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Investigators struggled to identify suspect while Brown University gunman went on to kill again, timeline shows
By the time it finally ended, five full days after the shooting, the manhunt for the Brown University gunman surpassed the four-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers and was on par with the five-day pursuit of Luigi Mangione in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting case. In the days the gunman was on the run, investigators say he went on to…
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner Nenko Gantchev dies in ICE custody; family and congresswoman call for ‘immediate investigation’
CHICAGO (WLS) — A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during the recent fall immigration enforcement ‘blitz’ has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Michigan private prison. Nenko Gantchev, 56, died Monday at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, MI, which is contracted by ICE to hold undocumented migrants. After multiple inquiries…
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Newly released Epstein files include many already public documents : NPR
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005. Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images The Justice Department has released a trove of documents related to the life, death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that have already been made public from prior disclosures. Others are filled with heavy redactions. Among…
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Trump plans to break up NCAR, a critical climate and weather research center : NPR
President Trump references a map while talking to reporters about Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 4, 2019. The map appears to have been altered by a black marker to extend the hurricane’s range to include Alabama. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in…
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Brown shooter; Epstein files; Trump Kennedy Center : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The suspect in the Saturday shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, according…
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Kennedy Center board votes to rename in honour of Trump, White House says | Donald Trump News
The administration of Republican Donald Trump has announced that the board for the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has moved to rename the institution after the sitting president. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the change on social media on Thursday, saying the Trump-appointed board had made the decision earlier in the day. Recommended Stories list…
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‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States. January saw the abrupt suspension of key operations across the National Institutes of Health, not only disrupting clinical trials and other in-progress studies but stalling grant reviews and other activities necessary to conduct research. Around the same time, the Trump administration issued executive orders…
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INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Americans deserve access to the best medical treatments and research infrastructure in the world. In 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed a review of the landscape of medical use…
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Pope Leo XIV names Bishop Ronald Hicks as new archbishop of New York
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, replaces the retiring…
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Treasury Increases Pressure on Iran’s Sanctions-Evading Shadow Fleet
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is placing further pressure on the Iranian shadow fleet, which exports Iranian petroleum and petroleum products through deceptive shipping practices. OFAC is targeting 29 shadow fleet vessels and their respective management firms that have transported hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum products. Today’s action…
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