Category: U.S. News
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s federal government employee buyout
The ruling came just hours before the deadline for employees to take the offer. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration and DOGE head Elon Musk from implementing their “Fork in the Road” federal employee buyout offer until at least Monday afternoon. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. set a Monday afternoon hearing to…
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What the world thought of US debate
The first showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was closely watched not only in the US but around the world. The debate in Philadelphia featured some tense exchanges on foreign policy between the two presidential candidates. From Beijing to Budapest, here’s how the debate went down, according to BBC foreign correspondents. Mentions of Putin…
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At least 7 shot, all under age 17, in mass shooting near Indianapolis mall
Police have not yet identified a suspect. One of the children is in critical condition. Seven children were injured in a shooting outside a mall in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday night, police said. Indianapolis police officers were on patrol when they heard gunshots just after 11:30 p.m. and arrived on a block outside Circle Centre…
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A ‘cowboy ski town’ where high earners can’t afford a home faces a housing battle
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Despite offering a salary of $167,000, the city of Steamboat Springs can’t find a head of human resources who can afford a place to live in the remote Colorado community surrounded by ranches and famous for training Olympic athletes. At the Steamboat hospital, doctors willing to pay more than $1 million…
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Florida man pleads guilty to smuggling thousands of turtles to Hong Kong and Germany
A Florida man pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of turtles to Germany and Hong Kong and falsifying documents to conceal his crimes. John Michael Kreatsoulas, 36, of Alva, Florida, sold wildlife through his business Omni Reptiles Inc., an unregistered business of domestic and international wholesale trade of wildlife, the Justice Department said in a news release Wednesday. Kreatsoulas…
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3 former residents allege they were abused as teens at a state-run juvenile home in Wyoming
Three former residents of a state-run juvenile home for boys in Wyoming allege in a federal lawsuit that they were placed in solitary confinement for extended periods of time, in one case for 45 days, held in restraint chairs for hours and deprived of food. They allege in the lawsuit filed Monday in Wyoming District Court that…
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Wendy Williams’ publicist slams documentary, says it ‘exploits’ TV star
Shawn Zanotti, a publicist who began working with Williams in 2021, said the former daytime talk show host would be “mortified” to see the two-part Lifetime docuseries. Wendy Williams, the former daytime talk show host, is the focus of an explosive documentary that some critics are calling exploitative. In the new two-part Lifetime docuseries, “Where Is Wendy…
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2 men found guilty of murder in Jam Master Jay killing
Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington were accused of killing Jam Master Jay — born Jason Mizell, who co-founded Run-DMC in the early 1980s — in a drug deal. Jam Master Jay in 1986. A jury found two men guilty of murder in the killing of hip-hop icon Jam Master Jay in a New York City recording…