Nation and World
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Supreme Court takes on accountability for police shootings
Jan 22, 2025 4:43 pm - The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to make it somewhat easier for individuals to try to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force, in a case involv...
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Woman whom prosecutors called ‘slut puppy’ can challenge death sentence
Jan 22, 2025 4:43 pm - When Brenda Andrew was on trial over allegations that she conspired with her lover to murder her estranged husband, witnesses testified about the revealing clothing she w...
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Ku Klux Klan flyers in Kentucky order immigrants to ‘leave now,’ police say
Jan 22, 2025 4:42 pm - Police are investigating after racist flyers purportedly issued by the Ku Klux Klan that directed immigrants to “leave now” and “avoid deportation” were found in several ...
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Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun
Jan 22, 2025 4:27 pm - A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed per...
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A 1,000-pound moose fell into an icy lake. Rescuers had to get creative.
Jan 22, 2025 2:23 pm - It was a bitterly frigid morning in northern New York when a passerby saw an alarming sight: A roughly 1,000-pound moose plunged into a semi-frozen lake. Upon closer insp...
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Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension
Jan 22, 2025 1:05 pm - Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops.
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Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills
Jan 22, 2025 1:01 pm - It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
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White House sidelines staffers detailed to National Security Council, aligning team to Trump agenda
Jan 22, 2025 11:57 am - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda, Trump administration officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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How Trump’s security clearances order could make the U.S. vulnerable
Jan 22, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump’s plan to grant temporary security clearances to anyone he chooses opens the door to breaches and even espionage, experts and former officials say.
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Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says
Jan 22, 2025 8:27 am - A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.