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Long Island Architect Rex Heuermann Set to Plead Guilty in the Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
(Headline USA) A Long Island, New York architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years. Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with murdering seven women, many…
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Could CIA’s New ‘Ghost Murmur’ Tool Be Used for Nefarious Purposes?
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) President Donald Trump once again tipped his hand to some of the U.S. government’s top-secret weaponry following a daring mission to rescue a downed F-15E airman, known only as “Dude 44 Bravo,” inside the Iranian border. The operation over the weekend drew widespread acclaim, with even former Obama administration Homeland Security…
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Schizophrenic Murder Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Cannot Stand Trial
(José Niño, Headline USA) DeCarlos Brown Jr., the African American man accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train, has been found “incapable to proceed” on his state murder charge, the News & Observer reported. Brown, 35, faces both state and federal murder charges in the August stabbing death…
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Trump is Expected to Meet NATO Leader Rutte
(Headline USA) NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war. Trump had suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help reopen the Strait…
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Acting AG Todd Blanche Wants to Move On From Epstein Files
(José Niño, Headline USA) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing bipartisan pushback after attempting to close the book on the Epstein files controversy despite millions of pages remaining unreleased. As The Hill reported, In a Thursday interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Blanche argued that “to the extent that the Epstein files was…
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Supreme Court Denies Challenge to Illinois Public Transport Gun Ban
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide whether individuals can carry firearms on public transportation. The court declined to take up Schoenthal v. Raoul, which challenges an Illinois law banning citizens from carrying firearms on public transportation. Three Illinois residents challenged the ban, arguing it violates the Second and Fourteenth…
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Trump Promises ‘Complete Demolition’ in Iran Tuesday
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) President Donald Trump promised “complete demolition” of Iran on Tuesday if the nation’s leaders do not agree to a deal to reduce nuclear weapons development by 8 p.m. Eastern time. Trump said he would not rule out striking civilian infrastructure in Tuesday’s planned strikes. “I can tell you, they’re negotiating,”…
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AIPAC-Funded Congressman Leads Bipartisan Amnesty Push
(José Niño, Headline USA) A bipartisan immigration bill gaining traction in Congress has sparked accusations that the Trump administration is preparing a mass amnesty for illegal immigrants, with critics drawing connections to the policy priorities of the late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Journalist Chris Menahan tweeted that “AIPAC-funded GOP Rep. Mike Lawler is pushing for…
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Artemis II Astronauts Race to Set a New Distance Record From Earth and Behold the Moon’s Far Side
(Headline USA) With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era…
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Iran Rejects Latest Ceasefire Proposal as Trump Deadline Approaches
(Headline USA) Iran on Monday rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum loomed within hours. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran had conveyed its response through Pakistan, a key mediator. “We won’t merely accept a ceasefire,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour,…
