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‘Once in a Lifetime’ Snow Hits Parts of the US South

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before. Moistu...
People walk past the 1900 Storm memorial sculpture on Seawall Blvd. during an icy winter storm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in Galveston, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

‘Once in a Lifetime’ Snow Hits Parts of the US South

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before. Moistu...

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Trump Swearing-in Preparations

The Big Chill: Siberian Air to Make Trump Swearing-in Coldest in 40 Years

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People stand in Times Square in New York, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP File)

US Population Projections Shrink From Last Year Because of Declining Birth Rates, Less Immigration

The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for the U.S. population in 30 years to 372 million residents, a 2.8% drop from la...

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IRS Issues Stimulus Payments Again. Who Is Getting Them?

The IRS is distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t receive their COVID stimulus payments. By the end of January, appro...

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The joint services military honor guard stand around the casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Jimmy Carter Will Be Honored in Washington, a City Where He Remained an Outsider

WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington...

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Farah Stockman argues that the Biden administration's diverse leadership demonstrated the strategic value of inclusivity, contrasting it with the incoming Trump administration's anti-DEI stance. (Shutterstock)

Even MAGA Needs Immigrants, It Seems

Opinion by Farah Stockman on January 4, 2025. It matters that U.S. sanction policies were overseen by a man who grew up watching his parents...

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The Jan. 6 Rioters, 4 Years Later

In the past four years, nearly 1,600 people have been prosecuted in connection with the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some were a...

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Law enforcement officers stand guard at the Capitol as snow falls ahead of a joint session of Congress to certify the votes from the Electoral College in the presidential election, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Major US Winter Blast Shuts Down Schools and Government Offices in Several States

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from cent...

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From Georgia to Washington, Memorials Trace Jimmy Carter’s Life

AMERICUS, Ga. — In a few days, Jimmy Carter will be celebrated in a towering cathedral in Washington by fellow American presidents, noted hu...

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Green Beret Soldier Shot Self in Head Before Cybertruck Exploded Outside Trump’s Hotel

LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated Army soldier inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that exploded outside Trump International Hote...

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