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A new vacuum can alert you to incoming text messages. Why?

3:27am April 09, 2025

Home appliance companies are rushing to put AI into products. It's motivated by a few factors, including gathering data and creating a long-term customer relationship, experts say.

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How the powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media and 'Murder the Truth'

3:19am April 09, 2025

by Michel Martin

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

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Whitney Museum Amy Sherald: American Sublime Opening Party

Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?

3:18am April 09, 2025

by Olivia Hampton

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

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China retaliates with new 84% tariffs as global markets fall

1:49am April 09, 2025

China on Wednesday announced a retaliatory tariff on all U.S. imports, bringing the total tariff level to 84%. The measures are a response to President Trump's latest round of tariffs, which went into effect overnight.

Trump officials halt $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern

1:24am April 09, 2025

More than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen over alleged civil rights violations at both schools, the White House says.

APTOPIX Dominican Republic Roof Collapse

Officials rush to ID victims of Dominican club collapse that killed at least 184

1:06am April 09, 2025

The death toll rose to at least 184 after a nightclub roof collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican capital during a concert attended by politicians, athletes, and others.

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New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds

6:25pm April 08, 2025

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

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A new vacuum can alert you to incoming text messages. Why?

How the powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media and 'Murder the Truth'

Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?

China retaliates with new 84% tariffs as global markets fall

Trump officials halt $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern

Officials rush to ID victims of Dominican club collapse that killed at least 184

Immigration judge to rule Friday on detained activist Mahmoud Khalil

Fact-check: Who's right in the Musk-Navarro feud over Tesla?

Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events

New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds