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West Virginia is sending hundreds of National Guard members to Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. The move announced Saturday comes as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and National Guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city…
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Thieves steal $2m in jewelry in under two minutes at Seattle store | Seattle
Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2m in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewelry store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said on Friday. Video from the west Seattle store’s surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers and then ransacking six display…
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Hurricane Erin becomes a Category 4 in the Caribbean : NPR
A warning flag flies on the beach as people swim in Condado, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin approaches on Friday. Alejandro Granadillo/AP hide caption toggle caption Alejandro Granadillo/AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday and continues to intensify, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is currently 150…
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Zelenskyy will meet Trump in Washington on Monday
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week after Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin ended without an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he held a “long and substantive” conversation with Trump on Saturday after the U.S. leader met Putin in…
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DC police chief retains command after deal with Trump administration
The Trump administration has rescinded an order replacing the District of Columbia’s police chief after an emergency court hearing. Washington DC’s police chief Pamela Smith will retain control of the force after the city sued over US Attorney General Pam Bondi naming the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as the district’s “emergency police commissioner”. The lawsuit asked a…
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell indicted after federal corruption investigation
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges of defrauding the city while trying to keep her romantic relationship with a police officer a secret, prosecutors said. Cantrell is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, making false statements and false declaration before a grand jury, according to a federal indictment filed Friday…
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Trump-Putin meeting live updates as leaders hold talks in Alaska over ending Ukraine war
4m ago How long will the Trump-Putin meeting last? The length of the talks will likely depend on how the meetings play out and how much progress the two sides make on the lengthy list of agenda items before them. A Kremlin spokesman predicted earlier in the day that the talks could take six or seven hours. The current…
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Hurricane Erin forms over Atlantic, the first of 2025 season. Maps show its path and forecast.
Erin strengthened into a hurricane Friday as the storm continued on a path over the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. It is the first hurricane to develop in the Atlantic this year, and it was expected to continue gaining strength, potentially growing into a major hurricane. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami have been urging people in the…
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DC Mayor Bowser travels to Martha’s Vineyard amid crime crackdown
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser clarified in a social media post Thursday that she’s flown to Martha’s Vineyard to pick her daughter up from summer camp. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser clarified in a social media post Thursday that she’s flown to Martha’s Vineyard to pick her daughter up from summer camp, though critics say she should’ve stayed in the city as…
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Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’
Facebook Tweet Email Link Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, warning of a “systematic assault on democracy” spurred by Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas. In a video of the 30-minute conversation obtained by CNN, Obama praised the Texas Democrats for standing up to…
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