After nearly five months, Writers Guild of America leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike.
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Former President Jimmy Carter makes appearance at peanut festival ahead of his 99th birthday
The Carter Center shared video of the former president and his wife, Rosalynn, taking a ride through the Plains Peanut Festival in their Georgia hometown.
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NASA’s first asteroid samples land in Utah after release from spacecraft
Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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FTC poised to sue Amazon for antitrust violations
It will be the agency’s fourth swipe at the online retail giant this year.
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Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly flew on private jet to attend Koch network fundraiser
ProPublica has previously reported on Thomas’s friendship with influential Republican donor Harlan Crow, who over 2 decades has lavished gifts and financial favors upon Thomas.
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Zelensky visits Canada; Russia says missile attack hits Black Sea Fleet Crimea HQ
The Ukrainian military said a missile strike Friday damaged the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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Capitol rioter who attacked photographer and police officers is sentenced to 5 years
Capitol Police Officer Devan Gowdy suffered a concussion when Rodney Milstreed hurled a four-foot wooden club at a line of officers.
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Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after abuse rendered him psychotic
The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh meant the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him. Al-Shibh remains in custody.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force
Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
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Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds cash, $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say
The latest indictment is unrelated to the earlier charges that alleged he accepted lavish gifts to pressure government officials on behalf of a Florida doctor.