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People from China, Vietnam, Ethiopia believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar on Wednesday.

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Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown

Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.

February 27, 2025
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Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury has announced she will retire. The six-time Olympic gold medalist is also the WNBA's all-time leading scorer and a fan favorite.

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Diana Taurasi, 6-time Olympic gold medalist and the WNBA's top scorer, will retire

Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.

February 26, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Vials of the vaccine known as MMR. It protects against measles, mumps and rubella diseases.

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A child has died in the Texas measles outbreak

It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened in the outbreak so far.

February 26, 2025
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  • Pien Huang
President Trump delivers remarks during his first Cabinet meeting of his second term at the White House on Feb. 26, in Washington, D.C. The meeting includes Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, head of a Trump administration team called the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Musk says federal workers should expect another round of 'pulse check' emails

President Trump warned federal workers who did not reply to recent emails asking them to describe "five things" they accomplished are "on the bubble" suggesting they are at risk of losing their jobs.

February 26, 2025
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  • Heidi Glenn
The White House is seen on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

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Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of DOGE, the White House says. Who is she?

Gleason is a healthcare technology executive who worked under Presidents Trump and Biden. The White House says Elon Musk still oversees the Department of Government Efficiency.

February 26, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
<em>The Washington Post</em> owner Jeff Bezos attends a luncheon following the inauguration of President Trump in January. Bezos says the newspaper's editorial section will publish only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

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Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

February 26, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week.

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NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research

Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.

February 26, 2025
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  • Rob Stein
People hold up signs before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally Nov. 4, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Some Trump voters want him to rein in health care costs. It's unclear if he will

In polls and focus groups, Trump voters say they want the government to do something about big medical bills. It's a big change from 5 years ago, pollsters say, and may not be on Trump's agenda.

February 26, 2025
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  • Noam Levey
More than 10 years later, the search for Malaysia Airlines flight M370 is still on.

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The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has resumed once again

After 11 years of the plane's untraceable disappearance, authorities have announced that the search is back on.

February 26, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
A man shows lithium stone from an illegal mining site in Paseli, north central Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024.

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5 minerals in Ukraine that may be part of a deal with the U.S.

President Trump says Ukraine is ready to sign a deal with the U.S. to share its mineral wealth. We look at five minerals and metals that could be covered by the deal.

February 26, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. "I literally just emailed USAID and told them, 'I hereby cancel the contract,'" he told NPR. "And that was it."

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Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday

He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

February 26, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel

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Georgia Today: Declining cotton production; Dickens gives State of the City address; Teacher shortage

On the Feb. 28 Georgia Today: Georgia cotton growers are projected to grow 21% less; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens delivers State of the City address;  lawmakers address a statewide teacher shortage.

February 26, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

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Georgia ports head touts East Coast-leading growth, avoids tariff talk in annual 'State of the Port'

The Port of Savannah led year-over-year growth among all East and Gulf Coast ports in 2024.

February 26, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne

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GPB evening headlines for February 26, 2025

Georgia public schools are short more than 5,300 teachers, and lawmakers are considering a new fix—bringing more retired teachers back to the classroom.

The BioLab facility in Conyers remains partially closed nearly five months after a chemical fire forced thousands of residents to evacuate.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens delivered his annual State of the City business address Tuesday night.

February 26, 2025
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Reporter Zach Mack and his dad are living in separate realities, and it's tearing their family apart.

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  • Perspective

How a son spent a year trying to save his father from conspiracy theories

Zach Mack spent a year attempting to rescue his father from the depths of the conspiracy rabbit hole. Their family was forced to reckon with clashing realities, ideological divides and misinformation.

February 26, 2025
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