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Locked up by ICE, Haitian businessman, ex-presidential aspirant to remain in detention

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MIAMI — A prominent Haitian businessman and onetime presidential aspirant accused of collaborating with armed gangs in Haiti will have to remain in U.S. immigration lockup for now.

Pierre Reginald Boulos, who appeared in immigration court on Thursday, will have to return to court next month after a judge at the Krome North Service Processing ...Read more

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Supervisor in Las Vegas legally sold weapon to NYC gunman, lawyer says

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LAS VEGAS —An attorney representing the man who sold Shane Tamura a rifle used in a shooting spree that killed four people in Manhattan said the sale was legal.

“Rick Ackley legally sold a firearm to the suspect in the New York shooting and is not a suspect or considered to have any nefarious involvement,” the statement from defense ...Read more

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Trump says Witkoff to visit Russia, expects to impose sanctions

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said special envoy Steve Witkoff would be headed to Russia after wrapping up a visit to Israel ahead of a new deadline for Moscow to halt its fight with Ukraine.

“Yeah, going to Israel and then he’s going to Russia, believe it or not,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Trump ...Read more

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Lightning sparks wildfire southwest of Boise. It quickly spreads to 6,000 acres

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BOISE, Idaho — A wildfire south of Boise has grown to more than 6,000 acres in less than a day.

Fire crews responded at 1:48 a.m. Thursday to the Striker fire, located approximately 4 miles northeast of Murphy in Owyhee County, the Bureau of Land Management said in a social media post.

Between 6 a.m. and noon, the fire grew from 2,000 acres...Read more

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Harris campaign memoir ‘107 Days’ gets September release date

A memoir about former Vice President Kamala Harris‘ abbreviated and unsuccessful presidential bid called “107 Days” will hit bookstores Sept. 23.

Publishers Simon & Schuster announced the release of Harris’ 320-page tome Thursday morning. She’s scheduled to give her ...Read more

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NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid flash flood warning, road closures

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NEW YORK — A flash flood warning has been issued for Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island until 6:15 p.m., with authorities warning people not to walk or drive where water covers the road, ensnarling commuters as extreme thunderstorms overtake NYC following a dangerous heatwave.

Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency to allow ...Read more

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Epstein's work for Leon Black should face IRS probe, Wyden says

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WASHINGTON — A key Senate Democrat broadened his attack on the Trump administration’s handling of records about the financing of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network, urging the Internal Revenue Service to investigate his tax and estate planning work for private equity titan Leon Black.

Ron Wyden, the Senate Finance Committee’s ...Read more

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Thousands of mourners gather for funeral of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, killed in NYC shooting

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NEW YORK — NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, the police officer gunned down in a Midtown Manhattan mass shooting inside a Park Ave. office building, was posthumously promoted to detective first grade during his funeral Thursday as a sea of mourners, most of them police, gathered outside to pay their respects.

An estimated 15,000 people were on hand...Read more

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Park Avenue shooting victim Julia Hyman was killed right after leaving panic room

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NEW YORK — The last of the Park Avenue mass shooter’s final victims was in temporary safety in a panic room, only to be killed when she stepped outside of it during a lull in the gunfire, police sources and authorities said.

Initially, it was believed that the victim, Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman, 27, may have thought the gunman, ...Read more

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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suffers setback in appeals court ruling

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BOSTON — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has suffered a setback in his death penalty sentencing appeal.

Tsarnaev had been trying to toss the federal judge from the case, as the killer fights to dodge a death sentence.

But a federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the judge — George A. O’Toole Jr. — will stay on for the ...Read more

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'They didn't vote for this': Support erodes as ICE targets noncriminal immigrants

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MIAMI — At a rally in Hialeah in 2023, then-candidate Donald Trump made a pledge: to end the “invasion” of the United States by undocumented immigrants. The announcement, made in a city where three-fourths of residents are foreign-born, was greeted with thunderous applause as Trump said his next administration was going to root out ...Read more

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Georgia Election Board returns to 2020 election and seeks help from Trump's DOJ

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ATLANTA — Three right-wing members of the State Election Board have revived a fight over the 2020 presidential election and called for President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to intervene.

The surprise move Wednesday by the Republican board members — the same three praised by Trump as “pit bulls” during a campaign rally last fall ...Read more

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Magnitude 4.3 earthquake in San Bernardino County sends shaking across Southern California

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LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rumbled through Muscoy in San Bernardino County on Thursday morning, triggering shaking across the Inland Empire, Los Angeles and Orange counties, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred at 9:32 a.m. at a depth of about 3.3 miles and was followed by a magnitude 3.1 aftershock ...Read more

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'Least safe it has ever been,' witness says of Reagan airspace at NTSB hearing

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WASHINGTON — A witness criticized the safety of the airspace around Ronald Reagan National Airport since a mid-air crash in January, as National Transportation Safety Board officials examined whether the air traffic control tower at the airport was ill-equipped to handle the area’s heavy congestion.

“The airspace system, since 1986 — ...Read more

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Gov. Whitmer issues directive as Michigan, Ontario brace for latest Trump tariff deadline

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WASHINGTON — As yet another self-imposed deadline for President Donald Trump's tariff threats looms Friday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is raising concerns about impacts on the state economy.

"I have heard from countless Michiganders alarmed by the way Washington Republicans are handling tariffs,” Whitmer said in a press release. “...Read more

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Appeals court hears tariff challenge

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration defended its broad tariff regime Thursday to a panel of sharply skeptical federal judges who repeatedly questioned whether Congress gave the president such broad tariff powers.

The 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit grilled the Justice Department attorney and challengers ...Read more

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Trump plans glitzy new $200 million White House ballroom

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President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled plans for a glitzy new White House ballroom with a hefty $200 million price tag even as Republicans implement draconian cuts to health and other social programs.

Construction is set to begin in September on the new 90,000-square-foot space that would seat up to 650 people adjacent to the White House�...Read more

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Weather scrubs Crew-11 launch, NASA and SpaceX to try again Friday

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The next four humans in the parade of SpaceX launches from the Space Coast will have to wait at least another day for their trip to the International Space Station after weather caused a late scrub Thursday.

“Hold, hold, hold. We are standing down due to violation of weather rules,” came the callout from mission ...Read more

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Rising heat is causing students to underperform across the globe

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As climate change drives temperatures higher, prolonged periods of heat exposure are doing more than just making classrooms uncomfortable. According to a new systematic review published in PLOS Climate, extended exposure to heat significantly impairs students’ cognitive abilities, affecting their academic performance, especially in complex ...Read more

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Miami election date change was unconstitutional, appellate court rules

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MIAMI — The city of Miami’s decision to postpone the scheduled November 2025 election to 2026 without voter approval was unconstitutional, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has ruled, siding with a lower court.

On Thursday, the appellate court handed down its ruling in the lawsuit filed by mayoral candidate Emilio González, who ...Read more