Top StoriesSat Jan 18 2025
Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company to divest from the app, teeing up a ban set to take effect on Sunday.
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Top StoriesFri Jan 17 2025
David Lynch, Visionary Filmmaker and Creator of 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 78
American filmmaker and actor David Lynch, known for his work on “Twin Peaks,” “Mulholland Drive,” and “Blue Velvet” is dead at 78, according to multiple reports.
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Top StoriesThu Jan 16 2025
Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war: Qatari PM
Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
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Top StoriesWed Jan 15 2025
Trump would have been convicted if he were not reelected, says US special counsel report
The Justice Department early Tuesday sent members of Congress a section of special counsel Jack Smith's report summarizing his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to maintain power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden that culminated in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
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Top StoriesTue Jan 14 2025
Judge clears the way for release of special counsel Smith’s report on Trump’s Jan. 6 case
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday allowed the release of the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with President-elect Trump’s efforts to block the peaceful transfer of power.
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Top StoriesMon Jan 13 2025
Los Angeles Fires Death Toll Rises To 16: Coroner
The number of people confirmed dead in fires that raced through Los Angeles rose to 16 on Saturday, authorities said. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner published a list of fatalities without giving details of any identities. Five of the dead were found in the Palisades Fire zone, and 11 in the Eaton Fire zone, the document said.
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Top StoriesSun Jan 12 2025
Jack Smith, special counsel who oversaw Trump investigations, resigns from Justice Department
Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to take over two investigations into President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned, according to a Justice Department court filing submitted on Saturday.
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Top StoriesSat Jan 11 2025
Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record.
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Top StoriesFri Jan 10 2025
Jimmy Carter funeral service at Washington National Cathedral
All five of the living US presidents have been pictured together at the funeral of Jimmy Carter.The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December, in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
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Top StoriesThu Jan 09 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause criminal proceedings in his New York hush money case, after a New York appeals court denied his bid to halt sentencing scheduled for Friday.
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