President Donald Trump's 2026 budget plan would slash nondefense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing ...

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Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher, was confirmed in January as the world's oldest person. She would have turned 117 on May 27.

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The Coens are masters at dialogue and here's some of their best work. The Coen Brothers have been writing some of the very ...