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Feb 12 2025BUSINESS

Unpaid Bills and Job Losses: How the Trump Administration's Actions Affect US Businesses

The abrupt halt to the U. S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) operations has left both large and small businesses in the United States facing a serious cash crunch. The freeze on foreign aid has left critical contracts incomplete and unpaid. This halt has led to massive job cuts, wit

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Feb 12 2025CRIME

Gunfire at Garden Oaks: A Death in the Morning

In a quiet Beaufort morning, just before sunrise, a tranquil neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. A person was found lifeless, with a gunshot wound, at the Garden Oaks Apartments on Salem Road. The Beaufort Police Department quickly responded to the scene, arriving just after 6:30 am

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Feb 12 2025CRIME

From Charity to Conviction

In the heart of South Carolina, a former high-ranking official from a well-known nonprofit is about to face the music after admitting to stealing government funds. Ashley Ingram, 34, a former director at Habitat for Humanity of Central South Carolina. Ingram is due to be sentenced at the Matthew J.

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Health Pathfinders: Unwinding the Threadof Health Facts

Understanding why some people thrive with health while others struggle is complicated. We know money is important but does that even the playing field? Money and stable housing matter because they take up a lot of the factors that affect health between 30% to 60% of the time! The reason researchers

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Feb 11 2025SPORTS

No Three-Peats In The NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs' hope of winning three consecutive Super Bowls was dashed on Sunday. That ended their chance to be the first NFL team to achieve this feat. This means that after 60 Super Bowls. This is a big deal. No team has managed to win three Super Bowls in a row. The NFL stands

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Feb 11 2025POLITICS

Federal Judge Thwarts Massive Funding Freeze in Bold Ruling

In a decisive move last week, a federal judge in Rhode Island commanded the federal government to lift all frozen funds immediately. The directive from Judge John J McConnell Jr came after he noticed that federal officials were not following his earlier instructions to unfreeze billions of taxpayer

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Small Molecules Glow Brighter when Brought Together

Did you know that some tiny molecules can change color and glow when they are together in water? Scientists have found a new way to make these molecules do this trick by adding a special ring to them. This makes the molecules change color in different liquids and even glow brighter when they are gro

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Flu Fever Sweeps Across America

This winter, the U. S. is battling a fierce flu outbreak Doctors' offices across the country are bustling with patients complaining of flu-like symptoms. It turns out this flu season is the worst in 15 years. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that last week, the nu

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Feb 11 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Hidden Beauty Found Beneath Picasso's Canonical Art

Imagine discovering an unknown painting hidden underneath world-famous artwork. The spirit of Picasso's Blue Period painting, "Mateu Fernández De Soto, " comes alive today. This painting is centuries old. It's widely recognized for displaying underprivilege and melancholy. Young Pablo Pica

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Uncovering the Power of Therapist Responses

Psychotherapy is a complex dance between the patient and the therapist. One key move in this dance is how the therapist responds to the patient. Two common types of responses are therapist self-disclosure (TSD) and therapist self-involving (TSI) interventions. TSD involves the therapist sharing

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