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CIFF 2025: Silent Friend, Calle Malaga, Belén
The 61st edition of the Chicago International Film Festival has boasted an unusually strong lineup of high-quality titles from around the world, including such significant works as “The Secret Agent,” “The Mastermind,” and “It Was Just an Accident.” However, if I had to pick just one favorite, I would have to go with “Silent Friend.”…
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Two New Dinosaur Fossils Emerge From the ‘Mummy Zone’
A pair of Edmontosaurus specimens found in a Wyoming dig help researchers to understand the process that led them to be mummified.
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Fossils of Some of the Last Dinosaurs in North America Have a Story to Tell
A trove of specimens from New Mexico may help settle a long-running argument about the diversity of dinosaurs before their extinction.
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Videos of What Happens When a Venomous Snake Strikes
High-speed video helped researchers to get close-ups of the attack strategies of three snake families.
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Braun Strowman, W.W.E. Star, Eats His Way Across America
Braun Strowman was once the W.W.E.’s “Monster of All Monsters.” Now he orders it all on his new TV show, “Everything on the Menu.”
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Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy
While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.
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Trump Pardons Changpeng Zhao, Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance
Changpeng Zhao, the richest man in crypto, had admitted to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists and other criminals to move money on Binance.
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Target to Cut 1,800 Corporate Jobs in Efficiency Drive
The retail chain’s incoming chief executive, who will take over in February, cited “too many layers and overlapping work” in a memo.
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Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order.
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Trump Official Says U.S. Can House Migrants at All of Its Overseas Bases
A Justice Department lawyer made the claim in response to a challenge to the administration’s use of the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold detainees designated for deportation.