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Publishers Clearing House prize patrol hands out sweepstakes check in St. Petersburg
TAMPA, Fla. — In a hot Publix parking lot in south St. Petersburg, Howie Guja, the guy with the megawatt smile and the Publishers Clearing House blazer, took a selfie behind a minivan as he held an oversize novelty check...Read more
US Border Patrol plans $5,000 arrest fee for illegal crossers
The Trump administration will start charging a $5,000 fee to people apprehended who entered the U.S. illegally.
The “apprehension fee” will apply to anyone 14 or older who is arrested and determined to have crossed ...Read more
Pennsylvania budget office to change leadership as 2026-27 budget season nears
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state Office of the Budget will have a new leader going into the 2026-27 budget season after Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Budget Secretary Uri Monson will step down next week to become executive ...Read more
In RFK Jr.'s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth
Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a ...Read more
AG Bondi says alleged serial rapist struck because Minnesota is 'soft on crime'
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is taking a “soft-on-crime” shot at Minnesota while her prosecutors are accusing a Minneapolis man of being a serial rapist whose attacks have spanned the past eight years.
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Epstein Florida grand jury transcripts can be released
A federal judge in Florida granted the U.S. Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the original criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith on Friday said ...Read more
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed LA's urban landscape, dies at 96
LOS ANGELES — Architect Frank O. Gehry, who brought an alluringly new kind of shape-making to his profession even as he fundamentally changed the reputation and civic landscape of his adopted hometown of Los Angeles in ...Read more
Bolsonaro son says he has father's backing in 2026 election
Brazilian lawmaker Flavio Bolsonaro said his father, former leader Jair Bolsonaro, has backed him to run in the country’s 2026 presidential election, dashing the hopes of investors who had another candidate in mind to ...Read more
Trump says Europe risks being wiped away unless societies change
The Trump administration said that European civilization is at risk of “erasure” as a result of decades of economic decline, political censorship and immigration.
In a 29-page National Security Strategy published ...Read more
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