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In wrongful death lawsuit, O'Keefe attorney apologizes to Karen Read for misinterpreting 'I'm dead' quote

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BOSTON — An attorney for the O’Keefe family has apologized in court for misinterpreting a remark he believed Karen Read made to Aidan Kearney, also known as "Turtleboy," saying she never said, “I’m dead. I’m (expletive) dead.”

“I also want to acknowledge to this court and to Ms. Read that I was mistaken when I interpreted her ...Read more

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Trump demands 'unconditional surrender,' role in picking Iran's next leader

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said negotiations with ...Read more

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Pentagon believes US struck Iran girls elementary school, killing 150

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Pentagon investigators believe U.S. forces carried out a devastating airstrike that destroyed a Iranian girls elementary school last Saturday, killing more than 150 people in the deadliest single attack of the weeklong war, according to a new published report.

An initial assessment suggests U.S. forces were to blame for the deadly strike in the...Read more

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Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk to speak at a Michigan college's commencement

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DETROIT — Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will speak at Hillsdale College's commencement ceremony this May, the college said this week.

The private, Christian college's ceremony, held May 9, will be closed to the public. A livestream will be available on the college's website, according to a news release.

"It is a ...Read more

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'Moscow has girls': Inside Epstein's network from Palm Beach to the Kremlin

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In his quest to build out an elite global network and satisfy his insatiable desire to procure women and girls to sexually abuse, Jeffrey Epstein often turned to Russia and its neighboring countries.

He built relationships with leading political and business figures from the region, including a top Russian diplomat, a Russian deputy minister ...Read more

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Trump wants 'unconditional surrender,' won't seek Iran deal

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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to negotiate an end to the war with Iran in a post on social media that demanded Tehran capitulate as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. and its allies would select a “GREAT &...Read more

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Trump demands Iran surrender as war upends global markets

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U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran surrender as the war on the Islamic Republic raged for a seventh day, with the impact reverberating across global supply chains and energy markets.

Washington won’t negotiate an end to the conflict and will only accept “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday, raising fears...Read more

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Congress' updated NASA directive seeks to extend space station life to 2032

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A revamped version of a congressional NASA authorization act moving through the U.S. Senate would add two more years of life to the International Space Station among a slew of new directives for the nation’s space agency.

The NASA Authorization Act of 2026 passed the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation committee with bipartisan support...Read more

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Trump wants 'unconditional surrender,' won't seek Iran deal

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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to negotiate an end to the war with Iran in a post on social media that demanded Tehran capitulate as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. and its allies would select a “GREAT &...Read more

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Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' of Iran and 'acceptable' leaders

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President Donald Trump Friday demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran and installation of “acceptable” leaders as conditions to end the weeklong war with Tehran that has spread across the volatile Middle East.

“There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender … and the selection of a great & acceptable leader(s)...Read more

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Florida House unanimously passes bill to enhance penalties for repeat domestic violence offenders

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A sweeping domestic violence bill introduced by a South Florida state representative, who is herself a domestic violence survivor, unanimously passed the Florida House this week.

Rep. Debra Tendrich, D-Lake Worth Beach, escaped an abusive relationship more than a decade ago when she moved to Florida a few days after ...Read more

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Mullin moving to Cabinet would set off Appropriations shuffle

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s appointment to lead the Department of Homeland Security would shake up the Appropriations Committee and create a vacancy atop the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. A White ...Read more

Trump administration immigration policies have received pushback from leaders of sanctuary jurisdictions, as well as protesters. AP Photo/Ryan Murphy

When Washington and the states are in conflict, the ultimate winner is not always certain

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The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate with immigration arrests.

In response, the federal government is refusing to share evidence with state investigators in the deaths of ...Read more

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government expanded access to telehealth for older adults insured by Medicare.   FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

Telehealth is widely used by older adults insured by Medicare, new research shows

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Americans age 65 and older who are insured by Medicare logged about 60 million telehealth visits annually between 2021 and 2023 – about 31 million for mental health and 29 million for other health issues. That’s the key finding in a new study I co-authored in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

We also found that people with ...Read more

Communities rely on vaccination clinics, restaurant inspections and disease surveillance systems run by local and state public health departments.  Sean Rayford/Stringer via Getty Images

Public health needs steady budgets -- and federal funding uncertainty cause real harms, even if the money is later restored

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Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges. On Feb. 13, 2026, for example, the federal government moved to suspend about US$600 million in public health grants to four states before a federal court temporarily blocked the action. Hundreds of millions of dollars ...Read more

Is the social media platform she's using, rather than the content she's viewing, a threat to her well-being? Fiordaliso/Moment via Getty Images

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

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A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced.

This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big Tech liability: For the first time, an American jury is being asked to decide whether platform design itself can give rise to product liability – not because of ...Read more

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Today’s obsession with authenticity isn’t new – being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries

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Today’s youth cherish “authenticity,” but is it a virtue? According to a report from Ernst & Young, more than 9 in 10 Gen Z respondents indicated that being authentic and true to yourself is extremely or very important. In fact, most of them claimed authenticity is more important than any other personal value.

This finding ...Read more

Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

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Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife. River dolphins and endangered Orinoco crocodiles ply its waterways, and over 1,000 freshwater fish and bird species can be found there.

During the rainy season, the Orinoco is the world’s third-...Read more

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Florida surgeon general wants to abolish school vaccine mandates. Lawmakers aren't on board

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Though Florida’s top medical official proclaimed last fall that the state would end all vaccine mandates for school children, six months later the Florida Legislature looks unlikely to take the drastic, first-in-the-nation action.

Some lawmakers proposed bills this year that would tweak current vaccine laws, but their ...Read more

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Senators demand return of deported California DACA recipient

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LOS ANGELES — Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called for the Department of Homeland Security to return a California woman with DACA who was recently deported a day after her green card interview.

DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era program that since 2012 has shielded certain immigrants ...Read more