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Titan submersible implosion caught on recording, Coast Guard says

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a chilling recording of what it suspects is the moment the Titan submersible imploded in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

The audio, captured by a moored passive acoustic recorder roughly 900 miles from the disaster site, starts out with a soft static and then a muffled boom. It ...Read more

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Kremlin says US to free a Russian prisoner under deal with Trump

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The Kremlin said it expects a Russian imprisoned in the U.S. to be freed under the deal with President Donald Trump that saw American school teacher Marc Fogel released by Russia.

The prisoner will be “returned to Russia in the coming days,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters Wednesday. He declined to name...Read more

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Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Kyiv before Bessent visit

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Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles, Ukraine said, a barrage that comes as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is poised to visit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of U.S. efforts to end the war.

The missiles hit the Ukrainian capital and the Kyiv region on Wednesday, Zelenskyy’s first aide, Andriy Yermak, said in a post on Telegram...Read more

LA County teen 'serial swatter' is sentenced to prison

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LOS ANGELES — A Lancaster teen was sentenced to four years in prison after making more than 375 hoax calls that included threats to detonate bombs, conduct mass shootings and "kill everyone he saw," authorities said.

The calls targeted high schools, colleges and universities, places of worship, government officials and individuals across the ...Read more

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Trump targets paper straw purchases by federal government -- and won't stop there

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President Donald Trump has declared the last straw. Or at least the paper ones used by federal agencies.

In an executive order this week, the president barred the federal government from buying paper straws — ensuring they will soon disappear from cafeterias and break rooms in government buildings throughout the country.

He’s not stopping ...Read more

Memorial for airline pilot killed in crash with Army helicopter is Feb. 15

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sam Lilley, the airline pilot killed in a midair collision with a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington on Jan. 29, will be remembered in a public memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Georgia Southern University Armstrong campus’ Fine Arts Hall.

Lilley’s funeral and burial will be a private service for friends and ...Read more

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Jet fuel pipeline that leaked into Pennsylvania's Bucks County wells should be shut down, legislators say

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PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania state legislators are asking federal authorities to suspend operations of a Sunoco pipeline that leaked jet fuel into the water wells of at least six homeowners in a Bucks County town.

The request sent Saturday by State Sen. Steven J. Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry S. Warren, both Democrats representing Bucks...Read more

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Lawmakers target looters in wake of arrests in Los Angeles-area burn zones

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LOS ANGELES — California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after over two dozen individuals were arrested in evacuation zones after the recent deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Three lawmakers have proposed a tough-on-crime approach classifying burglaries in emergency ...Read more

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A 'brush with catastrophe': Close call with Hughes fire stirs concerns about jail safety

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Through the glass window of the jail dayroom, Aaron Ortega caught a glance of a deputy's computer screen. It was Jan. 22, and the local news was featuring footage of a new blaze that had broken out in Castaic late that morning.

As he and a few of the men around him kept watching, they learned the flames were those of the Hughes fire. Suddenly, ...Read more

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Attacker posing as ICE agent punches, robs, nearly rapes woman in NY

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NEW YORK — A man posing as an ICE agent punched, robbed and tried to rape a woman in a Brooklyn Heights building, police said Wednesday.

The victim, a 51-year-old Hispanic woman, was waiting for a cab in the lobby of a building near Montague and Henry Sts. in Brooklyn Heights when she was confronted about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, cops said.

“He...Read more

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Jet fuel pipeline that leaked into Bucks County wells should be shut down, legislators say

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PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania state legislators are asking federal authorities to suspend operations of a Sunoco pipeline that leaked jet fuel into the water wells of at least six homeowners in a Bucks County town.

The request sent Saturday by State Sen. Steven J. Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry S. Warren, both Democrats representing Bucks...Read more

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Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block

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Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a GOP-controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people.

As the feds consider cuts to Medicaid, some states are already moving to end or...Read more

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Earth's inner core isn't just slowing, it's also shape-shifting, study finds

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LOS ANGELES — USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.

The planet's inner core was previously thought of as a hard, solid sphere. But a new study has found that its edges are softer than ...Read more

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House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

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More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds.

Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten ...Read more

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'The check is going straight to daycare': Florida's parents struggle with high cost of child care

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ORLANDO, Fla. — After graduating from Florida A&M University, Ruthie Critton and her husband moved to Eatonville, looking to raise a family in the town where she grew up. Critton accepted an administrative job at a law firm, where she hoped to work a few years before attending law school.

But when the couple’s first child was born nearly ...Read more

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6 men accused of kidnapping Chicago family, forcing a transfer of $15 million in cryptocurrency

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CHICAGO — Six men are accused of kidnapping three family members and a nanny from a Chicago townhouse in October and forcing a transfer of about $15 million in cryptocurrency assets before releasing them five days later near a dry cleaners, according to recently unsealed court records.

The five-day kidnapping is detailed in a 44-page FBI ...Read more

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Rubio tells staff to assign sex to transgender passport applicants

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WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department workers reviewing the passport applications of transgender people have been ordered to automatically categorize them as male or female based on evidence of their “biological sex at birth.”

U.S. consular workers were ordered to disregard requests by transgender people and other gender non-conforming ...Read more

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Judge says Treasury data limit applies to DOGE, not Secretary Scott Bessent

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A judge in Manhattan agreed that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent should be allowed to access sensitive federal government payments data during a lawsuit, even as Elon Musk’s government efficiency team will remain locked out for now.

The ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas is a partial win for President Donald Trump, ...Read more

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Family of kids who froze to death reached out at least 3 times to Detroit's homeless response team

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DETROIT — A family facing homelessness reached out at least three times to Detroit's homeless response team, including as recently as late November, before two children froze to death in a van in a casino parking structure on Monday.

A day later, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan called for a review of city services for homelessness, the city's ...Read more

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Sacramento State students protest Trump immigration policies, urge support from school

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Around 200 Sacramento State students gathered Tuesday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders that aim to enact mass deportations of immigrants and undocumented residents and end birthright citizenship.

They also protested what they said is an insufficient response from the university to threats of immigration ...Read more