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• Wordle Answers and Hints, May 4, 2025: A quick guide to solve the Sunday challenge

  04-05-2025 16:48 via article.wn.com
  Despite launching in late 2021, Wordle continues to captivate millions across the globe. Its minimalistic interface and intellectually stimulating gameplay have ensured its enduring popularity. ......
  
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• US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies

  20-12-2025 02:12 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns. The unusual contract was awarded to scientists who have been cited by anti-vaccine activists and whose work has been questioned by leading public health experts. Some experts have suggested the research plan is unethical, because it will withhold vaccines that work from newborns at significant r
  
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• U.S. military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

  20-12-2025 02:09 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration...
  
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• Immelman says how LIV Golf fills its roster is part of discussion toward getting ranking points

  20-12-2025 02:07 via article.wn.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Trevor Immelman said Friday he is in constant contact with the CEO of LIV Golf in his role as chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking as the board tries to work through issues that include how the Saudi-funded circuit populates its 54-man league. LIV Golf has not received world ranking points since it launched in June 2022, and only six of its players are among the top 100 in the world from points earned in majors or events on the Asian Tour or European tour. LIV's firs
  
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• U.S. military launches strikes in Syria against Islamic State fighters after American deaths

  20-12-2025 02:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Trump...
  
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• Trump Administration Begins Release Of Epstein File

  20-12-2025 02:04 via article.wn.com
  The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ......
  
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• People visit Story of Lights themed park in Prague

  20-12-2025 01:59 via article.wn.com
  A woman poses for photos at the Story of Lights themed park in Prague, the Czech Republic, Dec. 19, 2025. An Europe-themed light park illuminates the banks of the Vltava River in Prague, offering visitors an immersive journey of architecture and light. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua)...
  
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• Epstein files latest: Full list of heavily redacted documents and photos of celebrities released

  20-12-2025 01:59 via article.wn.com
  The files were...
  
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• Trump Scores ‘F’ Grade On Economy: Poll

  20-12-2025 01:54 via article.wn.com
  PHOTO; Trumps’ popularity on the economy sinks...
  
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• Yair Netanyahu and the Haredi Rise in Israel’s Zionist Institutions

  20-12-2025 01:53 via article.wn.com
  Yair Netanyahu and the Haredi Rise in Israel’s Zionist Institutions What began as a brief political scandal around the possible appointment of Yair Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister’s son, quickly opened a window onto a much larger and largely hidden arena: Israel’s national Zionist institutions. The proposed role at the World Zionist Organisation was no ceremonial post; it came with a minister-level salary, generous benefits, and real influence over budgets and appointm
  
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• Epstein files feature Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson in released photos

  20-12-2025 01:53 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Justice Department on...
  
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• Gaza averts spread of famine but Palestinians there still face starvation: Experts

  20-12-2025 01:50 via article.wn.com
  The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip ......
  
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• What Bill Clinton has said about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

  20-12-2025 01:49 via article.wn.com
  Newly released images linked to Epstein have brought former president Bill Clinton and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell back into focus, after photographs showing the two together in a poolside setting surfaced. Former US President Bill Clinton stands with Jeffrey Epstein in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.(via REUTERS) Question lingers over Clinton’s past association with Epstein, though the photographs don’t implicate any of the individu
  
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• Toronto man facing terror charges targeting Jews and women

  20-12-2025 01:44 via article.wn.com
  A Toronto man has been arrested on terrorism charges related and is also facing charges for two...
  
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• A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break in investigations into the Brown and ...

  20-12-2025 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing in New England in the weeks before they say he opened fire in a Brown University lecture hall and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of ......
  
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• A Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery

  20-12-2025 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Brazil’s former President Jair...
  
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• Los Angeles Dodgers to pay record $169 million luxury tax after winning 2nd straight World Series

  20-12-2025 01:43 via article.wn.com
  The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a...
  
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• 1st LD Writethru: U.S. strikes target IS positions in Syria

  20-12-2025 01:35 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon carried out strikes on multiple Islamic State-linked targets across Syria on Friday in retaliation for a recent attack that killed two U.S....
  
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• Trump doesn't rule out war with Venezuela

  20-12-2025 01:34 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war with Venezuela, as his top diplomat Marco Rubio vowed Friday to enforce a blockade on the country's oil wealth. Asked in an interview with NBC News conducted Thursday about a war with Venezuela, Trump said, "I don't rule it out, no." Trump declined to say whether he wants to oust President Nicolas Maduro, after saying in an earlier interview that the leftist firebrand's "days are numbered." "He knows exactly what I want," Trump replied.
  
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• Four soldiers killed in suicide attack in northwest Pakistan

  20-12-2025 01:34 via article.wn.com
  A suicide car bomber and three gunmen attacked a military post near a village in northwest Pakistan on Friday, triggering an hourlong gunbattle that killed four soldiers and wounded at least 15 civilians, including women and children, authorities said. The attack took place in North Waziristan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, according to the Pakistani military and local police. Police said the blast cau
  
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• Photos of Bill Clinton included in newly released Epstein files

  20-12-2025 01:30 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton...
  
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• A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

  20-12-2025 01:30 via article.wn.com
  Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein...
  
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• A California fisherman may have broken records by catching a 10.25-pound canary rockfish

  20-12-2025 01:29 via article.wn.com
  By JANIE HAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California man caught a plump canary rockfish he says weighed in at 10.25 pounds, likely setting state and world records. Related Articles What’s inside the released files on Jeffrey Epstein NTSB unclear who was at controls in jet crash that killed ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and 6 others Looking at who wins if marijuana is reclassified as a less dangerous drug Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughter calls TSA ‘unconsti
  
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• Ethics Commission dumps provider of online portal for campaign finance information

  20-12-2025 01:26 via article.wn.com
  The commission also asked for assistance from the Attorney General’s Office on any legal action resulting from the failed launch of the “Guardian 2.0” system. ......
  
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• Christmas food giveaway set for Saturday at Catholic Charities in north Tulsa

  20-12-2025 01:26 via article.wn.com
  The event starts at 9 a.m. Dec. 20. The first 500 vehicles in line will receive a Christmas Day of Blessings basket for a turkey dinner with all the fixings. ......
  
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• U.S. strikes target IS positions in Syria

  20-12-2025 01:23 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon carried out strikes on multiple Islamic State-linked targets across Syria on Friday in retaliation for a recent attack that killed two U.S. soldiers and one U.S. civilian in the Middle East country, according to U.S. Defense...
  
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• Edison International Announces Expiration and Results of Tender Offers for Its 5.00% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative ...

  20-12-2025 01:23 via article.wn.com
  ROSEMEAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 19, 2025-- ......
  
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• Common Market Council meeting of Mercosur held in Brazil

  20-12-2025 01:23 via article.wn.com
  Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo participates in the Common Market Council meeting of Mercosur in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, on Dec....
  
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• Cyclone Ditwah damage in Sri Lanka | The long path from wreckage to recovery

  20-12-2025 01:16 via article.wn.com
  Cyclone Ditwah has claimed at least 643 lives and displaced...
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro to leave prison to hospital for surgical procedure, GloboNews reports

  20-12-2025 01:14 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO, ‌Dec 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian ‌Supreme...
  
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