San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits
The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday.
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Echoes of deadly Arizona wildfire with 3 firefighters killed in Colorado-Utah blaze
A wildfire that killed three firefighters along the Colorado-Utah border is one of the deadliest for firefighters since an Arizona wildfire 13 years ago.
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IndoPac 2026: Sen. Deb Fischer backs Trump shipbuilding push but says Navy has a long way to go
Two Virginia-class submarines a year. One Columbia class. The goals are clear -- but is the Navy on track? Senator Deb Fischer breaks down the readiness challenges facing the U.S. fleet in the Indo-Pacific.
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Indo-Pacific Command chief sounds alarm on China war threat in private report to Congress
The Washington Times obtained a previously undisclosed congressional assessment by Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Samuel Paparo calling for $122 billion in new military spending -- the minimum he says is needed to deter China.
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Arizona woman pleads guilty to $7.7M pandemic tax credit fraud scheme
An Arizona woman pleaded guilty to attempting to steal more than $7.7 million in government funds by filing fraudulent tax returns, the Justice Department announced.
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Trump calls Supreme Court ballot decision 'tremendous loss,' demands passage of voter ID bill
President Trump railed against Monday's Supreme Court ruling that allows states to keep counting ballots after Election Day and urged Congress to pass his voter ID legislation that would severely restrict mail-in ballots.
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Supreme Court says police need warrants for 'geofence' searches to track cellphones near crimes
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police who ask telecommunications companies to search their records to spot people whose phones were active near a crime scene are performing a search, and must obtain a warrant.
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Supreme Court to weigh Arizona's proof of citizenship for voter registration
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major election dispute next term regarding whether Arizona can require proof of citizenship when registering people to vote.
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Supreme Court expands Trump's firing powers -- but imposes some limits
The Supreme Court on Monday granted presidents wide-ranging authority to fire senior officials over policy differences, but said some limits must be observed.
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Israel recognizes death of 1.5 million Armenian Christians in Ottoman Empire during WWI as genocide
The Israeli government has approved a proposal to designate the mass extermination of Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.
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Manufacturers cheer EPA moves to revise permitting rules under the Clean Air Act
The National Association of Manufacturers told the Environmental Protection Agency that recently proposed changes to Clean Air Act regulations would remove bureaucratic hurdles for basic construction jobs for new and upgraded factories.
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A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada
A roughly 40-hour sea journey on a dinghy with a dying phone. Detention in South Korea. That's just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country. He arrived late last week in Canada, a destination he had eyed for more than a decade.
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Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan and wound 160, officials say
Overnight ground operations and strikes by Pakistani forces killed at least 36 civilians and wounded more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors further escalated. One Afghan official said the attacks would be met with retaliation.
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Trump says he'll meet with D.C.'s 'communist' likely mayor
President Trump said Sunday said he will meet with D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George, the likely future mayor of the District whom Mr. Trump described as a "communist."
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Mystics win marathon matchup, top Fire 124-123 in record-tying four overtimes
Sonia Citron scored 32 points, including the basket that put her team ahead to stay with 21.4 seconds left, and the Washington Mystics held off the Portland Fire 124-123 on Sunday in four overtimes -- tying the longest game in WNBA history.
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'Like a small airport': Feds nab biggest prison drone-smuggling operation in history
For America at large, the idea of delivering packages by drone is relatively new and exciting. For prison officials, however, it's long been a reality -- and a dangerous one at that.
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Israeli strikes and shelling in Gaza kill at least 4 Palestinians, health workers say
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.
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Liberal media blackout hides stories Democrats cannot defend
We are looking at a "1984"-style Soviet news blackout right now on several crucial news stories.
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At least 117 dead dogs found in 'horrific scene' at California 'no-kill' shelter
The remains of at least 117 dogs were found on the grounds of a California "no-kill" animal shelter, many of them with gunshot wounds, authorities said.
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Teams scramble to locate survivors four days after Venezuela earthquakes
Efforts by local and international rescue teams to pull survivors from the rubble grew increasingly desperate in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
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