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ICE shooter in Minneapolis identified as Jonathan Ross; court records reveal he was previously dragged 100 yards by a fleeing car

Court documents say Ross got his arm stuck in a vehicle’s window as a driver fled arrest in Bloomington, Minnesota. Cuts to his arm required 50...

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Meet an Oregon cafe where American Sign Language is the default way to order

The cafe — owned by CymaSpace, a nonprofit that makes art accessible to the Deaf community — also hosts weekly ASL meetups and game nights.

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New Haven mayor says police chief admitted to stealing money from department, accepts retirement

Mayor Justin Elicker called the allegations “shocking" and a “betrayal of public trust.”

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops bid for reelection, citing ‘extraordinarily difficult year for our state’

Less than four months after launching his reelection campaign, Walz called it off.

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Chevron stock is spiking after the U.S. raid on Venezuela

The price of U.S. crude oil gained 1% after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a weekend raid.

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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died.

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Small plane crash at Cape Cod airport leaves pilot dead

A small, private plane crashed at the Provincetown Municipal Airport on Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon, catching fire and killing the pilot.

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‘It was the chillest dog I’ve ever seen in my life’: Rhode Island firefighters rescue yellow lab trapped in ice

“The dog never made a sound," said Steve Howard, deputy chief of the Misquamicut Fire Department, in a phone interview on Friday. "He was pretty...

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‘This isn’t how I thought the story would go’: Sprinkles Cupcakes founder mourns company shutdown after starting in her kitchen

Private equity has come for your favorite vending machine cupcake.

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Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack

A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to...

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Cash machines in this former communist country issue euros for the first time after becoming the 21st member of the currency union

The country of nearly 6.7 million people was one of the poorest when it first became a member of the European Union in 2007.

03.01.2026 5

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Runaway boulder on Indiana Jones set rolls over Disney World worker

“We’re focused on supporting our cast member, who is recovering," Disney said in a statement.

02.01.2026 10

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Meta claims ‘no continuing Chinese ownership interests in Manus AI’ after reported $2 billion deal to shore up in AI agent race

Manus, a Singapore-based platform with some Chinese roots, launched its first “general-purpose” AI agent earlier this year.

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Ilhan Omar urges Americans not to blame the Somali community for the actions of a relative few as FBI investigation surges

Minnesota has been under the spotlight for years for Medicaid fraud, including a $300 million pandemic case involving the nonprofit Feeding Our...

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Putin ally Alisher Usmanov agrees to pay $11.8 million fine to resolve German federal probe

The Uzbek-born Russian billionaire, who was reelected as president of the International Fencing Federation last year, has faced EU sanctions since...

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Crackdown on anti-ICE TikToker backfires as judge throws out case for lack of access to lawyers in immigration detention

U.S. authorities say Carlitos Ricardo Parias is a Mexican citizen living in the country illegally. A judge dismissed the case with prejudice.

30.12.2025 5

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Orlando’s iconic swans are dead. Authorities suspect bird flu

The deaths of the swans at Lake Eola don't appear to be suspicious, Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan said Monday on social media.

30.12.2025 7

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National Guard to patrol New Orleans for New Year's a year after deadly attack

A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New...

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Homeland Security investigates Minnesota for apparent fraud costing taxpayers as much as $9 billion

A federal prosecutor alleged earlier in December that half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 programs in...

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Interoceanic Train derails in southern Mexico, injuring at least 15 and halting traffic on line

The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz derailed as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda.

29.12.2025 5

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Midair helicopter crash in New Jersey leaves one dead and another critically injured

The FAA described the crash as a midair collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and Enstrom 280C helicopter over Hammonton Municipal Airport.

29.12.2025 5

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One person is dead and another is injured in midair helicopter crash in New Jersey, officials say

One person was killed and another was left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in southern New Jersey on Sunday, officials said.

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Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant...

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Winter storm snarls travel across US, thousands of flights canceled or delayed

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to U.S. roads and...

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Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65

Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65.

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Your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill. Here's what you can do about it

Roughly a third of the time, returns don't make their way to another consumer. Because frequently, it's not worth reselling.

27.12.2025 5

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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is among the U.S. defense execs and companies sanctioned by China over arms sales to Taiwan

The sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the...

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Dominion Energy Virginia sues over Trump order to halt offshore wind project, calling it ‘arbitrary and capricious’

Dominion called this week's order “the latest in a series of irrational agency actions attacking offshore wind and then doubling down when...

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The Powerball prize now stands at $1.7 billion. Here are the biggest jackpots in history—and where the winning tickets were sold

The U.S. has seen more than a dozen lottery jackpot prizes exceed $1 billion since 2016.

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He promised investors 10% gains. Now, he’s accused of using their money for sailing excursions in an alleged Ponzi scheme

Authorities accuse a Colorado man of operating an investing scheme and funding his own luxurious lifestyle.

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Republican lawmaker and notable Trump critic Ben Sasse announces stage 4 cancer: ‘Now marching to the beat of a faster drummer’

“I’m not going down without a fight," said the Ivy League-educated father of three.

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Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Christmas Day 2025

While many major retailers are closed, here are some stores that are open on Christmas Day.

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The shortest day of the year has arrived. Here's what to know

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead.

21.12.2025 10

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Johnson & Johnson hit with another giant asbestos-talcum powder verdict: $65.5 million in Minnesota

Jurors found for the 37-year-old plaintiff, who used J&J's baby powder throughout her childhood and later developing mesothelioma.

21.12.2025 10

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Top advisor to Zohran Mamdani resigns over antisemitic old tweets despite now being married to a Jewish man and having Jewish children

"As the mother of Jewish children, I feel a profound sense of sadness and remorse at the harm these words have caused,” Catherine Almonte Da Costa...

19.12.2025 5

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Devin Nunes and Trump Media get in bed with Google-backed nuclear fusion company in surprise $6 billion merger

The combined company says it plans to find a site and begin construction next year on the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant."

18.12.2025 4

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The Oscars will leave longtime home of ABC in 2029, move to YouTube

ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars.

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FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash

MIAMI (AP) — FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for...

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(Legal) weed kingpin Duke Rodriguez runs for governor in New Mexico

After several high-profile potential Republican candidates passed on the race, the Ultra Health president and chief executive decided to make his...

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MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, shot and killed in his home in Brookline, Mass.

Loureiro, who was married, grew up in Viseu, in central Portugal, and studied in Lisbon before earning a doctorate in London, according to MIT.

17.12.2025 4

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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025 is 'slop,' and here's why

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability...

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'I’m dying. I can’t breathe': Scenes of death, fear and chaos follow Bondi Beach shooting

As the sounds of bullets rang out and the bodies fell, the young mother threw herself on top of her 5-year-old son and prayed.

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‘A hundred years is not enough’: Dick Van Dyke celebrates 100th birthday, hungry for more

As part of the celebration of Van Dyke's birthday, theaters are showing a new documentary about his life, “Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration."

14.12.2025 10

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Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ actor famous for ‘Zed’s dead’ line, dies at 60

In 1994, he played the memorable villain in Quentin Tarantino's “Pulp Fiction," and a leading villain opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in “The...

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Danish intelligence report warns of U.S. economic leverage and military threat under Trump

“China and Russia, together with other like-minded states, are seeking to reduce Western–and particularly US–global influence," the report said.

14.12.2025 10

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Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

(The Associated Press) — Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he...

13.12.2025 4

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Netflix’s $11 million funding for a director’s sports cars and luxury mattresses—not a show—leads to fraud conviction

Carl Erik Rinsch, 48, never finished the show. His sentencing date is set for April.

12.12.2025 10

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Arkansas becomes first state to cut ties with PBS, saying $2.5 million membership dues ‘not feasible’

PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency's Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said.

12.12.2025 10

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Oracle’s huge AI bets are spooking Wall Street—a 12% plunge wiped out the market’s early gains

Nvidia was still the single heaviest weight for the S&P 500.

11.12.2025 4

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TV producer behind ‘I Married a Murderer’ makes FBI Most Wanted list on claim she got a $14.7 million bank loan as a fake heiress

Mary Carole McDonnell, 73, is believed to be in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the FBI said on Dec. 5.

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