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Two former senior FBI officials are being charged with lying to Congress over questions about Hunter Biden's laptop, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered Friday on... trib.al/R6KTUC1

Two former FBI agents charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Bide

Two former senior FBI officials are being charged with lying to Congress over questions about Hunter Biden's laptop, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.

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Washington Capitals defenseman Vincent Desharnais will miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing an appendectomy this week, the team announced Friday. Desharnais was off to an electric start after joining the Capitals in free agency this offseason. He led the... trib.al/v8HjfuN

Capitals defenseman Vincent Desharnais out 4-6 weeks after appendectom

Washington Capitals defenseman Vincent Desharnais will miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing an appendectomy this week, the team announced Friday.

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A 73-year-old man died Thursday night after crashing a Prince George’s County Public Schools bus into a tree in Cheltenham, Maryland. The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department said it responded near the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and Frank... trib.al/qZHNNwl

73-year-old man dead after crashing Maryland school bus into tree; dec

A 73-year-old man died Thursday night after crashing a Prince George's County Public Schools bus into a tree in Cheltenham, Maryland.

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Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in the West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead @WashTimes trib.al/U9NRFus

Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in the West Bank attack t

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning that also left two suspected gunmen dead, the military said, violence that is likely to heighten political ten

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Prince Harry's wife Meghan 'deeply distressed' by allegations her father had indecent images @WashTimes trib.al/0Xr6F1k

Prince Harry’s wife Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ by al

Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, said Friday she was "deeply distressed" by allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images had been found at her father's former home. She a

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Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk's killing say they need several years to prepare for trial @WashTimes trib.al/yr9DCxB

Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk’s killing say they need severa

Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk are suggesting a 2029 trial date because they say it could take them that long to prepare their case.

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Netanyahu's office orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack @WashTimes trib.al/08o8pZR

Netanyahu’s office orders closure of West Bank after soldiers ki

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched an attack near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning. At least five people were injured, including

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The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the infamous D.C. jail that held dozens of people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department this week sent a notice to D... trib.al/ZCqunYK

Justice Department probes D.C. jail that held Jan. 6 protesters

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the infamous D.C. jail that held dozens of people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capi

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Colorado, Utah communities flood as yet more moisture saturates U.S. Southwest @WashTimes trib.al/eFW5jeB

Colorado, Utah communities flood as yet more moisture saturates U.S. S

Yet more severe weather struck the Four Corners region Thursday, with flooding that swamped dozens of homes in Utah and led to evacuations of low-lying areas in Colorado, a day after tornadoes blew of

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Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms @WashTimes trib.al/s2h51IV

Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.

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The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified @WashTimes trib.al/p55pJfa

The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killin

The family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot when a police officer fired into a moving vehicle in Mississippi said Thursday they do not believe the shooting was justified after reviewing videos

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MAHA advocate and top adviser to RFK Jr. resigns @WashTimes trib.al/t0gPwjz

MAHA advocate and top adviser to RFK Jr. resigns

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursda

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Execution staff warned IV site might have 'blown' during Christa Pike's execution attempt @WashTimes trib.al/ysBadWj

Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during C

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or

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Europe's killer heat this summer claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths @WashTimes trib.al/rqViLgW

Europe’s killer heat this summer claims 50,000 lives. Climate ch

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

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A District of Columbia man is facing federal fentanyl distribution charges, accused of selling an ultimately fatal fake pill laced with fentanyl to a Virginia man. Anthony Winslow, 44, was indicted and is charged with one count of unlawful distribution... trib.al/XoLTkVH

D.C. man indicted on fentanyl charge after death of Virginia man

A District of Columbia man is facing federal fentanyl distribution charges, accused of selling an ultimately fatal fake pill laced with fentanyl to a Virginia man.

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A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients' tumors returning @WashTimes trib.al/ohvaxw9

A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patie

A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients' tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna an

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Why reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don't signal election rigging @WashTimes trib.al/3RDx8PW

Why reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don’t s

The reports erupt on social media every election year: Voters say they tapped a candidate's name on a touchscreen voting machine, only for the wrong person to light up as their selection.

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El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack @WashTimes trib.al/TOZUfWT

El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing sol

El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials told

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Sister of American held in Russia says he didn't know he was being released until he saw U.S. flag @WashTimes trib.al/z4EgA9e

Sister of American held in Russia says he didn’t know he was bei

The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the U.S. citizen freed Wednesday after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, said her brother didn't realize he was being released until he was

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Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park's drivers fear for their livelihoods @WashTimes trib.al/uVrnfR7

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fe

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years are set to be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by a

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