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Queens Fire Horror: Random Arson Kills Toddler, Three Others, Shatters Community
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Queens Fire Horror: Random Arson Kills Toddler, Three Others, Shatters Community

Queens Community Reeling After Deadly Apartment Fire Kills Four, Including Toddler A Queens neighborhood is mourning an unspeakable tragedy after...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Jury Weighs Death Penalty After Horrific Murder of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand
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Jury Weighs Death Penalty After Horrific Murder of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Jury Confronts Chilling Evidence as Sentencing Phase Begins in Killing of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand A Texas courtroom fell silent this...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Aging A-10 Warthog Deployed as Iran Tensions Threaten Wider War
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Aging A-10 Warthog Deployed as Iran Tensions Threaten Wider War

A-10 Warthog Thrust Back Into Conflict as Maritime Tensions with Iran Escalate The aging A-10 Warthog, long targeted for retirement...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Trump’s Iran Threat Escalates as Democracy Faces Turmoil at Home
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Trump’s Iran Threat Escalates as Democracy Faces Turmoil at Home

Trump’s Iran Ultimatum Nears as Political and Cultural Fault Lines Deepen Across the Nation With just hours remaining before former...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
High-Speed Chase Spotlights Failures in Preventing Repeat Offenses
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High-Speed Chase Spotlights Failures in Preventing Repeat Offenses

High-Speed Pursuit in Washington Raises Questions About Public Safety and Repeat Offenses A man with an extensive criminal record is...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Fairfax Plea Deal Sparks Debate on Justice, Safety, and Scapegoating Immigrants
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Fairfax Plea Deal Sparks Debate on Justice, Safety, and Scapegoating Immigrants

Justice, Accountability, and the Fight for Safe Communities in Northern Virginia The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is sharply criticizing...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Publicly Funded Artemis II Astronauts Battle Broken Toilet in Space
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Publicly Funded Artemis II Astronauts Battle Broken Toilet in Space

Even on a Historic Moon Mission, Basic Human Needs Matter More than halfway to the moon, the four astronauts aboard...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Metrobus Slams Into DC Restaurant, Exposing Urgent Transit Safety Gaps
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Metrobus Slams Into DC Restaurant, Exposing Urgent Transit Safety Gaps

Transit Crash Shakes DC Neighborhood, Raising Fresh Questions About Public Safety A Washington, D.C. neighborhood was rattled Saturday morning when...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Texas Domestic Violence Killing Sparks Immigration Fight, but Victim Must Come First
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Texas Domestic Violence Killing Sparks Immigration Fight, but Victim Must Come First

Domestic Violence Tragedy in Texas Sparks Debate Over Immigration Enforcement A devastating act of domestic violence in the Dallas area...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Trump Allies Seize on Failed Bomb Plot to Attack Birthright Citizenship
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Trump Allies Seize on Failed Bomb Plot to Attack Birthright Citizenship

MacDill Bomb Plot Case Sparks Immigration Debate as DHS Targets Parents The parents of two siblings charged in connection with...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Federal Charges Filed as Loyola Student’s Killing Exposes Gun and Immigration Failures
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Federal Charges Filed as Loyola Student’s Killing Exposes Gun and Immigration Failures

Federal Charges Filed in Killing of Loyola Student as Questions Mount Over Justice and Public Safety Federal prosecutors have brought...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago
Pima County Sheriff Grilled Over Perjury Claims and Election-Year Abuse of Power
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Pima County Sheriff Grilled Over Perjury Claims and Election-Year Abuse of Power

Pima County Sheriff Faces Public Reckoning as Accountability Questions Mount The Pima County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to...

Staff Reporter | 2 months ago