Nation and World
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Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew
Dec 01, 2025 10:11 am - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September.
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Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules
Dec 01, 2025 9:41 am - PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor despite his administration’...
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Investigators urge witnesses of the deadly shooting at a child's party in California to come forward
Dec 01, 2025 7:59 am - Authorities in California urged witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child's birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretched into another day.
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Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims alike
Dec 01, 2025 7:56 am - Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and religious coexistence to a region torn by conflict.
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DHS swept Chicago to get ‘the worst’ criminals. Many have no record.Nov 30, 2025 3:56 pm - CHICAGO - Juan Manuel Armenta was at a bus stop en route to pick up his paycheck when he was approached by several armed men. The Department of Homeland Security had just...
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Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boatsNov 30, 2025 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the ...
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Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hopeNov 30, 2025 3:25 pm - BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-su...
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Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft and some flights are disrupted
Nov 29, 2025 9:23 pm - Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month.
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Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88
Nov 29, 2025 9:19 pm - British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88.
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Senate committee vows ‘vigorous oversight’ in killing of boat strike survivors
Nov 29, 2025 9:15 pm - The head of the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has pledged “vigorous oversight” after a Washington Post report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members during the first U.S. strike against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean earlier this year.