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Denny's set to close dozens more locations this year, though some openings planned too
Breakfast specialists Denny's will accelerate planned store closures in 2025 amid continued consumer shifts toward preferences for fast-food and take-out options.
Associated Press
Your immigration questions answered: What has changed under Trump, what hasn't and what's next
During President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security. During an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation on Reddit, U.S. immigration news editor Elliot Spagat discussed The Associated Press' latest coverage with Rebecca Santana, who covers the Department of Homeland Security, and Christopher Sherman, who is the news director for Mexico and Central America.
Associated Press
Daughters of Target's late co-founder raise concern over company's pullback on DEI efforts
The daughters of one of the co-founders of Target are expressing their alarm and shock at the discounter's recent moves to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack from conservative activists and of last month, the White House. In letters to the editor published Thursday in The Financial Times and the Los Angeles Times, Anne and Lucy Dayton said their father, Bruce Dayton, along with his four other brothers, expanded the Minneapolis department store into a massive brand that became Target that was built on two principles: a focus on the customer and the well-being of the community. Bruce Dayton died in 2015 at 97.
USA TODAY
Photos show President Donald Trump's 2023 mug shot framed outside the Oval Office
Donald Trump's mug shot, which was taken after he was arrested on election racketeering charges in Georgia in 2023, was seen hanging in the White House.
AFP
AP barred from Air Force One in 'Gulf of America' row
The White House said Friday it was indefinitely blocking Associated Press journalists from Air Force One and the Oval Office, escalating a row with the US news agency over its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."Budowich, the White House official, said that while AP would be barred from the Oval Office and the Air Force One presidential plane, AP journalists and photographers will retain their credentials to the White House complex. cl/acb
Associated Press
Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to launch his 2026 bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing announcements held over two days in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas, The Associated Press has learned. The 39-year-old biotech entrepreneur, a 2024 presidential candidate who left President Donald Trump's government efficiency initiative last month, will kick off his closely watched campaign at Cincinnati's CTL Aerospace Inc. He'll then head to New Albany, outside Columbus, to deliver remarks at Axium Packaging later that evening, according to a person close to the campaign who sought anonymity to discuss the unannounced details.
USA TODAY
Robert F. Kennedy now heads Trump's MAHA commission: What to know
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will chair it.
CNN
Thousands of probationary employees fired as Trump administration directs agencies to carry out widespread layoffs
The Trump administration broadened its effort to terminate thousands of probationary workers on Thursday, instructing agencies on a call to move forward with the layoffs.
CNN
Pope Francis, hospitalized for bronchitis, is in ‘fair’ condition, says Vatican
Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract infection,” the Vatican said Friday in what is the latest in a string of ailments that have raised concerns about the 88-year-old pontiff’s health.
CNN
Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter
A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges.
Yahoo Finance
Oil prices slip as 'demand picture remains in question' amid tariff risks
Oil swung from gains to losses on Friday to cap a week filled with tariff worries and concerns over US policy against oil producer Iran.
AFP
M23 fighters, Rwandan troops enter DR Congo's Bukavu: Sources
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.M23 fighters met little resistance as they seized the region's main airport while headed for Bukavu, security sources said.
Associated Press
From roses in Vietnam to engraved 'love locks' in Germany, the world celebrates Valentine's Day
For anyone who’s been searching for signs of love in this world, there was proof of it this Valentine’s Day on the Eiffel Tower, where a couple embraced in a kiss that was 674 steps above the avenues of Paris. Florists made bouquets in a flower shop in Lagos, Nigeria.
AFP
Vance tells Zelensky US wants 'lasting' peace
US Vice President JD Vance pledged Friday that Washington sought to secure a "lasting" peace as he held a first meeting with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Donald Trump's push for a deal with Moscow."We want to achieve a durable, lasting peace, not the kind of peace that's going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road," Vance said as the meeting wrapped up.
Associated Press
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air traffic controller to pass behind the plane, investigators said Friday. Homendy said the helicopter was on a check flight that night when the pilot was being tested on the use of night vision goggles and flying by instruments. Investigators believe the crew was wearing night vision goggles throughout the flight.
NBC News
Retail sales slumped 0.9% in January, down much more than expected
Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report Friday.
Reuters
Trump administration eyes canceling leases for space used by US judiciary
U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk's push to radically overhaul the federal government is now reaching the U.S. court system with a demand that the judiciary justify why the administration should not cancel leases for space it utilizes at 160 locations nationally. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the federal judiciary's administrative arm, in an internal memo issued on Thursday said it received the lease inquiry from the U.S. General Services Administration, which manages federal property for various parts of the government including the courts.
CNN
Indiana teen accused of plotting Valentine’s Day school shooting was obsessed with the Parkland mass shooter, police say
The suspect was grieving the death of their mother, bullied at school after being hit by a drunk driver and became fixated by mass shooters, police said.
Associated Press
Trump calls for withholding federal money from schools and colleges that require COVID vaccines
Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump. The order is expected to have little national impact because COVID-19 vaccine mandates have mostly been dropped at schools and colleges across the United States, and many states have passed legislation forbidding such mandates. The order directs the Education Department and Health and Human Services to create a plan to end vaccine mandates for COVID-19.
AccuWeather
Major snowstorm brewing for next week from Kansas to DC, Philly, NYC and Boston
A snowstorm could cause widespread disruptions next week from the southern Plains to the Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Should the storm develop to its full potential, it could deliver the biggest snowfall of the winter for millions of Americans. "The brewing snowstorm will have two key pieces associated with it, "AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathon Porter said. "Those being a fresh injection of Arctic air and the fact that it will be the caboose in

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