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Monday March 3rd, 2025 morning edition

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POCATELLO – The last video rental store in Pocatello will live on in a small way, only for its most passionate customers.

He’s keeping these movies available to rent for only a small portion of his customer base, who have regularly come to the now-closed video rental store.

One of these customers is Christina Cavanaugh, who goes to Video Stop nearly every day with her mother, Toni Cavanaugh.

For Christina, 35, who has Down syndrome and is mostly nonverbal, going to rent a movie has been vital to her routine for at least the last 15 years.

Now that Christina will be able to continue renting movies, Toni feels like a weight has been lifted off her shoulders.

Video Stop has always been the mother and daughter’s go-to rental store, but they would go to others around Pocatello before they all closed.

This is because she first ordered “Babar: The Movie” from Video Stop and “Beauty and the Beast” from Great American Video. »

Elon Musk publicly supports call for US to exit NATO, UN

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed on March 2 with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the U.S. to exit NATO and the U.N. "I agree," he wrote in response to a post from a right-wing political commentator saying "it's time" for the U.S. to leave NATO and the U.N.

The news comes after several Republican lawmakers submitted a bill on the U.S. exit from the U.N., claiming that the organization does not align with the Trump administration's "America First" agenda.

The U.S. was among several countries, including Russia, Belarus, Israel, and Hungary, that voted against a U.N. resolution at the end of February condemning Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. »

Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia

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Canada introduced new sanctions on March 2 against 10 Russian individuals and 21 entities, including paramilitary groups.

The sanctions were announced by the Office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, following his participation the same day in the European leaders’ summit in London.

"To date, Canada has imposed sanctions on over 3,000 individuals and entities complicit in Russia’s aggression – and we remain committed to working with our partners to increase economic pressure on Russia," the statement said. »