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Speed-zone cameras outside Miami-Dade schools are generating over $2 million a month

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MIAMI — The privately run speed cameras stationed around about two dozen Miami-Dade school zones churned out roughly $17 million worth of tickets in eight months, according to a new memo.

Cameras operated by RedSpeed, a Chicago-based company, produced roughly 252,000 citations for drivers found to be moving at least 10 mph above the lower ...Read more

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St. Paul schools: 6,000 students to do online learning due to immigration actions

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — More than 6,000 St. Paul public school students have registered to learn online in the past week as the federal government’s immigration enforcement operation continues.

St. Paul Public Schools’ temporary online learning option takes effect Thursday and the deadline for families to register was Sunday. All 69 district ...Read more

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Prince Harry delivers tearful testimony on impact of news coverage

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In a visibly emotional moment, Prince Harry struggled to hold back tears as he ended his High Court testimony, telling the judge that U.K. tabloids have turned the life of his wife, Meghan Markle, into an “absolute misery.”

The Duke of Sussex wrapped up his testimony on Wednesday in his lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited, the ...Read more

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Ghislaine Maxwell won't answer questions before Congress without clemency from Trump, attorney says

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Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will have nothing to offer when she testifies before Congress next month unless she’s first granted clemency by President Donald Trump, her lawyer said Wednesday.

In a letter sent Tuesday to Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee probing ...Read more

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Ivanka Trump just jumped on a viral trend. 'Looking back to 2016!'

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Ivanka Trump has had quite the eventful start to 2026.

In a rare move, the first daughter has posted a handful of times on Instagram, starting with a New Year’s family ski vacation in Aspen.

The 44-year-old mother of three has also been out and about at home, sharing snapshots from a local food drive.

On Friday, the first daughter showed up...Read more

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Rep. Comer rejects Clintons' offer, will move forward with contempt of Congress vote

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Kentucky Rep. James Comer refused to conduct an interview with former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on their terms Tuesday, setting up a vote Wednesday in a U.S. House committee to hold them both in contempt of Congress.

The House Oversight Committee sought to depose the Clintons regarding their...Read more

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Appeals court reverses temporary ban on immigration agents retaliating against protesters and observers

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An appeals court has paused a temporary order blocking immigration agents from retaliating against peaceful protesters.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit sided with the federal government in a terse decision Wednesday that did not explain its reasoning.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a temporary injunction...Read more

A Pa. school district is being investigated by the Trump administration over its transgender policies

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PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the Great Valley School District in Chester County for a policy allowing transgender girls to participate in girls’ sports teams.

The probe — one of 18 investigations announced last week into transgender sports policies in K-12 districts and ...Read more

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Kaiser, PG&E to pay for new Oakland police recruits amid staffing shortage

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Police officers have left this city in droves over the past few years, but a newly revived cadet program — funded by two of the area’s largest local corporations — may offer a slight boost to the dwindling staffing levels.

Kaiser Permanente and the Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which are both headquartered in Oakland,...Read more

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Appeals court reverses temporary ban on immigration agents retaliating against protesters and observers

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An appeals court has paused a temporary order blocking immigration agents from retaliating against peaceful protestors.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sided with the federal government in a terse decision Wednesday, Jan. 21, that did not explain its reasoning.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a ...Read more

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North Carolina soldiers on standby for Minneapolis deployment, report says

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The Pentagon has reportedly ordered hundreds of additional active-duty U.S. soldiers to gear up for potential deployment to Minneapolis.

According to MS Now, a prepare-to-deploy order was issued Tuesday for members of an Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It comes days after the Pentagon issued a similar order...Read more

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Trump claims to have struck Greenland deal after bellicose Davos speech

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had “formed the framework of a future deal” on Greenland and backed away from his threat to impose tariffs on European allies who opposed the U.S. taking over the Arctic island.

Trump said he forged what he called a Greenland breakthrough during talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, ...Read more

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Veteran astronaut Suni Williams, part of the Boeing Starliner saga, retires from NASA

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For Suni Williams, 608 days in space was enough to call it a career.

The 60-year-old NASA astronaut who flew on three missions to the International Space Station, the most recent as part of the Crew Flight Test of Boeing’s Starliner, retired from the agency last month.

“Suni Williams has been a trailblazer in human spaceflight, shaping the...Read more

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'This is personal': Bill to create Charlie Kirk Day in Florida generates debate

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A Republican-backed bill to enshrine a “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance” advanced in the Florida Senate on Wednesday — but only after emotionally charged rebukes from Democrats and Black activists who condemned honoring the slain conservative leader, whom they say promoted divisive and discriminatory rhetoric.

The bill, filed by Sen. ...Read more

Fentanyl testing law named for California teen gets bipartisan Senate support

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WASHINGTON — Senators from both parties are advancing “Tyler’s Law,” legislation that would require emergency rooms to improve how they test for deadly fentanyl overdoses.

The bill, unanimously approved last week by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is named for Tyler Shamash, a Los Angeles teenager who died in...Read more

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Chicago paid $26.5 million in OT to ineligible employees, report says

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CHICAGO — Chicago doled out $26.5 million in overtime in recent years to government employees who should not have gotten it, according to a report released Wednesday by the city’s Inspector General.

Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the report by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg....Read more

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Colorado launches platform to report misconduct by federal officers

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DENVER — Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser rolled out a new online platform for residents to report misconduct by federal officers on Wednesday amid growing public concern about overreach and violence by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agents.

Weiser’s office has already received at least 180 complaints over the ...Read more

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Supreme Court wary of Trump's bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s claim that he has the power, acting alone, to fire Federal Reserve board governor Lisa Cook for a past mistake on a mortgage application.

Most of the justices said they were not convinced that what Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described as ...Read more

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'I won't use force' and other key quotes from Trump's Davos speech

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered a sharp critique of U.S. allies and rivals alike during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday, questioning Europe's political direction, casting down on NATO's reliability and reiterating his intent to push to acquire Greenland.

Speaking before an audience of global ...Read more

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Trump backs away from military force, says US has 'framework' for Greenland's future

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NUUK, Greenland — President Donald Trump retreated Wednesday from his most serious threats toward Denmark, easing trans-Atlantic tensions and lifting Wall Street after rejecting the prospect he would use military force to annex Greenland, a Danish territory and the world’s largest island.

Instead, the United States struck a “framework”...Read more