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Broadway actress stabbed to death, suspect arrested
Smith's boyfriend was arrested and charged in connection with her murder, reports said.
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Chinese national sentenced to prison for smuggling reptiles in U.S. wildlife trafficking case
Lin shipped roughly 222 packages to Hong Kong between August 2023 and November 2024 containing an estimated 850 live turtles.
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Hochul and Democratic New York lawmakers haven't formally adopted Trump's 'no tax on tips' policy
Service workers are voicing their frustration with New York not adopting the new policy
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Appeals court rules Paxton can sue nonprofit for allegedly telling voters not to support Trump
Paxton sued the organization, Familias Immigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha (FIEL), in 2024, accusing the group of violating its own charter by engaging in political activities like lobbying, despite rules forbidding it from doing so.
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Senate rejects House-backed continuing resolution for ninth time as shutdown stretches into 15th day
The latest vote marked the ninth time that the Senate failed to advance or pass the legislation, prolonging the government shutdown past the two-week mark. The vote failed in a 51-44 split, with five senators not voting.
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Watch Live: Trump holds joint press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel
The press conference was expected to begin at 3 p.m. Eastern.
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Two teens accused of assaulting former DOGE staffer given probation
The 15-year-old boy was sentenced to 12 months' probation, while the girl pleaded guilty to simple assault and was sentenced to nine months' probation
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Kinzinger admits he alerted FBI to phone data obtained by J6 committee as bureau investigated Trump
Adam Kinzinger said he talked to the FBI in 2023 about the vast amount of phone data that the Democrat-led J6 Committee had obtained in their investigation into Donald Trump.
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SCOTUS appears skeptical of maintaining race-based districts
During oral arguments, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared skeptical of allowing states to explicitly use race as a criteria for drawing such districts.
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LA County declares emergency over ICE raids
The 4-1 vote came as federal law enforcement continues to target illegal aliens in the Los Angeles area.
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ICE, Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrest 120 illegal immigrants, 91 with a commercial driver's license
The top five states that the CDLs came from were California at 44, New York at 14, Pennsylvania at 12, Illinois at 11, and New Jersey at 3
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Supreme Court hears arguments regarding landmark Voting Rights Act, in Louisiana redistricting case
The justices will hear lawyers argue about whether states can consider race in drawing new congressional districts while seeking to comply with Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Florida judge temporarily halts Miami land transfer for Trump's presidential library
The judge made the decision after Marvin Dunn filed a lawsuit against Miami Dade College's Board of Trustees