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Experts worry that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
After President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on Monday, far-right activists cheered the move and said it strengthened their loyalty to him. Some also ...
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Alabama man charged with 11 homicides — including two mass shootings — pleads not guilty
An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September ...
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Deadline approaching for Virginia employers, organizations to submit 2024 tax withholding records
The deadline for Virginia employers or organizations to submit their records for withheld state income taxes in 2024 is ...
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Australian Open: Did the Happy Slam become the Angry Slam? Or is tennis just changing?
Things are somewhat out of control at the Australian Open this year, and that’s got only a little to do with the results on the courts. Yes, there were some ...
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Panic spreads in eastern Congo’s largest city as rebels battling the army close in around Goma
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...
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Kings Dominion confirms layoffs, full-time employees to receive severance pay
An unspecified number of employees at Kings Dominion were laid off on Wednesday, with full-time employees to receive severance pay, according to officials.
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Lawsuit says ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera failed to protect a girl from sexual abuse at a church camp
New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp ...
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Purdue Pharma owners could pay $7.4 billion in new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York ...
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Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs
President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose ...
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Spain’s leader wants the EU to ‘make social media great again.’ Here’s how
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is launching a crusade against what he sees as the downsides of social media. The Socialist leader wants the European Union, which ...
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Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk ...
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What to know about President Donald Trump’s order targeting the rights of transgender people
An executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people ...