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Oregon firefighters prepare for hot, windy weather as they battle dozens of fires 0
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- July 25, 2026
BEND, Oregon.- Firefighters battling two of the largest fires in Oregon were preparing for windy and dry conditions that are forecast to reach some areas of the state on Friday and into Saturday. Crews have been able to build some containment lines around the Akawa Butte Fire, which is burning near Sisters, a town about
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Maine Democrats Meet to Choose New Senate Candidate to Challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins 0
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- July 25, 2026
BANGOR, Maine– Maine Democrats will choose a new U.S. Senate candidate on Saturday to take on veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race that could decide control of the Senate, after Graham Platner dropped out of the race following a sexual assault allegation. Support has centered around former state Senate President Troy Jackson, a
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Eight people found dead in Michigan home after fire, some with gunshot wounds 0
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- July 25, 2026
Eight people, including six children, were found dead in a Michigan home after a fire, some with gunshot wounds, authorities said Friday. Police and firefighters responded shortly before noon to a house fire in Grand Haven Township, on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. When they entered, they found the bodies, Capt. Jacob Sparks of
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Supreme Court litigator jailed in tax evasion case after betting on poker 0
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- July 25, 2026
WASHINGTON– A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar tax debt to the IRS and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that shed light on his secret lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who also
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Students Lose Spots at Howard University Over Tuition Payments Weeks Before Classes 0
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- July 24, 2026
WASHINGTON– A’Zariah Miles’ dream of attending Howard University was just weeks away from becoming a reality. Then everything fell apart. Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming freshmen at Howard who learned this week that they had been dropped from the prestigious historically black university in Washington, D.C., and no
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No body camera footage in fatal Madison police shooting 0
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- July 24, 2026
As officials review widely circulated bystander videos of the police shooting death of a homeless man in Madison, Wisconsin, one key insight will not emerge: footage from officers’ body cameras. Unlike almost every other city of similar size, Madison does not require police to use them. The absence of that footage has left residents in
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