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The week's top story

Nicaraguan man's death at troubled Texas detention camp was reported as a suicide, 911 records show

The chin-out rhetoric of Democratic governors about holding Trump administration officials responsible for violence in their cities may be more political than practicable.

NYT · 5 sources

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Top Stories 248 stories

  1. What We Know So Far About the Latest Release of Epstein Files

    NYT · 4 outlets

  2. Operation Metro Surge: What We Know About the Minnesota Immigration Action

    ABC · 4 outlets

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  1. Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics

    ABC · 4 outlets

  2. Storm Dumps a Foot of Snow in About a Third of U.S. States

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Government enters partial shutdown

    CBS · 4 outlets

Business 227 stories

  1. Stocks Could Go on a Sugar High

    WSJ · 2 outlets

    Plus, oil jumps, Microsoft slumps

  2. Oil Rises Amid Iran Tensions

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Canada's Carney to Trump: 'I meant what I said in Davos'

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. Luxury Brands Need a Comeback in China. They Shouldn’t Count on It.

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. Stocks Slip as Gold, Silver Hit New Records

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. An Investor’s Guide to the Boom (and Bust) in Gold and Silver

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. Microsoft Earnings Prompt Tech Stock Selloff

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Sports 200 stories

  1. Brady latest to slam Belichick Hall of Fame snub

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Drake Maye did not practice Friday

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Does anyone want to win the Premier League?

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. Chargers to hire OL coach Butch Barry

    PFT · 2 outlets

Technology 287 stories

  1. Apple discontinues iPhone Upgrade Program in the UK

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, February 1 (game #1469)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. Deals: Apple Trail Loop up to 52% off, 24GB Mac mini $100 off, AirTag 2 cases, iPhone 16 Pro $620 off, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. Apple Creator Studio gets its own Instagram account

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. OpenAI says you can trust ChatGPT answers, as it kicks off ads rollout preparation

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  4. Sonos unveils its first new hardware product in over a year

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  5. Perfect minimalism: I found 32 crisp white home office finds for a calming 'clean desk' aesthetic

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 149 stories

  1. Tim Burton Mourns ‘Beetlejuice’ Star Catherine O’Hara After Her Death at 71

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Ryan Reynolds' Rep Defends Unsealed Texts Blasting Justin Baldoni

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Which K-Pop Song With The SAME TITLE Do You Prefer?

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  3. Bella Hadid's Ex Adan Banuelos Arrested for Public Intoxication After Split

    USMag · 1 outlets

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