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Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference

by Elahe Izadi, Laura Wagner and Meryl Kornfield The Washington Post December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Trump’s lawsuit claims a poll by Ann Selzer for the Des Moines Register that incorrectly found he was behind in Iowa amounted to consumer fraud.

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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer charged in 7th death

by PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

The suspect, a New York architect, was already accused of killing 6 other women, including Megan Waterman of Scarborough.

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Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism

by JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but a terror allegation is new.

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N.Y. judge denies Trump’s motion to throw out hush money conviction

by Shayna Jacobs The Washington Post December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Justice Juan Merchan ruled that Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records should not be overturned because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

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Trump, in wide-ranging news conference, embraces role of president-in-waiting

by Marianne LeVine and Hannah Knowles The Washington Post December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on remote work, a TikTok ban, Postal Service privatization, Eric Adams and the murder of the United Healthcare CEO.

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Dozens of luxury condos, hotels in Miami sinking at ‘unexpected’ rates, new study reveals

by Denise Hruby Miami Herald (TNS) December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Preliminary data also shows signs that some buildings along the coasts of Broward and Palm Beach are sinking, too.

Maine, Nation / World, Politics

A Mainer’s lawsuit over transgender care could be challenged by the U.S. House

by Emily Allen December 16, 2024December 17, 2024

The Department of Defense was getting ready to settle a 2-year-old lawsuit after a judge ruled that the the military’s exclusion of gender-affirming surgeries was unconstitutional. Then House Republicans stepped in.

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Drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey. Here’s what we know.

by BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and KEN MILLER Associated Press December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Witnesses have reported seeing the unmanned aircrafts for weeks, including near a military research and manufacturing facility and over Trump’s golf course.