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U.S. stocks stage major rally aheda of Trump speech
U.S. stocks stage major rally aheda of Trump speech

NEW YORK, New York -  A powerful rally in technology shares powered Wall Street to a winning session on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite...

Doug Gurr picked as permanent CMA chair in UK
Doug Gurr picked as permanent CMA chair in UK

LONDON, U.K.: The British government has selected former Amazon executive Doug Gurr to serve as the permanent chair of the country's...

Gold bars worth donated anonymously to fix Osaka’s aging water pipes
Gold bars worth donated anonymously to fix Osaka’s aging water pipes

TOKYO, Japan: An anonymous donor gifted gold bars to the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau worth 560 million yen (US$3.6 million) and told...

Old kimonos reborn as modern, eco-friendly designs
Old kimonos reborn as modern, eco-friendly designs

TOKYO, Japan: Japan's centuries-old kimono is finding renewed relevance in an era focused on sustainability, as designers and artisans...

Steep selling on U.S. stock markets over tariffs uncertainty
Steep selling on U.S. stock markets over tariffs uncertainty

NEW YORK, New York - Wall Street endured a sharp sell-off on Monday as jubilation over a Supreme Court decision striking down a core...

Asha Sharma to lead Microsoft’s gaming unit
Asha Sharma to lead Microsoft’s gaming unit

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft announced that Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years at the company, stepping down as head of its...

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Secret Service kill armed man who entered Mar-a-Lago secure perimeter
Secret Service kill armed man who entered Mar-a-Lago secure perimeter

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Secret Service shot and killed an armed man who drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President...

Global Entry halted as Homeland Security shutdown drags on
Global Entry halted as Homeland Security shutdown drags on

DALLAS, Texas: The Department of Homeland Security said February 22 that it was suspending the Global Entry program for the duration...

Ten Commandments posters in Louisiana public classrooms now legal
Ten Commandments posters in Louisiana public classrooms now legal

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: Public classrooms in the state can now display posters of the Ten Commandments after a U.S. appeals court cleared...

Transportation Department moves to close unsafe CDL schools
Transportation Department moves to close unsafe CDL schools

WASHINGTON, D.C.: More than 550 U.S. commercial driving schools that train truck and bus drivers must shut down after federal investigators...

Texans GM: QB C.J. Stroud 'isn't going anywhere'
Texans GM: QB C.J. Stroud 'isn't going anywhere'

(Photo credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images) Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio is committed to C.J. Stroud and finds trade...

U.S. men's hockey team visits White House; five players skip event
U.S. men's hockey team visits White House; five players skip event

(Photo credit: Andrew Craft / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Twenty of the 25 members of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team...

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