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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....

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...

Astros part ways with 1B Jon Singleton
Astros part ways with 1B Jon Singleton

(Photo credit: Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images) The Houston Astros unconditionally released first baseman Jon Singleton on Tuesday. ...

Report: Mariners, Cal Raleigh finalizing 6-year, $105M extension
Report: Mariners, Cal Raleigh finalizing 6-year, $105M extension

(Photo credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images) Catcher Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners are putting the finishing touches on a...

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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...

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...

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The Awakening [Blu-Ray]