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  • Derek ChauvinPolitics

    Former gang leader who stabbed Derek Chauvin in prison 22 times charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say

    By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Dianne FeinsteinPolitics

    Dianne Feinstein, oldest sitting senator, elected in 1992’s ‘Year of the Woman,’ dies at 90

    By MIchael R. Blood, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Rex HeuermannLifestyle

    DNA from a pizza crust in a Manhattan trash can link a Long Island architect to 3 out of 11 grisly serial killings stretching back over a decade

    By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • Larry NassarLifestyle

    Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison, sources say

    By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • White HousePolitics

    White House Secret Service finds cocaine in a common area of the West Wing, sources say

    By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Former US President and 2024 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training at the Grimes Community Center in Grimes, Iowa, on June 1, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Donald Trump says he’s been indicted for mishandling classified documents in what could be the most perilous legal case against him

    By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, and others
  • Search and rescue teams leave the command post at St. Mary’s Wilderness en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway to search for the site where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Randall K. Wolf via AP)Lifestyle

    No survivors were found in the crash of a plane that flew over Washington D.C. and caused a fighter jet fire drill and sonic boom

    By Michael Balsamo, Ashley Thomas, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – JULY 08: US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City. Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)Finance

    New details about Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide and are revealed including his dislike of his orange jumpsuit and calling himself a ‘coward’

    By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • FILE – Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., waits for the start of a session in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges. The Republican congressman has faced outrage over revelations he fabricated parts of his life story, including lying about being a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Congressman George Santos has been arrested for and charged as prosecutors allege ‘fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations’

    By Michael Balsamo, Jake Offenhartz, and others
  • Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media outside criminal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Donald Trump, the first former US president to be indicted, will plead not guilty when he appears in a Manhattan state court Tuesday to face criminal charges, his defense lawyer said. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Rep. George Santos has been indicted on federal charges after facing mockery and anger over his serial lying

    By Michael Balsamo, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • FILE -President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden is set to announce that his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicare and the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who discussed it on condition of anonymity before an announcement on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Politics

    President Biden expands health care to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the US as children

    By Zeke Miller, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.(Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

    Suspected Chinese spy balloon downed off Carolina coast after traversing military sites across U.S.

    By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.(Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

    Chinese balloon: Biden says ‘We’re going to take care of it’ as FAA closes airspace over Carolina coast

    By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    The DOJ just found 6 more classified documents at Joe Biden’s house in Delaware

    By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Merrick GarlandPolitics

    Merrick Garland names special counsel to oversee Trump classified documents probe: ‘The extraordinary circumstances here demand it’

    By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, and others