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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on May 7 in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Fed keeps interest rates steady. And, Catholics around the world wait for a new Pope

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady amid uncertainty over President Trump's trade war. And, the Trump administration has plans to deport migrants without legal status to Libya.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility's mental health services, with help from behavioral health services director Kerri Dandy (left), nursing director Jen Dau (third from left) and outreach navigator Jill Barr.

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  • Health

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Tony Leys

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  • Arts & Life

Wanda Sykes is grateful her audience sticks with her

Wanda Sykes says getting back on the road helps remind her that she's still funny. On this week's Wild Card, Sykes talks about her conversations with God and why she loves bowling alleys.

May 08, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

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  • Religion

No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pontiff should be.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke and
  • Sarah Ventre
A study recruited Black and Latina women and asked them to log all the beauty products they use in a week. More than half of the women used products with known carcinogens.

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  • Health

Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds

Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ronnie Cohen
Kellen and his classmates, including his best friend, Nolan Robbins (left), learn about the structure of the U.S. government with teacher Robyn Fox.

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  • Education

On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack

The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Harry Miller, a veteran of the Army and Air Force, is pictured in the library of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C.

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  • History

One WWII veteran shares his story on the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that American troops went to sleep or shook hands. "And some just couldn't believe it."

May 08, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the press at the Georgia State Capitol after signing a religious freedom bill into law on Friday, April 4.

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  • Politics

Georgia's Brian Kemp becomes latest swing state governor to decline a run for Senate

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

May 08, 2025
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  • Sam Gringlas
My family recently unearthed dozens of letters from clearly smitten servicemen who'd met my Mom at Red Cross dances in Rome in the final months of World War II.

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  • History

Discovering a mom we never knew, in letters she saved from WWII soldiers

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
A composite image of former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean (from left), Justin Smith and Demetrius Haley in court in Memphis, Tenn., on May 3. The former officers were charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023. They each took the stand to decline to testify on their own behalf.

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  • National

3 former Memphis police officers found not guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols

A jury found the three men not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2023 fatal beating, including the most serious charge of second-degree murder.

May 07, 2025
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  • Katie Riordan

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  • Arts & Life

Here's the 2025 list of most endangered historic places in the U.S.

This year, the annual list from the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a mysterious castle, flooded communities in Florida and North Carolina, historic hotels and a gigantic turtle.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the department will consider bringing back some employees who took the government's deferred resignation offer.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A view of shipping cranes at the Port of Los Angeles on May 06, 2025 in San Pedro, California. Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are seeing significant drops in expected cargo ships coming into port this week due to tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration.

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  • Business

In the wake of tariffs, cargo at the Port of LA is down 35%

The immediate impact of the cargo decline affects virtually every business around the ports, but port officials say this downturn will soon be felt much more broadly.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Futterman
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends an album release party for his <em>The Love Album: Off The Grid</em> album on Sept. 15, 2023, in New York City.

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  • Music

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' fame posed challenges during jury selection

Nearly 100 potential jurors were whittled down to a group of 45 on Wednesday ahead of the mogul's case for racketeering and prostitution. For many, his outsized celebrity was an issue.

May 07, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Actor Jon Voight, his advisor and CEO of SP Media Group Steven Paul, President Trump, and SP Media Group/Atlas Comics president Scott Karol met at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend.

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  • Business

How a visit from actor Jon Voight led Trump to post about movie tariffs

Since he announced his intention to impose a 100% tariff on movies made outside of the United States, President Trump has hedged, saying he's open to meeting with industry leaders.

May 07, 2025
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