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General Mills cuts outlook as snack and pet food sales dip
General Mills predicts lower sales, profit as snacking demand slows

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: General Mills has lowered its annual sales and profit forecasts, citing weakening demand for salty snacks and...

Reds OF Austin Hays (calf) to open season on 10-day IL
Reds OF Austin Hays (calf) to open season on 10-day IL

(Photo credit: Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Cincinnati Reds outfielder Austin Hays will start...

Marlins acquire RHP Tyler Phillips from Phillies
Marlins acquire RHP Tyler Phillips from Phillies

(Photo credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images) The Miami Marlins acquired right-hander Tyler Phillips from the Philadelphia Phillies...

Report: Marlins acquire RHP Tyler Phillips from Phillies
Report: Marlins acquire RHP Tyler Phillips from Phillies

(Photo credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images) The Miami Marlins acquired right-hander Tyler Phillips from the Philadelphia Phillies...

Nets, Raptors playing the (NBA draft) odds
Nets, Raptors playing the (NBA draft) odds

(Photo credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images) The Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors are separated by two games in the NBA's second-most...

Wizards, 76ers continue to wrap up lost seasons
Wizards, 76ers continue to wrap up lost seasons

(Photo credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images) Something has to give Wednesday when the Washington Wizards visit the Philadelphia 76ers...

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NTSB calls for urgent safety checks on 68 US bridges, including icons
US agency calls for urgent safety assessments of iconic bridges

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for urgent safety checks on 68 bridges, including...

US expands oil, gas leasing and eases Alaska energy restrictions
Trump administration to open more Alaska acres for oil, gas drilling

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has announced plans to open more land for oil and gas drilling in Alaska and...

Lawmakers push for fewer military flights in Washington D.C. area
Democrats urge cut in Washington D.C. military flights after crash

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ten Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Pentagon to reduce military training...

Delta crash-landing probe finds dangerous descent before touchdown
Delta plane that flipped over in February showed high rate of descent

TORONTO, Canada: An initial investigation into last month's dramatic Delta Air Lines crash-landing in Toronto has revealed that the...

New York court blocks law allowing over 800,000 non-citizens to vote
New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote struck down by court

NEW YORK CITY, New York: New York State's highest court has struck down a law this week that would have allowed over 800,000 legal...

40 times more people killed in Gaza than in the 7 October attack
Gazan death toll now forty times that of 7 October 2023

The death toll in Gaza on the weekend has passed 50,000, local health authorities have reported. What started the carnage was the Hamas-led...

Movie Review

Movie Review
Gotcha! [Blu-Ray]