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#MissingPerson #FBI #CrimeInvestigation
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FBI releases description of suspect, increases reward in Nancy Guthrie case
A man is seen on Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera on the morning of her disappearance. FBI X account hide caption
The FBI has released additional details about the person caught on surveillance video at Nancy Guthrie's house the morning of her disappearance, describing the man as 5-foot-9-inches to 5-foot-10-inches tall and of average build.
#Bangladesh #Elections2024 #PoliticalChange
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A historic election in Bangladesh brings BNP to power. What to know about its leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, claimed victory Friday in the first elections held since the previous government was toppled in a student-led revolution in 2024.
#Vaccines #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy
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RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of health and human services in the Oval Office on Feb. 13, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
One year after taking charge of the nation's health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
#PublicHealth #FundingCuts #LGBTQHealth
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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
President Donald Trump's administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday.
#PublicHealth #FundingCuts #LGBTQHealth
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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
President Donald Trump's administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday.
#GoldmanSachs #KathyRuemmler #LegalEthics
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Goldman Sachs' top lawyer to resign after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK -- Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an "older brother" and downplayed his sex crimes.
#Polymarket #PredictionMarkets #MilitaryOperations
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Israel accuses two of using military secrets to place Polymarket bets
An example of Polymarket trades on military operations between Israel and Iran. Prosecutors in Israel have not identified which trades in particular are under investigation.
#MentalHealth #JuvenileJustice #ChildWelfare
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Report finds children with mental health diagnoses often incarcerated instead of getting treatment
A new report from Congress has raised the alarm about children with mental health conditions being held in juvenile detention, rather than getting treatment.
#NorthKorea #KimJongUn #Succession
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Kim Jong Un's daughter close to being designated future leader, says spy agency
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader as he moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation.
#NorthKorea #KimJongUn #Succession
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Spy agency says Kim Jong Un's daughter is close to be North Korea's future leader
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader as he moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation.
#VoterID #ElectionIntegrity #VotingRights
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House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a long shot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.
#DemocraticPrimary #MidtermElections #PoliticalCampaign
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Analilia Mejia declares victory in NJ primary and credits progressive platform
Analilia Mejia, former political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, declared victory in a closely watched Democratic primary special election to fill the U.
#StudentLoans #DebtCrisis #FinancialAid
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Millions of student loan borrowers aren't repaying their loans -- and defaults are up
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Roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans late last year, with millions delinquent on their payments and sliding toward the same fate.
#ClimateChange #EnvironmentalRegulation #GreenhouseGases
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Trump's EPA plans to end a key climate pollution regulation
On Thursday, the Trump administration will rescind the central scientific finding that underpins much of the nation's climate pollution rules, its most aggressive action yet to halt initiatives that address planetary warming.
#SchoolShooting #TumblerRidge #GunControl
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Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday.
#JusticeDepartment #Politics #Accountability
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Pam Bondi to face questions from House lawmakers about her helm of the DOJ
Attorney General Pam Bondi delivers remarks at the Department of Justice on Feb 6, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill where she's expected to face questions about the Justice Department's targeting of President Trump's political foes and its handling of the Epstein files.
#GovernorsConference #Bipartisanship #PoliticalTension
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Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
WASHINGTON -- An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.
#FBI #ElectionIntegrity #2020Election
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The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims
ATLANTA -- An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County was initiated by a lawyer working for the Trump administration who also aided President Trump's efforts to try to overturn that election years ago, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.
#Immigration #HomelandSecurity #Congress
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Top 5 takeaways from the House immigration oversight hearing
Left to right, Rodney Scott, commissioner of U. S. Customs and Border Protection, Joseph Edlow, director of U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Todd Lyons, acting director of U.
#Pakistan #Afghanistan #BorderClosure
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Pakistan-Afghanistan border closures paralyze trade along a key route
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- For more than three months, Afghan truck driver Anwar Zadran has been parked in Pakistan with a truck full of cement he was supposed to transport from a factory in Nowshera district to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
#OzoneLayer #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience
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The ozone layer is still healing...thanks to science : Short Wave
ANNOUNCER: You're listening to Short Wave. From NPR.
EMILY KWONG: Hey, Short Wavers Emily Kwong here with a love letter to the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that acts like a sunscreen.
#ParkinsonsDisease #BrainHealth #Neuroscience
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This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms
The SCAN network, which links movement and thinking, appears to be a key brain area affected in Parkinson's disease.
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Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking.
#Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Justice
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Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions
WASHINGTON -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their connections with Epstein.
#TradeRelations #Infrastructure #CanadaUSRelations
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Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues.
