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Citing history, US appeals court upholds ban on gun for felons
US appeals court upholds federal ban on felons owning guns

PASADENA, California: A U.S. appeals court late last week upheld a federal law that stops felons from owning guns. The court rejected...

Google to pay $1.4 billion in Texas data privacy settlement
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion for collecting data illegally

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google will pay US$1.4 billion to settle allegations that it unlawfully collected user data in Texas without...

Poland tells Russia to close consulate in Krakow over fire allegations
Poland orders Russia to shut consulate in Krakow, citing arson attack

WARSAW, Poland: Poland has ordered Russia to shut down its consulate in Krakow following allegations that Moscow was involved in a...

Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays
Offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Norwegian energy company Equinor is on the brink of terminating its US$2.5 billion Empire Wind project in...

Trump reopens protected Cape Cod waters to fishing
Trump allows commercial fishing in New England marine monument

WASHINGTON, D.C.: On May 9, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to reopen nearly 5,000 square miles of protected ocean near...

US measles cases top 1,000 in worst outbreak in five years
US measles cases surpass 1,000 for first time in 5 years

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The number of measles cases in the U.S. has gone over 1,000 for the first time in five years, according to federal...

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Mixed close for U.S. stocks Thursday, dollar mostly lower
Dow Jones jumps 272 points as Nasdaq Composite dips 34 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were mostly higher Thursday, although the Nasdaq Composite finished modestly behind. This is a market...

Puerto Rico courts manufacturers amid escalating global trade war
Puerto Rico lures manufacturing to lift economy facing Trump's tariffs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: As the global trade war deepens, Puerto Rico is seizing the moment to lure international companies to relocate...

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound outperforms Wegovy in obesity drug study
Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in trial of blockbuster drugs

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound led to nearly 50 percent more weight loss than Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in the...

China's passenger car sales rise for third straight month in April
Chinese passenger car sales rise for a third month in April

SHENZHEN, China: China's passenger car sales climbed for the third consecutive month in April, increasing 14.8 percent from a year...

Dow disappoints but broader U.S. markets advance
Mixed day on Wall Street but Nasdaq Composite surges 137 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were bought up on the Nasdaq Composite and Standard and Poor's 500 while the Dow Jones industrial...

US worker productivity falls, pushing labor costs higher
U.S. worker productivity declines in first quarter

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. worker productivity fell in the first quarter of the year for the first time in nearly three years, leading...

Movie Review

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (4K UHD) [Blu-Ray]