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His dream of playing basketball in the U.S. helped him find a second family

Ama Sow moved to Pennsylvania to fulfill his basketball dreams. But when his school closed unexpectedly, he was left penniless and homeless. That’s when a local family opened their home to him.
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Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and announced he would replace five other high level positions in an unprecedented shake-up of U.S. military leadership.
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Pause extended on NIH cuts that Minnesota scientists warn would harm research

A federal judge on Friday extended the temporary restraining order on the implementation of a Trump administration plan to cut medical research funds that the National Institutes of Health provides. Minnesota public and private institutions would be affected.
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Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Command

The general made an impression on the president in 2018 when he said the Islamic State could be defeated in a week, according to the president.
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Trump says he is replacing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed to purge the Pentagon of what he has called “woke” policies and personnel, and to reshape the military’s top ranks.
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Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due

Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts
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Hamas releases another body after Shiri Bibas incident causes outrage

Israeli officials were furious after Hamas returned what it said was the mother’s body, but then turned out to not be her. The bodies of her two children were returned Thursday.
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Judge orders ban on DOGE from access to sensitive Treasury data

A federal judge in New York says there is public interest in protecting the security of personal details and banking information.
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Supreme Court rules that government watchdog fired by Trump may temporarily remain on the job

The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week.
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NYC study aims to treat peanut allergies with peanut butter. Here’s how it works.

A study in New York City found some kids with peanut allergies may overcome it by eating peanut butter under medical supervision.