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The aurora borealis, commonly called the northern lights, illuminate the sky over a horse pasture in Mercer, Maine on May 10, 2024.

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  • National

A Valentine's weekend aurora may be visible in the skies of the northern U.S.

During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space weather scientists warn that the chances of this happening are slim.

February 15, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones in <em>Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Bridget Jones' is back – and this time, the story is bittersweet

It is an adjustment to see Bridget Jones in a sad story on-screen. But in Mad About the Boy, Zellweger is still in touch with Bridget's tireless efforts to connect with her own sunniness, which have taken on new meaning.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
The Department of Justice is in turmoil after career prosecutors resigned rather than drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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  • Law

Fallout from Eric Adams case continues at the Justice Department

An order to dismiss the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams has sent the Justice Department into a crisis. Several top prosecutors resigned rather than obey orders to dismiss the case.

February 14, 2025
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  • Carrie Johnson
Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.

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  • World

Access to Ukraine's rare earths may help keep U.S. aid flowing

As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it's also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Members of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team training for a radiological contamination scenario.

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  • Politics

Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to fire hundreds of employees.

February 14, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development so far has not publicly announced any plan for broad cuts, and the timing for any reductions is not clear.

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  • National

HUD employees are bracing for what they hear will be 'drastic' staff cuts

As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The moves come amid an affordable housing shortage and record high homelessness.

February 14, 2025
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  • Jennifer Ludden
The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in a 2019 file photo. Workers around the sprawling federal agency were told Friday that their jobs had been eliminated as part of sweeping layoffs from the new Trump Administration.

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  • Politics

Layoffs accelerate at federal agencies with more cuts to come

Federal agencies continued to lay off workers Friday. The cuts come after President Trump signed an executive order this week directing agencies to prepare for "large-scale" reductions in force.

February 14, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jennifer Ludden,
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An American Eagle and American Airlines plane taxi on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on February 6, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board says a mid-air collision between an American Airlines flight and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on January 29 may have been the result of a malfunctioning altimeter on the helicopter.

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  • National

Altimeter in Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before DCA mid-air collision

The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA mid-air collision with an American Airlines jet. All 67 people aboard died.

February 14, 2025
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  • Russell Lewis
President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has used executive orders to establish multiple national emergencies, which give him access to expanded powers.

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  • National

President Trump is testing the limits of emergency powers — again

President Trump has declared multiple national emergencies since taking office. That's helping him act quickly. There are few checks and balances on the emergency powers he's claiming.

February 14, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Shonda Rhimes attends the <em>Wicked</em> premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Nov. 14, 2024, in New York.

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  • Arts & Life

Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae have cut ties with the Kennedy Center now that Trump is chair

The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.

February 14, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
James Earl Jones and<em> </em>Lynn Redgrave are an eccentric pair in <em>The Annihilation of Fish.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

This long-buried 1999 film offers a new chance to see James Earl Jones

There are many reasons to seek out Charles Burnett's long-buried 1999 film, but perhaps primary among them: The rare chance to see Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder and James Earl Jones share the screen.

February 14, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
Wisdom, the legendary Laysan albatross or mōlī, stands at right with red leg tag next to her new partner as they admire their recently laid egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 27, 2024.

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  • Science

At 74, Wisdom the albatross is welcoming new motherhood once again

The Laysan Albatross was first banded (or marked) in Hawaii in 1956. Meaning, she could be even older than the current estimate of 74.

February 14, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The Philadelphia Eagles celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after beating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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  • Sports

Will the Eagles visit the White House after Super Bowl win? They didn't last time

The Eagles pulled out a win over the Kansas City Chiefs this week, but they might opt out of making the traditional visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

February 14, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
The Pentagon is pictured in December 2024.

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  • National Security

Elon Musk's team is expected to target the Pentagon soon, pledging cost cuts

The DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.

February 14, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman
A National Park Service ranger places rainbow flags on the fence at the Stonewall National Monument in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City, on June 19, 2019.

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  • National

Park Service erases 'transgender' on Stonewall website, uses the term 'LGB' movement

The website deleted all mentions of "transgender" and "queer" in its history of the Stonewall riots, and only referred to the riots' impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

February 14, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
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