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Major Caribbean earthquake triggers tsunami alerts

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Warnings have been issued for a number of countries including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands.
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Nonprofits, NGOs scramble to provide global aid amid USAID uncertainty

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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International aid and development work funded by the U.S. government has almost entirely come to a halt, leaders in humanitarian aid confirmed to ABC News.
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Trump policies challenged on passports, gender-affirming care for minors

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the rights of transgender and nonbinary people face court challenges filed Friday.

A group of transgender people sued in U.S. District Court in Boston over an order that led to the halting of allowing gender markers to be changed on passports and barring the use of the "X" marker used by many nonbinary people.

The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, say the abrupt policy change last month did not comply with a requirement for a 60-day notice and comment period — and that it discriminates...
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Judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Americans' sensitive data

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Elon Musk and his team of cost-cutters at the Department of Government Efficiency have found their next target, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But security concerns about their actions - and access - to other agencies have prompted new legal action. Willie James Inman has more.
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Trump removes Antony Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg's security clearances among others

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has decided to remove security clearances for several Democrats, including former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both of whom are vocal Trump critics.

Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Biden’s Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and attorneys Andrew Weissmann, Mark Zaid and Norm Eisen.

The move comes a day after Trump stripped his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, of his security clearance and his access to...
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All 10 onboard Alaska plane confirmed dead in crash

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Officials say it's too soon to say what caused the plane to come down on Alaska's west coast.
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Dozens killed in bus crash in southern Mexico

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The bus operator says 48 people had been travelling on the Cancun to Tabasco bus service.
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Actor's grief after mum and husband die in France

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Netflix star Callum Kerr said the family are grieving the loss of Andrew and Dawn Searle, who were found dead in south west France.
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What will anger at sight of gaunt hostages mean for a fragile ceasefire?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Concerns were raised over the condition of freed Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners after the latest exchange.
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Musk's Doge takes aim at US consumer protection agency

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The billionaire aide to Donald Trump indicates he wants to see the end of an agency founded after the financial crash of 2007-8.
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Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU's grid.
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Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Donald Trump has paused the imposition of tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China
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WATCH: Get ready for PuppyBowl XXI!

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The annual PuppyBowl aims to encourage adoption of furry friends of all ages in need of a home.
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WATCH: All eyes on the ads

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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ABC News' Will Ganss takes a look at how much companies are paying to be a part of the Super Bowl.
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WATCH: Deserving superfans surprised with tickets to Super Bowl

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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“GMA” surprised Toya Mathis, a colon cancer survivor and now volunteer with the American Cancer Society, with tickets to Super Bowl LIX.
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