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Bus Bloodbath Sparks Rare Murder Charge

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Los Angeles prosecutors say a wrong-way, drug-impaired driver will face second-degree murder for a bus crash that killed two people.Story SnapshotProsecutors charged Bailee Lynn Rios with two counts of second-degree murder tied to a...

Congress Supercharges Fraud Crackdowns

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In a 352-72 vote, the House moved to make President Trump’s anti-fraud push a permanent force inside the Justice Department.Story SnapshotThe House passed H.R. 9576 to create a National Fraud Enforcement Division at the...

Runway Inferno After Boozy Cockpit?

Libya’s top prosecutor says two pilots flew a Turkish private jet while intoxicated before...

Impeachment Ambush Over Iran Strikes

A Republican lawmaker moved to impeach President Trump’s defense chief over the Iran war,...

Jaw-Dropping Math: $181k Per Poor Family

The federal government poured more than a trillion dollars into anti-poverty programs last year,...

Billion-Dollar Leak Exposed In California

California’s own auditors say preventable control failures let billions in fraudulent jobless benefits slip...

Judge Slaps Down 100-Kid Tycoon

A California surrogate mother says she found out who her baby's real father was...

Secrecy Wins? Justices Decline Parental-Rights Case

America’s highest court just left in place a policy that lets a Massachusetts school...

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Robot March Demands: Protect Human Jobs

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About 30 robots marched to Poland’s digital affairs ministry, demanding rules to protect human jobs from artificial intelligence.Story SnapshotAbout 30 robots rallied in Warsaw for clear limits on artificial intelligence use.Organizer Democratism warned of...

Court Clash Freezes USPS Ballot Crackdown

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The Supreme Court opened a path for President Trump’s election-integrity mail-ballot policy while lower courts keep throwing roadblocks in the way.Story HighlightsThe Supreme Court lifted one order blocking Trump’s mail-ballot executive order, giving the...

Hit Iran, Lose Oil — Stark New Warning

Iran’s top parliamentary leader warned that U.S.-linked energy sites in the Gulf are “exposed”...

Illegal Operative Tied To $1.3B Scam

A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted a Georgian national living in the...

Hung Jury Sparks Justice Meltdown

Senator Ted Cruz called the Lindsay Clancy mistrial “the modern O.J. Simpson trial,” turning...

State Department’s Chilling Travel Warning

The U.S. government now warns Americans to avoid Libya so strongly it suggests preparing...

TSA’s Nutty Crackdown Stuns Travelers

The Transportation Security Administration says peanut butter counts as a liquid in carry-ons, so...

Brace for Heatwaves — El Niño Accelerates

El Niño is not a one-off weather quirk; it is a basin-scale reorganization of...

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