimov, arrived in the Port of Everett to have some work done at a local shipyard.

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Boaters dumping trash in South Florida’s waters? Teens face felony charges

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

Two teen boaters are facing felony charges for pollution after they were caught on video dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean during a South Florida boating party.

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Eight arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft operation, L.A. County sheriff’s officials say

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft after authorities discovered several million dollars' worth of stolen medicines, cosmetics and other merchandise at multiple Los Angeles locations, L.A. County sheriff's officials announced this week.

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Hamas delegation in Cairo for cease-fire talks

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

With Israel and Hamas under increasing international pressure to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip after seven months of war, a delegation of Hamas leaders traveled to Cairo on Saturday for talks aimed at clinching a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement, the group's officials said.

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A weekend of graduations begins with a disruption at Michigan

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a graduation ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday as universities holding commencements braced for more tensions generated over the war in the Gaza Strip.

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Three bodies found in Mexico during search for missing American, Australians

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

Three bodies were found in Baja California, Mexico, during a search for three missing men, including one American, the state’s top prosecutor’s office announced Friday.

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Central U.S. faces yet another serious storm outbreak Monday

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

The past 10 days have featured a relentless stretch of severe weather across the central United States, and more nasty storms are in the cards across a broad region this week.

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Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19, including Evers, Pelosi and Ledecky

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

President Biden on Friday gave the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people - with recipients covering nearly every corner of American life, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, and, posthumously, civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

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The ‘Access Hollywood’ video cemented Trump’s air of invincibility

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

On Friday morning, Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan revisited a moment from the 2016 campaign when a Washington Post article felt as if it might end Trump’s presidential ambitions.

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Biden, Congressional Democrats distance themselves from campus protests

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

President Biden and top Democratic lawmakers in Washington distanced themselves from pro-Palestinian protests engulfing many college campuses this week, as Republicans work overtime to associate them with the chaotic scenes unfolding around the country ahead of the 2024 elections.

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Rep. Cuellar accused of taking bribes from Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) and his wife allegedly accepted $600,000 in bribes from an oil company controlled by the Azerbaijan government and a bank headquartered in Mexico, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Texas on Friday.

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Gas stoves spread harmful pollution beyond the kitchen, study finds

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

People with gas and propane stoves breathe in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, which can trigger asthma and other respiratory conditions, according to a new study Stanford University researchers published Friday.

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After cancelling commencement, USC will host event at LA Coliseum, rolls out new campus security

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

After canceling its mainstage commencement ceremony amid pro-Palestinian protests, USC has announced plans for a "Trojan Family" graduation event next week at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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30 sailors, Marines assigned to Norfolk-based ships injured in hovercraft training mishap, Navy says

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

Thirty sailors and Marines assigned to Norfolk-based Navy ships were injured Wednesday in a hovercraft training incident, the Navy said. The service members were injured in an “incident” involving two hovercraft vessels, also known as air-cushioned landing craft, according to a Thursday news release from the U.S. 2nd Fleet.

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‘The Fall Guy’ fizzles with $28.5 million in ticket sales

Bribery charge against U.S. congressman Cuellar implicates Mexico’s Azteca

Noem acknowledges removing Kim Jong Un claim from book, continues to defend dog killing

After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule

Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump

Buffett says U.S. corporate taxes likely to rise to tame deficit

A seized superyacht shows up in Pacific Northwest — minus one Russian oligarch owner

Boaters dumping trash in South Florida’s waters? Teens face felony charges

Eight arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft operation, L.A. County sheriff’s officials say

Hamas delegation in Cairo for cease-fire talks

A weekend of graduations begins with a disruption at Michigan

Three bodies found in Mexico during search for missing American, Australians

Central U.S. faces yet another serious storm outbreak Monday

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19, including Evers, Pelosi and Ledecky

The ‘Access Hollywood’ video cemented Trump’s air of invincibility

Biden, Congressional Democrats distance themselves from campus protests

Rep. Cuellar accused of taking bribes from Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

Gas stoves spread harmful pollution beyond the kitchen, study finds

After cancelling commencement, USC will host event at LA Coliseum, rolls out new campus security

30 sailors, Marines assigned to Norfolk-based ships injured in hovercraft training mishap, Navy says