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New Details of Minnesota School Shooting Emerge
Officials on Thursday released new details of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, in which 23-year-old Robin Westman killed two children and injured 18 others, revealing more victims, large caches of ammunition, and writings described as filled with hate.
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Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Seek Gag Order on Bondi, Noem
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a request Thursday asking a judge to impose a gag order on Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying their "barrage of prejudicial statements" threatens his right to a fair trial.
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Noem: States Should Lead Long-Term Disaster Recovery
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday criticized the inefficiency of federal disaster relief for the past 15 to 20 years, advocating reforms to prioritize immediate federal support and empower states to lead long-term recovery efforts.
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Supreme Court Allows Cuts in NIH Diversity Research Grants
A divided U.S. Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light on Thursday to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants linked to diversity initiatives.A federal judge in Massachusetts had blocked the planned cuts to the National Institutes of...
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Police: No Active Threat at Emporia State Univ.
Emporia, Kansas, police said no active threat has been identified at Emporia State University after reports of an active shooter at Newman Regional Health, WIBW reported.
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Philly Race-Based Doctor List Scrapped After Lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging a Philadelphia-area "Black Doctors Directory" has ended in a settlement that opens the listing to physicians of all races and renames it the "Community Health and Wellness Directory," Broad + Liberty reported.
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DNC Speaker: Americans Don't Care About Carjackings, Migrant Crime
In a presentation on crime at the DNC's summer meeting, Insha Rahman, vice president for advocacy and partnerships at the progressive Vera Institute of Justice, told the crowd that Americans don't care much about carjackings or crime committed by illegal immigrants.
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New Trial for 3 Memphis Ex-officers Convicted in Connection with the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men.U.S. District...
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D.C. Sandwich Thrower Faces Misdemeanor After Grand Jury Won't Indict
A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. has been charged with a misdemeanor offense after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday.
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CDC Gets New Acting Director as Leadership Turbulence Shakes Up Agency
Jim O'Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official.The official requested anonymity to discuss a personnel change that has not been...
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RFK Jr. to Med Schools: Add Nutrition Classes
Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's giving U.S. medical schools less than two weeks to "immediately" add comprehensive nutrition classes to their curricula.
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Teachers Unions Drop $40M Into Left-Leaning PACs
The grassroots education reform organization Defending Education (DE) reported that the two U.S. teachers' unions recently gave more than $40M to "leftwing" and "far-left political organizations."
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Vance: Milwaukee, Chicago Should Invite D.C.-Style Federal Assist on Crime
Vice President JD Vance promoted President Donald Trump's agenda Thursday, urging other cities like Chicago and Milwaukee to request federal assistance in tackling crime.
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White House: Possible D.C. School Shooting Averted
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that law enforcement in Washington arrested a juvenile overnight for "allegedly threatening violence towards a school," hours after the mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that killed two children ...
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WH Taps Chicago Area Naval Base in Immigration Efforts
The Trump administration is asking a Chicago Navy base to house ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents for the month of September, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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Pulte: Fed's Cook Doesn't Refute Fraud Claim
Lisa Cook did not refute any of the allegations of mortgage fraud in a lawsuit challenging her firing from the Federal Reserve board by President Donald Trump, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said Thursday.
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Hackers Expose 4.4M in US via TransUnion Data Breach
The consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a major data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million Americans, including their Social Security numbers, raising new concerns about identity theft and financial fraud, the Daily Mail ...
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US Won't Take Part in UN Human Rights Review
The United States will not take part in a United Nations review of its human rights record, saying that participation would signal support for the U.N. Human Rights Council, which President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from in February, Reuters first reported Thursday.
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S&P 500 Tops New Record as Nvidia Drives AI Rally
The S&P 500 notched a record high close Thursday after Nvidia's quarterly report fell short of investors' high expectations but confirmed that spending related to artificial intelligence infrastructure remains strong.
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Gmail Uses 'Partisan Filtering,' FTC Chair Alleges
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson alleged that Gmail uses what the commission calls "partisan filtering" and raised the issue in a letter to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company, the regulator said.
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Fla. Taxpayers May Lose $218M on Empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as Judge Orders Shutdown
Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz."The center may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late...
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RFK Jr. Probing Transition Drugs After Deadly Shooting
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is investigating medications used to support gender transitions and related surgeries and whether those drugs could have played a role in Wednesday's deadly church school shooting in Minneapolis.
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Judge Allows 9/11 Families' Case Against Saudis
A federal judge in New York has cleared the way for families of Sept. 11, 2001, victims to move forward with their long-running lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, rejecting the kingdom's latest attempt to have the case dismissed.U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels issued the...
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Trump Huddles With Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, Israel's Dermer
President Donald Trump met Wednesday with son-in-law Jared Kushner, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israeli official Ron Dermer to discuss the future of postwar Gaza, Axios reported. Dermer told the group Israel doesn't want to occupy Gaza long-term.
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Leavitt: Trump to Use Full US Power to Stop Drug Flow
President Donald Trump is committed to using all methods at his disposal to stop the flow of drugs coming to the U.S. from countries such as Venezuela, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.