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Trump wants to add official presidential retreat to his South Florida golf club

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For generations, presidents have come to South Florida to escape Washington without leaving the presidency behind.

Now, President Donald Trump wants to make that tradition official.

Trump on Wednesday publicly embraced a proposal to create a Camp David-style presidential retreat on the grounds of his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm ...Read more

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Mall of America planned for terror attacks years before foiled mass shooting

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The arrest of an 18-year-old who planned a mass shooting at the Mall of America has Minnesotans wondering: How safe is the mall?

Federal authorities this week arrested Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud and charged him with knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition to commit an act of terrorism. The arrest followed a two-year investigation that ...Read more

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ICE launches California immigration crackdown. Newsom calls it 'campaign of fear'

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The Trump administration is launching waves of ICE immigration operations across California over the next 45 days, the Washington Examiner reported this week. Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the statewide raids weeks before November’s midterm elections as a “campaign of fear.”

Dubbed internally as “Operation Safe California,” the Examiner ...Read more

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About 30 Alaska Native youths buried at boarding schools decades ago are now returning home

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Around 30 Alaska Native students who died more than 100 years ago at boarding schools designed to sever connections to their culture are returning to be reburied in their homelands.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, Alaska Native and Indigenous youths from across the U.S. were sent to boarding schools or other institutions operated by the federal...Read more

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Lindsay Clancy's attorney wants to argue dismissal at next court date

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Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is demanding an evidentiary hearing to support her post-mistrial motions that allege undue influence on the jury and argue her charges be thrown out on double jeopardy grounds.

“Ms. Clancy requests that the Court hold an evidentiary hearing on all motions set for November 2, 2026, or, in the alternative, to ...Read more

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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after long combat deployment in Middle East

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More than 10 months after sailing away from San Diego on what would turn into an arduous and twice-extended combat deployment — one that included launching some of the first attacks in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, and spending 264 straight days at sea amid troubling reports of food shortages and low crew morale — the USS Abraham Lincoln ...Read more

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Sean Combs' release date is delayed following prison perks allegations

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LOS ANGELES — Sean "Diddy" Combs' release date has been pushed back following allegations of a plush prison lifestyle.

The disgraced music mogul is currently serving a 50-month sentence after he was convicted of transporting prostitutes across state lines for drug-fueled sex performances known as "freak-offs."

While earlier October reports ...Read more

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, 'broke' after split from Trump Jr, begged donor for cash to pay Amex bill: report

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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s breakup from Donald Trump Jr., announced after the 2024 presidential election, may not have been her idea. But his father, incoming President Donald Trump, reportedly wanted to reward her for her hard work on his campaign and offered her a consolation prize: He nominated her to be his U.S. ambassador to Greece.

Guilfoyle,...Read more

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What to know about a foiled terror plot at the Mall of America

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Federal authorities have arrested an 18-year-old man from the Twin Cities who is accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at the Mall of America.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, of Richfield, was charged with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to ...Read more

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Suspect arrested for murder for pushing girlfriend and infant off 15th-floor Bronx balcony

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NEW YORK — The suspect wanted for pushing his estranged girlfriend and her infant daughter off their 15th-floor Bronx balcony, killing the woman, has been arrested — after his brother alerted cops the suspect was hiding out in the brother’s home, police said Thursday.

Angel Carrasco, 31, is accused of killing 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez, ...Read more

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Nessel accuses Blue Cross Blue Shield of running an illegal monopoly

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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, alleging the insurance giant created an illegal monopoly by conspiring to eliminate competition, driving up insurance premiums and causing health care providers to close or leave the state. ...Read more

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Trump says US won't attack Iran before midterm election

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. would not attack Iran ahead of November’s midterm elections, citing what he said were “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic.

“We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd,” Trump said in a social media post ...Read more

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NFL asks Supreme Court to let states regulate prediction markets

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The National Football League urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow state regulation of prediction markets in a stance putting it at odds with the Trump administration in a high-stakes clash.

In a court filing Thursday, the NFL told the justices that the “laissez-faire” approach federal regulators are taking toward prediction markets could ...Read more

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Fresno contractor who appeared on HGTV dies while hiking in Sequoia National Park

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A contractor who has appeared on HGTV died this week while hiking in Sequoia National Park, according to officials.

Kalem Peter Kazarian, 52, died Monday while hiking on Mt. Whitney at the park, the Tulare County Coroner's office confirmed to The Times. His cause of death hasn't been determined.

Kazarian appeared alongside hosts Koko and Nick ...Read more

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Feds arrest more than a dozen suspects in sweeping Skid Row drug crackdown

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Federal authorities said they made more than a dozen arrests Thursday in what they hailed as a sweeping operation targeting drug trafficking in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.

First Asst. U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli said in a post on X that federal authorities had executed 28 arrest warrants and 44 search warrants, part of what he dubbed “...Read more

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Nicolás Maduro and wife charged with ordering torture of Americans in Venezuela

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Federal prosecutors in New York filed a new torture conspiracy charge Thursday against former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, accusing them of directing a campaign of brutal repression that included the torture of political opponents and American citizens held in Venezuelan prisons.

The new 30-page indictment ...Read more

Missing student found after walking out of woods: 'Are you looking for me?'

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BALTIMORE -- Details have emerged on University of Maryland student Dilan Shaan Ashar, who was found Wednesday night and reunited with his family.

At a news conference Thursday, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines recalled receiving a phone call at about 7:30 p.m. with the words, “Darryll, we found him.”

The 22-year-old went ...Read more

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Will Isaias match Helene? National Weather Service forecasters address concerns

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Could Hurricane Isaias that strengthened in the Gulf Thursday deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains?

No, the Category 1 storm is not expected to be anywhere near the intensity of Category 4 Helene, National Weather Service forecasters said.

“Isaias is NOT expected to be ...Read more

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US probes Harvard, Stanford over scholar exchange visas

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The Trump administration is launching investigations into foreign exchange visa holders at nine top colleges including Harvard University, Stanford University and MIT, in its latest broadside against international students and scholars at elite schools.

The sweeping fraud probe is focused specifically on J-1 visa holders, who at universities ...Read more

Northern California bus crash that killed 6 was intentional, authorities say

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A fiery head-on collision between a pickup truck and a rural transit bus in Northern California that left six people dead earlier this year was intentionally caused and has been classified as a murder-suicide, authorities said.

On Jan. 14, a woman driving a Toyota Tacoma was high on methamphetamine when she purposefully crossed the center line ...Read more