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20 attorneys general call for unmasking ICE agents

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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general urged members of Congress to pass legislation prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks to conceal their identity.

In a letter sent to members of Congress on Tuesday, the attorneys general called for legislation requiring Immigration and Custom ...Read more

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American kids' health is in decline, and they're dying at disproportionate rates, sweeping new study says

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PHILADELPHIA — American children today are dying at much higher rates than kids in similar countries. They’re also far more likely to suffer from a chronic disease than children in previous generations were.

That’s according to a new study from researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who dug through nearly two decades’...Read more

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GOP Sen. Moreno slams anti-drunken driving tech rules as Senate considers NHTSA nominee

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's top roadway safety agency assured lawmakers Wednesday of his commitment to reducing auto fatalities while sidestepping questions on more controversial topics, like the rollback of fuel economy regulations.

"Each year, we see approximately six million crashes, millions of injuries...Read more

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Suspect in FSU mass shooting that killed 2 to face trial in November

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The suspected gunman in a mass shooting that killed two people at a Florida State University campus earlier this year is set to go on trial in November, a judge said Wednesday.

Phoenix Ikner, 20, is accused of killing two people and wounding several others after opening fire near the university’s student union just before lunchtime on April ...Read more

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Deportation flights, lawsuits and expansion: What's next for Alligator Alcatraz?

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MIAMI — The tents, beds and pens have been erected in the Florida Everglades, and hundreds of migrants have been shipped to the detention facility the state is calling Alligator Alcatraz.

Now what?

The site, built in eight days on a municipal airstrip located within the Big Cypress National Preserve, is part of a larger plan to expand ...Read more

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Trump signs into law bills long sought by Alaska congressional delegation to benefit Alaska Natives

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President Donald Trump has signed into law two measures long sought by Alaska's congressional delegation to benefit Alaska Native people.

The provisions, called the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act and the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act, had been repeatedly introduced by members of the Alaska congressional ...Read more

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Trump's Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance's 'big' bill sales pitch

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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance’s attempts Wednesday to sell Republicans’ massive tax and spending law to Pennsylvania voters were overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s clash with his base over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and mixed messages about potentially firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Trump spent much of ...Read more

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Preliminary 7.3 magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warning for southwestern Alaska

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck off of Alaska’s Aleutian chain on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas of the state.

The quake struck about 54 miles south of the community of Sand Point shortly after 12:30 p.m. at a depth of about 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological ...Read more

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Colorado wildfires: 5 fires on Western Slope destroy nearly 21,000 acres

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DENVER — Smoke continues to fill the skies of Colorado on Wednesday as firefighters battle five wildfires along the state’s Western Slope.

Four of the fires were sparked last Thursday during an afternoon storm and have continued to grow, together consuming nearly 21,000 acres, according to fire officials.

The fifth fire spread into ...Read more

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Florida AG ties 'weather modification' to Texas floods. There is no link, experts say

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Climate scientists and weather experts are clear: The deadly floods in Texas earlier this month were an entirely natural tragedy, with off-the-charts rainfall levels coming from lingering moisture from a nearby tropical storm.

That has not stopped unfounded conspiracy theories from spreading, mainly in extremist social media circles. Days after...Read more

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What feud? SpaceX launches competitor Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites

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Just because Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos aren’t the best of friends, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper will directly compete with SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for broadband internet, doesn’t mean everyone can’t still get along.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday with 24 of Amazon’s satellites from Cape ...Read more

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Commentary: Uncle Sam wants you... to rat on national parks that reflect true history

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Few initiatives of the Trump administration more seriously undermine our understanding of the nation’s past than Executive Order 14253 from March 27, which promises “to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments.”

The order directs the Interior secretary to cleanse all...Read more

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Rev. John MacArthur, influential evangelical pastor of California megachurch, dies at 86

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LOS ANGELES — The Rev. John MacArthur, among the country’s most influential evangelical pastors with a prolific media reach — and whose San Fernando Valley megachurch became the face of religious resistance to California’s COVID-19 public health orders — died Monday. He was 86.

MacArthur’s death was announced on the website of Grace...Read more

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DeSantis remembers removing former Broward County elections supervisor from office. He didn't

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Gov. Ron DeSantis, touting himself as someone committed to fraud-free, glitch-free elections, said Wednesday that he removed Broward County’s then-supervisor of elections when he came into office.

He didn’t. The county official in question, Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, was out of office for five weeks by the time DeSantis was ...Read more

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Russia attacks Ukraine's central regions as US envoy in Kyiv

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Russia launched a massive drone attack on Ukraine’s central regions overnight, hitting mostly civilian infrastructure and industrial enterprises.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih as well as the city of Vinnytsia, which has largely escaped assault to date, were bombarded by dozens of drones and ballistic missiles in ...Read more

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Vance Boelter plans to plead not guilty in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers

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MINNEAPOLIS — Alleged political assassin Vance Boelter is anticipated to plead not guilty at a future court appearance following a grand jury indictment accusing him of stalking and shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their families last month, according to his attorney.

Manny Atwal, Boelter’s federal defender, told the Minnesota Star ...Read more

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LA County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has resumed transferring jail inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the first time in years, despite local sanctuary policies that aim to shield people from deportation.

Eight inmates were released to ICE in May and a dozen more in June, according to sheriff’s ...Read more

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Hurricane center continues tracking system over Florida that could develop in Gulf

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The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday continued to project a medium chance that a system moving over Florida would emerge into the Gulf and develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical advisory, the broad area of low pressure had moved along the coast of the Florida Panhandle...Read more

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Former Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges corruption, misconduct in top ranks at NYPD

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NEW YORK — Thomas Donlon, a former federal agent who served as police commissioner last fall, sued New York Mayor Eric Adams and top current and former NYPD officials Wednesday, alleging they operated a “corrupt enterprise” that rewarded cronies and punished enemies at the expense of both the public and rank-and-file police officers, a ...Read more

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Columbia University adopts new definition of antisemitism, shuns pro-Palestinian group

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NEW YORK — Months into its fight to restore federal funding revoked by the Trump administration over antisemitism claims, Columbia University has adopted a new set of policies that include refusing to meet with a coalition of student protesters who pitched tents in support of Gaza.

The embattled school also agreed to adopt a definition of ...Read more