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Jeff Bridges says his cancer is in remission after his "brush with mortality" battling COVID-19
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Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges said while his cancer is in remission, he caught COVD-19 during treatment, which "kicked my a** pretty good," he said in a handwritten note posted on his website.
The 71-year-old revealed his cancer diagnosis in October 2020. "I have been diagnosed with Lymphoma," Bridges said on Twitter after quoting his iconic "The Big Lebowski" character, The Dude. "Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good. I'm starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery."
On his website Monday, Bridges shared a post he wrote in March, but decided not to share until he got a handle on his COVID-19.
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Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a high-stakes meeting at this year's Munich Security conference to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Vance said the U.S. seeks a "durable" peace, while Zelenskyy expressed the desire for extensive discussions to prepare for any end to the conflict.
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Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who hadn't yet gained civil service protection - potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
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It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.