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Melissa Barbanell and Calvin in 2011.

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When her young son was hit by a pickup truck, a stranger ran over to help

Melissa Barbanell's 7-year-old son was severely injured after being hit by a pickup truck. A stranger, who turned out to be a nurse, let Barbanell know he was going to be OK.

February 12, 2025
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  • Ryan Katz and
  • Laura Kwerel
Katie Bernardin kisses Monty, a giant schnauzer, after winning best in show in the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show on Feb. 11, 2025, in New York.

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  • Animals

Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show

Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Archer, a whippet and repeat runner-up known as Bourbon and a shih tzu called Comet who's been a finalist before.

February 12, 2025
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Steve Bannon exits court in New York on Feb. 11, 2025.

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  • Law

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

Bannon pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. The case involved We Build the Wall, a non-profit that Bannon himself once suspected was a scam.

February 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Elon Musk takes questions from reporters as President Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Trump and Musk appear together in the Oval Office to defend the work of DOGE

Trump and Musk spoke as the president signed a new executive order calling on the heads of federal agencies to "promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force."

February 11, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
A man exits a voting booth at a polling station in Lancaster, N.H., on Election Day, Nov. 5.

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  • National Security

Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump

Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

February 11, 2025
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  • Jenna McLaughlin
Several brands of canned tuna have been recalled for faulty packaging.

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  • National

Canned tuna sold at Costco, Trader Joe's recalled over botulism risk

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

February 11, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development building is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion

The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.

February 11, 2025
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  • Jennifer Ludden
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Education Department, Linda McMahon, seen here in December, has come out in support of school choice and "parental rights in education," and in opposition to "political indoctrination in classrooms."

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  • Education

Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S. Education Dept. may be next

McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency the president hopes to dissolve.

February 11, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS's Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. PBS is closing its DEI office following executive orders from President Donald Trump aimed at rolling back workplace DEI efforts.

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  • Arts & Life

PBS shutters DEI office

The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

February 11, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
The New Harmony Project's PlayFest Indy reading of <em>Wet</em> by Aurora Real de Asua in September, 2024. The New Harmony Project has received multiple NEA grants over the years.<br><br> <br>

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  • Arts & Life

'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency

The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

February 11, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday. He said the central bank does not need to be in a hurry to make further cuts in interest rates.

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  • Economy

Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell says there's no need to rush on interest rate cuts

Powell was also asked about the high cost of home ownership and President Trump's trade policies, but as usual, the Fed chair tried to steer clear of politics.

February 11, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
Ellen Keelan, center, and other family members rally outside the White House for the release of Marc Fogel, detained in Russia since August 2021, on July 15, 2023.

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  • Europe

Russia releases American teacher Marc Fogel from prison

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Fogel was released in what he called "an exchange" with Russia and was on his way back to the United States. Terms of the exchange were unclear.

February 11, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen
Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

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  • Environment

Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

February 11, 2025
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  • Jacob Fenston
A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters on Monday in Washington. Staff and contractors have been told the building is closed for the week, and to perform no work.

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  • Your Money

Two top CFPB officials resign after being ordered to stop all work

The directors of supervision and enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stepped down, citing the stop work orders issued by Russell Vought, the agency's new acting director.

February 11, 2025
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  • Laurel Wamsley
<strong>There's a country under here somewhere:</strong> A satellite image from early Tuesday shows a thick glaze of white clouds covering much of the continental U.S., with another storm system looming off the Pacific Coast.

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  • National

Here we go again: More winter storms are heading for much of the U.S.

Break out those shovels, because storms are about to dump a mess of snow and ice on a large part of the U.S. As of noon Tuesday, at least 20 states were under winter warnings or advisories.

February 11, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
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