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WWI soldier's postcard from home helps unite his family after a century kget.com/national-news/wwi-s…

WWI soldier’s postcard from home helps unite his family after a century

ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite distant descendants more than a cen…

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Dollar General says 2,000 items will actually cost $1 or less. What's included? kget.com/news/consumer-finan…

Dollar General says 2,000 items will actually cost $1 or less. What’s included?

Dollar General is refocusing on the price point that inspired its name. The discount retailer will offer 2,000 items for sale for $1 or less, CEO Todd Vasos said in an earnings call this month.

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Screwworm meds for dogs, cats get emergency authorization. Should you get them for your pet? kget.com/hill-politics/screw…

Screwworm meds for dogs, cats get emergency authorization. Should you get them for your pet?

After the flesh-eating New World screwworm was identified in a small dog in New Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration announced it was granting an emergency use authorization to a medication tha…

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Buc-ee's to open westernmost location soon, with more new stores on the way kget.com/national-news/buc-e…

Buc-ee’s to open westernmost location soon, with more new stores on the way

Buc-ee’s is heading where it’s never been before: the West.

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Tabasco Sauce: 150 years of American culinary history kget.com/celebrate-250/tabas…

Tabasco Sauce: 150 years of American culinary history

You’ve heard the phrase, “As American as Apple Pie.” But nothing is more American than Tabasco Pepper Sauce.  

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Using cannabis for sleep isn't harmless – it can trap people in a cycle of dependency kget.com/national-news/using…

Using cannabis for sleep isn’t harmless – it can trap people in a cycle of dependency

For millions of people, cannabis has become the unofficial prescription for lost sleep. But what feels like a solution may be quietly making the problem worse.

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Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs kget.com/national-news/ap-so…

Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs

A first-of-its-kind law in New York could force 3D printers sold for homes and business to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns. The new requirement, also under consideratio…

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Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that 'disparaged' US kget.com/national-news/ap-ju…

Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that ‘disparaged’ US

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks to not display elements that “inap…

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Cavaliers guard James Harden arrested in Houston kget.com/sports/cavaliers-gu…

Cavaliers guard James Harden arrested in Houston

James Harden is facing charges after he was arrested early Saturday morning in Houston, Texas.

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Unhealthy air quality in California city as huge warehouse fire burns for 3rd day kget.com/national-news/ap-un…

Unhealthy air quality in California city as huge warehouse fire burns for 3rd day

TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Officials in a Northern California city urged people sensitive to smoke to keep indoors as firefighters spent a third day Saturday battling a fire in a huge medical equipment w…

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Rogan vents frustration with Trump agenda: ‘What the f--- are we doing?’ kget.com/national-news/rogan…

Rogan vents frustration with Trump agenda: ‘What the f— are we doing?’

“You just get fed up.”

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525,645 packages of macaroni and cheese recalled nationwide: FDA kget.com/national-news/52564…

525,645 packages of macaroni and cheese recalled nationwide: FDA

Undeclared allergen alert.

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A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide kget.com/national-news/ap-a-…

A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide

A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immi…

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Reality star Lisa Vanderpump's hotel debuts on Las Vegas Strip kget.com/national-news/reali…

Reality star Lisa Vanderpump’s hotel debuts on Las Vegas Strip

The 188-room boutique hotel at the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South has made its transition.

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Animal born on Ohio farm may be extremely rare: 'I thought I was crazy' kget.com/national-news/anima…

Animal born on Ohio farm may be extremely rare: ‘I thought I was crazy’

A barnyard baby daddy mystery is unfolding with a unique birth in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

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Trump says Iran deal 'scheduled to be signed' Sunday, trashes Obama-era pact kget.com/national-news/trump…

Trump says Iran deal ‘scheduled to be signed’ Sunday, trashes Obama-era pact

“…A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON!”

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Delano City Council to formally approve renaming park, street named after Cesar Chavez kget.com/news/local-news/del…

Delano City Council to formally approve renaming park, street named after Cesar Chavez

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The process of renaming city facilities named after the late labor leader Cesar Chavez is already underway as the Delano City Council is set to formally approve t…

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‘Disclosure Day’ ends where the film should have started kget.com/community/ricks-rev…

‘Disclosure Day’ ends where the film should have started

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A better name for “Disclosure Day” would be “Disappointment Day.” Director Steven Spielberg has crafted a beautiful looking film designed to pose life-changing qu…

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3 more deaths linked to man accused of murder in Southern California kget.com/national-news/3-mor…

3 more deaths linked to man accused of murder in Southern California

Dwight Rhone, 74, is facing four counts of murder linked to deaths in San Diego County dating back to 1993, including the discovery of human remains in a Southcrest home in 2025.

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US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan's prime minister says kget.com/national-news/ap-us…

US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working…

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