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Actor Gene Hackman reacts during an interview on March 24, 1972. (AP Photo/George Brich, File)

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Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation

By JAKE COYLE JAKE COYLE - AP Film Writer
Thu,02/27/25-1:12PM, 133 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.”
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President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. (Pool via AP)

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Transgender troops are now being identified for removal under Pentagon orders

By TARA COPP AND LOLITA C. BALDOR TARA COPP AND LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Wed,02/26/25-10:58PM, 136 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services have 30 days to figure out how they will seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force — a daunting task that may end up relying on troops self-reporting or tattl
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Men sit outside the general hospital in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of unidentified illnesses are being treated, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Guy Masele Sanganga)

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Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds

By CHINEDU ASADU, GUY MASELE SANGANGA AND JEAN-YVES KAMALE CHINEDU ASADU, GUY MASELE SANGANGA AND JEAN-YVES KAMALE - Associated Press
Thu,02/27/25-12:57PM, 92 Reads
BASANKUSU, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what may be behind a surge of illnesses that has surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.
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Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Hector Granados poses for a photo outside his private practice in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the law

By JAMIE STENGLE JAMIE STENGLE - Associated Press
Thu,02/27/25-12:04AM, 111 Reads
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — On the Texas border, Dr. Hector Granados treats children with diabetes at his El Paso clinics and makes hospital rounds under the shadow of accusations that have thrown his career into jeopardy: providing care to transgender youth.
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