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U.S. Senate takes 1st step toward ending longest-ever government shutdown
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Trump administration wants U.S. states to 'undo' full payouts of food aid benefits
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states "undo" full SNAP food benefits paid out under judges' orders over the past week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings — marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million Americans.
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong hits Philippines after more than 1 million people evacuated
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore Sunday on the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said.
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U.S. warns air traffic could 'slow to a trickle' amid shutdown, mass quitting
U.S. airlines cancelled more than 2,700 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation could "slow to a trickle" if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season.
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Hall of Famer and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens dies at 88
Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88. The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of death.