Corky Siemaszko

UFC fighters head to Quantico to train FBI agents UFC fighters will lead the training at the FBI Academy in Virginia. The FBI director called it a "tremendous opportunity" for agents to "train with some of the greatest athletes on earth."

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TSA worker says his family is paying the price for him working without pay Anthony Riley has already missed one full paycheck because of the partial government shutdown and says he is facing eviction if he isn't paid soon.

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A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

This is from 1975.

Diabetics who rely on glucose monitors are alarmed by recall linked to 7 deaths A manufacturing problem in millions of Abbott glucose sensors has been tied to at least seven deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide.

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Ed tech industry scrambles to fight a wave of bills limiting screen time in schools Lawmakers in 16 states are debating restrictions on classroom technology, challenging the $164 billion education technology industry.

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Cleveland playground now a place of mourning for two girls found in suitcases Their mother, Aliyah Henderson, has been charged with murder and is being held on $2 million bond.

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Cleveland woman linked to deaths of two girls found in suitcases The 28-year-old suspect is currently being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

Kamlager-Dove: During you tenure at DHS, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?

Noem: I am shocked we are peddling tabloid garbage.

House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Pam Bondi for testimony on Epstein files The Republican-led committee voted to subpoena the attorney general after a motion to do so by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

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Some results from last night:

-A pro-ICE NC Dem lawmaker lost her primary by nearly 50 points
-Dems flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Arkansas
-Dem turnout eclipsed GOP turnout in four newly-gerrymandered TX House seats

Trump's midterm reckoning has begun.

Harry Styles says he still mourns Liam Payne and 'really struggled' with his friend's death The former One Direction singer died in 2024 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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2 young girls found dead in suitcases in Cleveland were related, coroner says Police are still trying to identify the girls, believed to be 8 to 14 years old

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Cleveland police say two young girls were found dead in suitcases The girls, believed to be between 8 and 14 years old, were found buried in shallow graves and neither has been identified.

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WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?

NOEM: Yes

WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?

NOEM: No.

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

Oliver 'Power' Grant, founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, died of cancer A March wake and funeral is being planned for Grant, who was 52 when he died last month.

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U.S. and Israel attack Iran as Trump urges Iranians to 'take over' the government As Tehran retaliates by firing missiles at U.S. bases in several countries across the region, officials, aid groups and world leaders fear the confrontation could escalate.

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Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold linked to kidnapping and robbery plot over Airbnb burglary Arnold is not charged with a crime, but his friends are accused of trying to impose "vigilante justice" on some men they suspected of robbing the NFL star.

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Amid Trump's touting of a 'golden age of America,' gory details abound In his State of the Union address, Trump said the U.S. has experienced a "turnaround for the ages," while peppering his speech with dark reminders of crimes and tragedies.

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Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

Breaking on MS NOW:

@alivitali.bsky.social reports the Hillary Clinton deposition has resumed, but that Clinton is asking press be allowed into the room for the rest of the deposition.

Comer said NO — despite Lauren Boebert taking photos of Clinton and giving them to a far-right activist.

Maryland man donned disguise to kill millionaire philanthropist in nursing home, police say Maurquise Emillo James was arrested after he shot at a state trooper during a traffic stop and charged with killing 87-year-old Robert Fuller Jr.

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In Chicago, the note would start with "Hey Jagoff."

Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves - The American Prospect New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.

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Daniel, you say you’ve been organizing in the streets.

Real organizers don’t stand around with their hands in their pockets while others do the work.

Let’s stop pretending.

Cool specs.

DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump The files do not include records from three FBI interviews with a woman who said Jeffrey Epstein abused her and who also made sexual abuse allegations against President Trump, according to an NBC News...

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These Americans call Mexico home — and still feel safe despite recent cartel violence A year-round resident said 'it’s not the Wild West down here,' two days after a powerful drug cartel's members went on a rampage in scenic Puerto Vallarta following their leader's killing.

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Comedy in Russia is booming. But stand-ups live in fear of being jailed for jokes. Comparing stand-up in Russia to an electric fence, one comedian told NBC News it was “easy to get through, but God forbid you brush the side — you’re dead.”

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