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EPSTEIN, FILES, DOJ, RELEASE
A top Justice Department official said it could take weeks for all of the Epstein investigative files to be made public. Above, the department’s Washington headquarters, shown Friday, the legal deadline for the records to be released.
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BROWN, UNIVERSITY, MIT, SHOOTING
Brown University and MIT professor killer Claudio Neves Valente had been dead for two days when police found his lifeless body inside a New Hampshire storage facility following a nearly weeklong manhunt.
Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to
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TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, ADDED
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When President Donald Trump visited George Washington’s Mount
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REINER, ROB, NICK, MICHELE
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood, California home on Dec. 14.
The beloved actor and director gained national attention when he began starring as Meathead in "All in the Family" in 1971. After his time on the show,
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PLANE, BIFFLE, GREG, CRASH
NASCAR legend and family killed in fiery plane crash Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle died when a small plane crashed and caught fire during landing at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Thursday, family and officials say.
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STEFANIK, GOVERNOR, NEW, ELISE
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who previously served as the chair of the House Republican Conference, announced on Friday that she was suspending her campaign to be the next governor of New York, and that she would also not be seeking reelection to Congress.
In
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KIRK, TURNING, JD, POINT
Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president at tense conservative event
Vance, meanwhile, is scheduled to speak at the event on Sunday.
"We are going to get my husband's friend, JD Vance, elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible," Kirk said, referring
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SYRIA, ISIS, AMERICAN, TROOPS
It's a well worn phrase at times, "The chickens are coming home to roost," but that appears to be what is currently happening for ISIS terrorists in Syria from U.S, bombs on Thursday, in the aftermath of the attack that killed two U.S. Army members and a civilian
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VENEZUELA, SHIP, OIL, BLOCKADE
U.S. forces stop a 2nd merchant vessel off Venezuela coast, officials say
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WASHINGTON — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald
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PUTIN, UKRAINE, TALKS, NEWS
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said neither Ukraine nor Russia is anywhere close to surrendering, meaning a negotiated settlement is the only realistic way to stop the bloodshed.
“Wars end generally in one of two ways: surrender by one
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JUDGE, MIGRANT, JURY, AGENTS
A Milwaukee jury has convicted the pro-migration judge who smuggled an illegal migrant out of her courtroom and away from waiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan now faces up to five years in jail for
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TRUMP, NORTH, GOP, CAROLINA
Trump will revisit a North Carolina town, now the focus of a newly redrawn congressional district
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – President Trump will visit Rocky Mount, N.C., on Friday, capping off a week in
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OFFICERS, POLICE, SHOT, DOMESTIC
Police returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times and killing him.
3 police officers shot 'without warning' while responding to domestic call
Three police officers in Rochester, New York, were shot Friday night “without warning at close range” while
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TRUMP, DEMOCRATS, WAIT, SHOW
President Donald Trump likes to use a big number to anchor his point, especially when he wanders off on a tangent. Often it seems that a specific figure is on the tip of his tongue.
At this year’s ceremonial turkey pardon, Trump praised a farmer from Wayne
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CALIF, MAYOR, MARTINEZ, SOCIALIST
Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez is facing intense pressure to resign after he shared antisemitic Bondi Beach mass shooting conspiracy theories on a social media site.
Bay Area Jewish groups are demanding Martinez step down after he shared LinkedIn posts blaming
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DE, SCHEME, TREN, ARAGUA
Federal prosecutors say the Biden‑era border crisis produced one of the most brazen cybercrime cases in years. The Department of Justice charged 54 alleged members of the Venezuelan terror gang Tren de Aragua with using sophisticated malware to loot millions
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FRAUD, MASSIVE, MINNESOTA, REVEAL
Amid backlash over the wide-scale Minnesota Medicaid fraud scandal that has occurred under the leadership of Democratic Governor Tim Walz, some Democrats are dodging responsibility, but others have said Walz should be held accountable.
"I think any instance
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CALENDAR, ADVENT, SPACE, 2025
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale
Day 20 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Cosmic Cliffs. The James Webb Space Telescope peered inside a region at the edge of a gigantic gaseous cavity within the star cluster NGC 3324. The cluster, about
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LOSS, STAR, NACUA, PUKA
Los Angeles Rams star wide receiver Puka Nacua’s tumultuous Thursday began with an apology and ended with more controversial remarks.
In between, he had a career-best performance.
After catching 12 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns in Thursday's overtime
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BEAR, ANGELES, LIVING, ALTADENA
“Beary Christmas!”
The holidays are going to be a little less merry and a lot more hairy for the Altadena man with a 550 pound bear living under his house.
“You don’t really feel like having people over when there’s a big creature under your house,” explains
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TRUMP, CLIMATE, CONSERVATIVE, DECLARE
FIRST ON FOX: A handful of conservative energy and climate groups released a report outlining the top 10 challenges that rocked climate change activism in 2025, as President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a mandate to unleash American energy
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ROLL, PARDON, JELLY, COUNTRY
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday, clearing the Nashville native’s felony convictions in the state.
"His story is remarkable, and it’s a redemptive, powerful story, which is what you look for and what you hope for," Lee
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COLLEGE, FOOTBALL, PLAYOFF, ROUND
What to watch for in this weekend's College Football Playoff first round
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It's been an unpredictable and
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