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Ice storm brings snow, sleet and freezing rain to mid-Atlantic and Northeast; more than 100 million under winter storm alerts
A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to a large swath of the Midwest swept into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday, snarling commutes in major cities including Chicago, Cleveland and New York.
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The best last-minute Valentine's Day gifts that'll arrive with time to spare
Lego roses, a Pandora tennis bracelet and a bouquet of Micromallows — all of these goodies and more will be delivered by Feb. 14.
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Super Bowl snacks and must-have items for your game-day party, starting at $4
Cuisinart, Hamilton Beach, Spindrift: Score deals on everything you'll need to cook, serve and eat like a champ.
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The best iced coffee makers for 2025, tested and reviewed
Keep cool and barista on with top pour-over and cold brew styles from Ninja, Mr. Coffee and Braun.
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The best cookware sets for 2025, tested and reviewed
Cook like a pro with top pots and pans from Le Creuset, Caraway, Made In, All-Clad and more.
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The best cordless stick vacuums for 2025, tested and reviewed
See why we named Tineco our overall pick, plus find top performers from Kenmore, Shark and Dyson.
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The best digital TV antenna for 2025 to watch ABC, NBC and other local stations for free
Yes, free: Local broadcasts are still a thing, and you don't need to spend a lot to tune in.
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Chicken wings, artichoke dip, potato skins: Super Bowl snacks are indulgent. Here’s how to make them healthier.
How to make your Super Bowl meal a little healthier without feeling like you’re missing out on your favorite appetizers.
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2025 NFL mock draft 5.0: Titans take 'generational' talent, while QBs go 2-3 and Jets get a steal
Nate Tice and Charles McDonald check in with their fifth mock draft of this cycle, and it's good to be Bryce Young, Dak Prescott and C.J. Stroud.
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Dennis Schröder lands with third team in 18 hours, days after comparing NBA trade deadline to 'modern slavery'
Schröder has been traded four times this season after being suddenly rerouted to the Pistons on Thursday.
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Bill Belichick shows up to NFL honors with 24-year-old girlfriend, who gets roasted by Snoop Dogg
Their relationship is still going strong.
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Ben Simmons reportedly working on a contract buyout with the Nets, both Cavaliers and Clippers interested
Is Simmons a possible free agent?
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Former Cowboys WR Dez Bryant on Brian Schottenheimer hire: 'My energy is telling me that it won't be successful'
Bryant, a longtime Cowboys receiver and three-time Pro Bowler, seemed hesitant about the team's next head coach.
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NBA trade deadline 2025: P.J. Tucker moves to 3rd team in 5 days as veteran is dealt for 6th time in NBA career
There are trade chips and then there is 13-year NBA veteran P.J. Tucker.
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NBA trade deadline 2025: Winners and losers (and one mega super-huge loser)
First impressions of which teams scored and which ones stumbled in this season’s grand NBA roster reshuffling.
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Lakers become the No. 4 favorite to win NBA Finals after trading for Mark Williams
The Lakers have added Luka Dončić and Mark Williams over the past week. Is that enough for a title push?.
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Super Bowl 59: Patrick Mahomes corrects Tommy Tuberville's claims of recruiting QB to Texas Tech
Tuberville left Texas Tech for Cincinnati before Mahomes played for the Red Raiders.
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NBA trade deadline live updates: Jimmy Butler to the Warriors, De'Andre Hunter to Cavs, Jonas Valančiūnas to Kings as deadline passes
Yahoo Sports has you covered with the latest rumors, signings, trades and analysis as teams scrambled to make moves before the deadline.
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NBA All-Star Game 2025 draft: Team Shaq reunites LeBron James and Anthony Davis after Lakers trade
TNT's Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley selected eight-man teams from the 24-player pool. LeBron James was the No. 1 pick.
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BusinessUncrowned
UFC settles antitrust lawsuit filed by former fighters for $375 million
A second antitrust lawsuit filed against UFC is still working its way through the courts.
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NFL MVP: Bills QB Josh Allen wins award for 1st time, beating out Lamar Jackson
Allen won his 1st MVP, keeping Jackson from winning his 3rd.
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Grading the Lakers' second stunning trade: Could Mark Williams be the missing piece?
The Lakers made another big splash by adding a promising big man to pair with Luka Dončić.
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Grading the Brandon Ingram trade: Raptors get a talent, but the move raises questions about their plan
The Pelicans finally moved on from Ingram, and the biggest beneficiary should be someone who's already on the roster.
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BusinessYahoo Personal Finance
Mortgage and refinance rates today, February 6, 2025: It could be a good time to buy
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Between today's interest rates and the time of year, it may be a good time of year to buy. Lock in your rate today.
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NFL Honors: Saquon Barkley wins Offensive Player of the Year, while Jayden Daniels is top rookie
The NFL gave out its major awards at NFL Honors on Thursday night.
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SportsUncrowned
Canelo vs. Crawford: 5 biggest concerns heading into boxing's next potential superfight
Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford could be boxing's biggest fight of the past decade, but several hurdles must be cleared before two of this era's greatest fighters collide.
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SportsRivals
Big Ten winners in the 2025 recruiting cycle
The addition of five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood makes Michigan a winner for the 2025 cycle.
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Dodgers embrace Evil Empire persona by giving away literal Death Star
The Dodgers have not been what you would call subtle lately.

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Ranking the top five quarterback classes in 2025
Five-star Alabama signee Keelon Russell finished as the top-ranked prospect in the 2025 Rivals250.
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EntertainmentUncrowned
Eric Bischoff's last ride: The wrestling icon faces the curtain once more
Eric Bischoff returns to pro wrestling for Saturday's MLW event in Atlanta, which could be his last show in a long and storied career.
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Chicago Bears owner and matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey dies at 102
McCaskey, the daughter of Bears founder George Halas, was the principal owner of the team for 42 years.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have been honoring former cheerleader Krystal Anderson all season. Nearly a year after her death, her widower says he 'still struggles.'
The Chiefs cheer squad has been wearing cuffs with Anderson's initials. "It would have meant a lot to her," her husband says.
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SportsYahoo Sports
Mike Woodson reportedly not returning to Indiana after this season
The Hoosiers have lost six of their last seven games.
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PoliticsYahoo Finance
Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent relieves some pressure on the Fed
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump is not asking the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rates, but what he and the president do want is to bring down longer-term borrowing costs via 10-year Treasury yields.
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SportsYahoo Sports
LeBron James becomes both oldest and youngest player to score 40 points in NBA history
That's one of the most LeBron James stats ever.
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Eli Manning isn't elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame on first ballot
Eli Manning won two Super Bowls but isn't in the Hall of Fame yet.
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NASCAR: The drivers in new places ahead of the 2025 Cup Series season
Nearly a third of the 36 chartered cars have new drivers in 2025.
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2025 Fantasy Baseball Third Baseman Preview: Be careful of traps!
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie continues our fantasy baseball positional previews with the hot corner, the third basemen.
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Trade Deadline BONANZA: Warriors, Lakers now CONTENDERS? Plus how Suns, Giannis, & Trae were ALL left empty-handed | The Kevin O'Connor Show
Kevin O'Connor and Tom Haberstroh break down the biggest trades of the, jaw-dropping, incredible 2025 NBA Trade Deadline.
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PoliticsHuffPost
A Grocery What?!? Karoline Leavitt’s Briefing Blunder Leaves Everyone Confused
The Trump White House press secretary's gaffe prompted two words to trend online.
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WorldThe Independent
Trump received morbid gift from Israel’s Prime Minister during White House visit
The detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah last year killed nearly 40 people, including children
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USFuturism
There's Actually an Incredibly Easy Way for Elon Musk to Trim $2 Trillion of Government Spending: Cut Funding for Nuclear Weapons
Easy As Pie Can we all agree that nuclear warfare is bad? Yes? Well, do we have an easy way that Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency can do their jobs Instead of gutting education and health agencies, the First Buddy and his DOGE lackeys could spare us all the noise and drawn-out drama and simply cut off the US's exorbitant, multi-trillion dollar nuclear weapons program. As The Scientific American opines, this would almost single-handedly achieve Musk's promise that h
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One of Elon's DOGE Boys Just Resigned After His Incredibly Racist Tweets Were Discovered
Bye Felicia A 25-year-old staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has resigned after the Wall Street Journal reached out to the White House over incredibly racist social media posts linked to him. Musk's astonishingly unqualified group of 20-somethings have been plundering a growing list of government agencies, gaining control over highly sensitive information without the required security clearance, raising major alarm bells across Washington, DC. Now, 25-year-old Mar
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SportsFTW Outdoors
7 photos of Bill Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson on the NFL Honors red carpet
All the stars of the NFL swapped out athletic wear for formal attire on Thursday night as the league celebrated their very
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Kanye West Said He Named His Upcoming Album “Bully” After Learning That His 9-Year-Old Son Saint West “Kicked” A Child For Being “Weak”
“I was like, 'This man is really a bully right here,'” Ye laughed.
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BusinessUSA TODAY
More than 140,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles recalled: See affected vehicles
More than 140,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles are being recalled by Toyota, according to a press release from the company Thursday.
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USWDAF
Kansas City sports reporter dies while in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX
Adan Manzano died on Wednesday in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl for both Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports.
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PoliticsINSIDER
AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won plaudits from critics for saying her congressional salary is her only income and she doesn't trade stocks.
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PoliticsAssociated Press
US seizes Venezuelan president's plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit
The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio watched as American officials affixed the seizure warrant to the plane during a visit to Santo Domingo, the last stop of his five-nation tour of Latin America. Carrying out the seizure required that Rubio sign off on a waiver to a freeze that President Donald Trump imposed on foreign aid to pay
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Amy Klobuchar Hits Back At Booing Republicans With A Pricey Trump Punchline
The Minnesota senator mocked the president's supporters at the Washington Press Club Foundation Annual Congressional Dinner.
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PoliticsFox News
CNN panel erupts after political commentator makes bold claim about DEI, her race and pay on-air
A Wednesday night CNN panel engaged in a tense exchange Wednesday after political commentator Ashley Allison claimed she is paid less as a Black woman.
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PoliticsThe Independent
Elon Musk, who arrived in the U.S. at age 31, is being questioned on his citizenship again. What to know
Tech entrepreneur attacked by ex-congresswoman Liz Cheney in latest online spat
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USAssociated Press
What is 'ordo amoris?' Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept
Vice President JD Vance recently cited medieval Catholic theology in justifying the immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump. "Just google ‘ordo amoris,’” he posted Jan. 30 on the social media platform X. Vance posted that the concept is “basic common sense” because one's moral duties to one's children outweigh those “to a stranger who lives thousands of miles away.” What is ‘ordo amoris’?
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USThe Hill
DOGE staffer who accessed Treasury Department payment systems resigns after racist posts exposed
An Elon Musk deputy who accessed sensitive Treasury Department payment systems has resigned after social media posts of his came to light that espoused racist beliefs. Marko Elez, 25, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in…
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Trump has been president for nearly a month. How do you think he's doing? | Opinion
To put it mildly, Trump and Republicans are working to change the American government. Some of us love it, some of us hate it. Now we're asking you.
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USINSIDER
US destroyers in the Red Sea conflict defeated enemy weapons without firing a shot, changing the way warships fight
Documents obtained by Business Insider reveal multiple incidents where US Navy destroyers used "non-kinetic" capabilities to defeat Houthi drones.
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PoliticsUSA TODAY
Trump holds back billions in funding despite court ruling, states tell judge
U.S. District Judge John McConnell said the Office of Management and Budget's about-face on pausing federal payments and contracts was in "name only."
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CelebrityPeople
Cheryl Burke's Divorce Made Her Wonder If She Didn't 'Sleep' with Ex-Husband Matthew Lawrence 'Enough'
The 'Dancing with the Stars' alum and former 'Boy Mets World' star split in 2022 after three years of marriage
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USFox News
Tables turned on Los Angeles arson suspect in caught-on-cam takedown: 'Wrong neighborhood, buddy'
A man accused of lighting a brush fire in wildfire-ravaged Southern California has been arrested after nearby neighbors chased him down
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Kansas City sports reporter dies in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl 59, TV station says
Adan Manzano, sports reporter for Telemundo Kansas City, died while he was in New Orleans covering Super Bowl 59.
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PoliticsThe Hill
Liz Cheney knocks Musk on citizenship in defense of USAID work
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk over his citizenship while attempting to defend the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) amid the Trump administration’s perceived efforts to gut the agency. A user on social platform X pointed out that Cheney — also a former USAID employee — was “spawned” out of…
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Elon Musk will decide the fate of Social Security and Medicare. Time to panic. | Opinion
If you rely on Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid, it's time to panic. If you care about your personal data, it's also time to panic.
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WorldFox News
Trump executive order to deport Hamas sympathizers on campuses prompts student newspaper to delete names
President Donald Trump's executive order to cancel Hamas sympathizers' student visas prompted Purdue University's student newspaper, the Exponent, to vow to delete names and photos.
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WorldUSA TODAY
Mexican troops arrive at US border to disarm Trump tariff threats
Mexico's president shifted military troops to her country's northern border in a deal with Trump to target drugs, migrants.
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USThe Independent
Trump's transportation head says money for construction projects will flow to communities with high birth rates
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is a father to nine
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PoliticsBuzzFeed
NFL Rivals Travis Kelce And Jalen Hurts Were Both Asked About Donald Trump Attending The Super Bowl, And The Difference In Their Answers Is Quite Something
Read the room, Travis.
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PoliticsThe Hill
Here’s where Trump’s Cabinet nominees stand
A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent weeks for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Former Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed, securing the secretary of State position with a unanimous vote on Inauguration Day. Other Trump picks, though, faced more resistance: Vice President…
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Trump Calls for ‘60 Minutes’ and CBS to Be ‘Terminated’
President Donald Trump called for CBS News program 60 Minutes to be “immediately terminated” and its network shut down Thursday, as he escalated campaign threats to punish media outlets that don’t offer coverage to his liking. He also tried to shoehorn the network into an online rightwing conspiracy theory that falsely claimed media outlets took millions in government kickbacks. In a post on Truth Social, Trump reiterated his claim that 60 Minutes committed “election interference” last year by a
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WorldCNN
Israel backs Trump plan and orders military to prepare for Palestinians to leave Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza, as Israel’s army was ordered to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the territory.
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USThe Wrap
Trump Shares Plans for National Garden of American Heroes Like Billy Graham: ‘We Have to Make Religion a Much More Important Factor’ | Video
“People of religion are going to be happy again. I really believe you can’t be happy without religion,” the president says at the National Prayer Breakfast The post Trump Shares Plans for National Garden of American Heroes Like Billy Graham: ‘We Have to Make Religion a Much More Important Factor’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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OpinionThe New Republic
Nancy Pelosi Gets a Surprising New Primary Challenger
Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.
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USAssociated Press
A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration
Less than a week after Vice President JD Vance shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church. The new vice president, a Catholic convert, accused the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops of resettling “illegal immigrants” in order to get federal funding. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who gave the invocation shortly before Vance took his oath of office, denounced the remarks as “scurrilous” and “nasty.”
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It's Been Almost 3 Weeks Since Donald Trump Has Taken Office. Here's The Harsh Reality Of How Americans Are Feeling.
"I understand now how Hitler rose to power. I feel like I'm screaming, and nobody is listening."
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Prince William Made a Heartbreaking Admission About His Childhood to Princess Kate After She Explained a Very Normal Activity
A new royal book reveals a "poignant" interaction between the couple.
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'Today’ Fans Are ‘Crying’ Over Jenna Bush Hager’s New Co-Host Reveal: ‘Best Day Ever’
'Jenna & Friends' is gearing up for an 'SNL'-themed week.
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WorldBusiness Insider
Russia's problems in Ukraine don't mean it's unable to attack the West. NATO allies warn its war machine is spun up and as dangerous as ever.
Russia is on a war footing and pumping out weapons, and its struggles in Ukraine don't mean it won't look elsewhere, experts and officials warn.
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EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Deadpool Creator Rob Liefeld Will No Longer Work With Marvel After ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Premiere Indignities
The writer-artist describes several perceived slights, such as being denied access to the afterparty, and makes a head-turning claim: "Kevin Feige does not treat comic book creators well."
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CelebrityThe Fashion Spot
Taylor Swift’s Grammys Afterparty Gucci Dress Can’t Get Cuter
Taylor Swift is not one to miss parties, and she proved that by attending the Grammys afterparty on February 2. Changing into a sparkly Gucci minidress, Swift took netizens back to her “Midnights” era. The soirée was held at the Fleur Room in Los Angeles, and Swift lived up to her lyrics as her ensemble screamed, “By the […] The post Taylor Swift’s Grammys Afterparty Gucci Dress Can’t Get Cuter appeared first on theFashionSpot.
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USFox News
Texas convict issues last message to wife before execution for killing pastor
Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
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