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Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint, Secret Service says

WASHINGTON | A person who opened fire Saturday on a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U.S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month. The law enforcement agency said in a preliminary […]

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Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants

WASHINGTON | The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda.” The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically […]

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Trump says a deal with Iran and opening of Strait of Hormuz are ‘largely negotiated’

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran on the war, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and other allies in the region. “Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump said on […]

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Southern California chemical tank at risk of exploding as 40,000 residents are ordered to evacuate

Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 residents with no timeline on when they can return. No injuries were reported after the pressurized tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors at a […]

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Baseball: Regis Jesuit rallies past Mountain Vista 3-2 to open 5A Championship Series

DENVER | Facing a league rival with its best pitcher on the mound — plus the usual heightened urgency of postseason play — made for a difficult challenge for Regis Jesuit as it opened the Class 5A Championship Series Friday afternoon. The third-seeded Raiders began the double-elimination tournament against sixth-seeded Mountain Vista, a fellow Continental League […]

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Judge finds evidence of vindictive prosecution in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. | A federal judge on Friday dismissed a human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding that the Justice Department’s pursuit of criminal charges was designed to punish him for challenging his mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year. The ruling amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of a Justice Department that under President […]

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Police arrest mother of 4-year-old Aurora boy in connection with his beating death

AURORA | A second person has been arrested in connection with what police say is the apparent beating death of a 4-year-old Aurora boy, police said Thursday. Destini Rose Lipsky, 23, of Aurora, was arrested in Colorado Springs and faces charges of child abuse resulting in death, police spokesperson police Agent Kristopher McDowell said in […]