Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia….

Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight
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Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal education officials said on Friday that they had opened a civil rights inquiry into whether New York State could withhold state money from a Long Island school district that has refused to follow a state requirement and drop its Native American mascot….

Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary
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Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Wednesday pardoned a Florida health care executive whose mother played a role in trying to expose the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary. The pardon of the executive, Paul Walczak, was signed privately and posted on the Justice Department’s website on…

Ukrainian Peace Plan Hints at Concessions, but Major Obstacles Remain
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Ukrainian Peace Plan Hints at Concessions, but Major Obstacles Remain

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In response to a White House proposal to end the war in Ukraine that critics say would grant the Kremlin much of what it wants, Ukraine’s leadership has drafted a counteroffer — one that in some ways contradicts what President Trump has demanded,…

Downtown L.A. Has Seen Its Share of Violence. Then Someone Went After Its Trees.
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Downtown L.A. Has Seen Its Share of Violence. Then Someone Went After Its Trees.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On a busy stretch of Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, three orange-and-white traffic cones sit atop the dirt in grates on the sidewalk where three trees once stood. It’s not a construction site. It’s a kind of crime scene. The three trees…

Justice Dept. Policy Now Allows Pursuit of Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries
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Justice Dept. Policy Now Allows Pursuit of Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday said that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a Biden administration policy meant to protect journalism from intrusive efforts to identify and prosecute leakers. An internal…

Pakistan Official Calls for International Inquiry Into Kashmir Terror Attack
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Pakistan Official Calls for International Inquiry Into Kashmir Terror Attack

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Pakistan’s defense minister on Friday declared his country’s innocence in a terror attack that killed 26 people this week in disputed Kashmir territory controlled by India, and said that an international investigation into the attack was needed. In an interview, the minister, Khawaja…

Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds
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Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. The turbulent early months of Mr. Trump’s administration…