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 (DIR)  * Grand jury declines to indict man in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University
 (DIR)  * Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites until IAEA provides new guidelines after bombing
 (DIR)  * 2 dead and 20 injured after fire and explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home
 (DIR)  * Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Princess Charlotte perform piano duet for Christmas carol service
 (DIR)  * Trooper and suspect killed in a shooting at a Delaware DMV
 (DIR)  * DOJ says it has found over a million additional documents potentially related to Epstein
 (DIR)  * Pediatricians sue Trump administration to halt a nearly $12 million cut in federal grants
 (DIR)  * Suspect in National Guard shooting faces new federal charges that allow death penalty discussions
 (DIR)  * Democratic-led states sue HHS over proposal targeting hospitals that offer transgender care to minors
 (DIR)  * California farmer arrested on suspicion of murder in wife’s death in Arizona
 (DIR)  * Most Americans don’t think Trump or Democratic leaders are listening. Here’s what they wish they could tell Washington
 (DIR)  * Ukraine’s Zelensky offers peace concessions – and puts the ball in Putin’s court
 (DIR)  * Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states
 (DIR)  * Regina Hall worked with Leo, but SpongeBob was a dream come true
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 (DIR)  * When communities are grieving, he comes bearing a 10-foot cross. Here’s his story
 (DIR)  * Bomb blast in Moscow kills two police officers, days after apparent assassination of general
 (DIR)  * State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’
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 (DIR)  * A US Postal Service plan to raise cash could cost the agency its biggest customer
 (DIR)  * China has condemned Trump’s Venezuela blockade. But it may also see some upsides to a new era of gunboat diplomacy
 (DIR)  * ‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents
 (DIR)  * China’s TikTok rival flooded with porn and violent video in cyberattack
 (DIR)  * Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay
 (DIR)  * Brooks Koepka is first player to defect from LIV. The next step is if PGA Tour will take him back
 (DIR)  * Botched Epstein redactions trace back to Virgin Islands’ 2020 civil racketeering case against estate
 (DIR)  * Steelers’ DK Metcalf suspension over altercation with fan upheld. Lawyers say fan is being threatened following incident
 (DIR)  * British police drop investigation into punk rap duo’s ‘death to the IDF’ chants at Glastonbury
 (DIR)  * Greta Thunberg arrested for pro-Palestinian protest under UK terrorism law
 (DIR)  * Medicare opens door to covering blockbuster drugs for weight loss
 (DIR)  * Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says
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 (DIR)  * 2-year-old among 6 killed in Mexican Navy plane crash off Texas, officials say
 (DIR)  * UK police say comedian Russell Brand charged with two more sex offenses
 (DIR)  * DOJ says letter signed by ‘J. Epstein’ and referencing ‘our president’ is fake
 (DIR)  * 4 takeaways from the latest batch of the Epstein files
 (DIR)  * How 3 inmates were able to escape a Georgia jail before being recaptured
 (DIR)  * In major loss for Trump, Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago
 (DIR)  * Trump administration to start garnishing wages of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
 (DIR)  * Airplane lands itself after in-flight emergency, in a first for aviation automation
 (DIR)  * Email from ‘A’ at British royal family’s residence asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’
 (DIR)  * Rep. Harriet Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney, announces run for Wyoming Senate seat
 (DIR)  * Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far
 (DIR)  * The feds are investigating Brown University’s safety after this month’s shooting. Here’s what’s at issue –– and at stake
 (DIR)  * Democratic lawmaker brings lawsuit challenging move to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center
 (DIR)  * ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine kills 4-year-old child, as Zelensky is briefed on peace talks
 (DIR)  * John Brennan accuses Justice Department of possible judge shopping and grand jury leaks
 (DIR)  * ‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web
 (DIR)  * Wisconsin judge sends Slender Man attacker back to mental health institution after group home escape
 (DIR)  * Former Sen. Ben Sasse announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is ‘gonna die’
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 (DIR)  * He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. Then he spent weeks in jail before the case was thrown out
 (DIR)  * Trump’s long, tortured relationship with the unemployment rate just got worse
 (DIR)  * US bans new foreign drone models in a blow to Chinese giant DJI
 (DIR)  * Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.7 billion for Christmas Eve drawing
 (DIR)  * The UK wants to scrap jury trials for many crimes. Opponents fear the loss of an ancient right
 (DIR)  * Trump administration sues DC over its gun laws
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 (DIR)  * Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ dies at 55
 (DIR)  * Brown places its vice president of public safety on leave as feds open investigation into safety after mass shooting
 (DIR)  * President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships
 (DIR)  * Denmark ‘deeply upset’ by Trump’s appointment of Greenland envoy who wants island to be part of US
 (DIR)  * Neighbors in Lisbon recall Brown University attack suspect as quiet, reclusive student
 (DIR)  * Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses
 (DIR)  * Trump says US remains in pursuit of oil tanker and it’d be ‘smart’ for Maduro to step down
 (DIR)  * Trump bemoans destroyed reputations from Epstein files in first public comments since DOJ release
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 (DIR)  * Justice Department’s heavy-handed redactions leave no one happy in the ‘Epstein files’ saga
 (DIR)  * Israeli government approves controversial closure of Army Radio after 75 years
 (DIR)  * Exclusive: One ‘Jane Doe’ tells CNN she is mortified that her name is unredacted multiple times in the Epstein files
 (DIR)  * JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
 (DIR)  * Chiefs announce move across state line from Missouri after Kansas lawmakers approve new domed stadium proposal
 (DIR)  * Hung jury ends trial of ex-New York governors’ aide accused of selling influence to China
 (DIR)  * What to know so far about the Justice Department’s release of Epstein files — and what questions remain
 (DIR)  * NYC Mayor Eric Adams once called himself the ‘future of the Democratic Party.’ What went wrong?
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