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A teenager has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for fatally stabbing three girls at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed event in the United Kingdom last year. Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty to all charges, including three counts of murder, earlier this week on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The […]
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On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to pardon those convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, granting a sweeping unconditional pardon to more than 1,500 rioters and commutations for more than a dozen others. Following the executive action, two people who […]
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Former President Joe Biden told his staffers, “We’re not leaving the fight,” during farewell remarks following Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Biden referenced President Donald Trump’s inauguration remarks, which offered a scathing rebuke of the Biden administration while laying out Trump’s immediate plans upon returning to office. “We have a lot more to do. We heard […]
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President Donald Trump offered a scathing rebuke of his predecessor’s term while laying out the immediate actions he plans to take on the first day of his second term in office, saying in his inauguration remarks, “America’s decline is over.” Trump whiplashed between painting a dire picture of the country under the Biden administration while […]
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On Donald Trump’s first day in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy asked the president and his administration to “reexamine” New York City’s highly debated congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the nation, and its impact on the Garden State. Murphy said Tuesday he has not yet heard from Trump on his […]
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President-elect Donald Trump is on the cusp of returning to the White House, with his inauguration ceremony on Monday. During his third campaign for the presidency, he laid out what he would do on his first day back in office, even referring to himself as a “dictator” but only on “Day 1.” “We’re closing the […]
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The resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers has been postponed nearly two months due to the wildfires impacting Los Angeles County, the county’s lead prosecutor said Friday. Erik and Lyle Menendez had been scheduled to appear in court in the resentencing case from Jan. 30-31 amid their bid for freedom after being sentenced to life […]
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, a spokesperson for the mayor said, marking his latest correspondence with the incoming administration as he also faces federal bribery charges. The two will sit down ahead of Trump’s inauguration to “discuss New Yorkers’ priorities,” the mayor’s spokesperson, Fabien […]
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Five Massachusetts college students accused of luring a man to their campus through a Tinder account as part of a TikTok “catch a predator” trend, where police say he was then chased by a group of students and assaulted, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and kidnapping charges Thursday. The Assumption University students — Kelsy Brainard, […]
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A 4-year-old girl was in the back seat of a vehicle when it was stolen early Thursday morning, police in Illinois said. The vehicle was shortly located nearby, though the girl, Blessing Aoci, remains missing, police said. The abduction was reported at approximately 6:07 a.m. in Rock Island, police said. The vehicle had been left […]
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