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For women’s hockey fans, the league’s first U.S. broadcast is a watershed moment

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Growing up, Kate Hoos was told girls don’t play hockey. “If you can find a girls team, we’ll let you play,” she recalled being told. But there was no girls team at the time — and it wouldn’t be until a decade later, at age 20, that she learned to skate. Now 44 and fresh … Read more

U.S. Olympic hockey hero Jack Hughes finally fixes teeth broken in gold-medal game

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Jack Hughes is back on the ice with a new smile, about a month after he broke his teeth while leading Team USA men’s hockey to gold at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics. After securing the win against rival Canada on February 22, Hughes returned to his NHL team, the New Jersey Devils, in March. … Read more

Trump’s signature will be featured on U.S. paper currency, a presidential first, Treasury says

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The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump’s signature to new U.S. paper currency, an unprecedented move for a sitting president, the department announced Thursday. “There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S dollar bills bearing his name,” Treasury Secretary Scott … Read more

Census shows population growth slowing in U.S. metro areas. Here’s where the steepest declines are.

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The rate of population growth in U.S. metro areas diminished nationwide in 2025, with those along the U.S.-Mexico border seeing the steepest dropoffs, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The agency primarily attributed the losses to declining immigration as well as hurricanes that prompted people to leave parts of the Gulf Coast. The estimates showed … Read more

Alleged Hezbollah member on U.S. terror list is arrested in Ecuador

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Ecuador has arrested a Syrian man identified as a terrorist threat by the United States for belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, authorities said Wednesday. The arrest came as the government of Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, wages a crackdown on drug trafficking gangs, with Washington’s backing. Ecuadoran Interior … Read more

U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in the Caribbean Sea, military says

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The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran. The latest attack brings the number of people who … Read more