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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...

Delta Jet's wing strikes runway during rough landing at LaGuardia
Delta plane wing hits runway while landing at NYC's LaGuardia

NEW YORK CITY, New York: A Delta Air Lines plane's wing hit the runway at LaGuardia Airport during a rough landing over the weekend....

Some states still under watch for wind and potential tornadoes
US death toll from extreme weather over the weekend rises to 36

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Severe storms and tornadoes continued to threaten parts of Pennsylvania, New York, and several Mid-Atlantic...

Phillies LHP Matt Strahm sidelined with torn fingernail
Phillies LHP Matt Strahm sidelined with torn fingernail

(Photo credit: Dave Nelson-Imagn Images) Perhaps too eager to depart from spring training, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Matt...

Amanda Seyfried never thought she would play cop, says "the industry sees you in certain way"
Amanda Seyfried never thought she would play cop, says "the industry sees you in certain way"

Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Actress Amanda Seyfried never thought she would play a cop. She shared her working experience in the...

76ers meet Pelicans in matchup of struggling teams
76ers meet Pelicans in matchup of struggling teams

(Photo credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images) The Philadelphia 76ers and the Pelicans are limping to the season's finish line, and they...

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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...

USDA pledges $100 million for bird flu research, vaccine development
USDA to invest up to $100 million in projects to combat bird flu

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to invest up to US$100 million in research to develop...

US HHS orders removal of gun violence public health advisory
US HHS drops advisory labeling gun violence a public health crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed a 2024 advisory from its website that called gun...

Regulatory hurdles may leave US behind China in autonomous tech
Trump urged to speed up self-driving car regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Industry leaders are pushing the Trump administration to clear regulatory obstacles slowing the rollout of self-driving...

Israeli forces accused of deadly cruelty against Gazan hospital patients
HRW says Israel committed war crimes while occupying Gazan hospitals

NEW YORK, New York – Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals...

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Werckmeister Harmonies (4K UHD) [Blu-ray]