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U.S. Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign.
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What's next now that Trump has signed a bill releasing the Epstein files
President Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, there's a 30-day countdown for the DOJ to produce those records.
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Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and habitat
The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican's first term. Those changes were reversed under former President Biden.
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A fire in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes and forces evacuations
Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire that burned through old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan.
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Student escapes as authorities search for 24 other girls abducted in Nigeria
A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students.
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What to know about the F-35 fighter jet that Trump is selling to Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology.
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Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people
An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 13 people and wounded several others, state media and government officials said.
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The U.N. Security Council approves a U.S. plan for a Gaza stabilization force
The plan authorizes a security force in the devastated territory and envisions a possible path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote.
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FEMA acting chief David Richardson departs after 6 months on the job, officials say
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post, marking another disruption in a year of staff and policy changes. His leadership was questioned after he delayed responding to deadly floods in Texas.
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Bangladesh's ousted prime minister sentenced to death for role in protest crackdown
A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia.
