<p>Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense, is facing new challenges standing in the way of his appointment </p>

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<p>Man tries to protect his dog after feral dog went for the pet as reporters were filming in Liberty County</p>

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<p>Billboards, ads and other promotions announcing the return of Enron have appeared exactly 23 years after the company declared bankruptcy </p>

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<p>Timothy Hyder, 57, killed his fiancée after she told him she wouldn’t marry him, police say</p>

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Brokenhearted ‘murdered his fiance after she broke off their engagement’

<p>Jaylen Mosley, 19, (pictured in mugshot) was charged with murder</p>

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<p>Fans called out grammatical errors in Taylor Swift’s new book </p>

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<p>Illegal roads have proliferated as Lake Mead water level lowers amid drought and climate change </p>

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‘Illegal roads’ in a Nevada national park will cost $8.5m to fix, officials say

<p>Nicholas Jones was accused of fatally shooting his nine-year-old son Princeton over the weekend in Compton</p>

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Dad charged in fatal shooting of autistic son, 9, in grandfather's backyard

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<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters joked he wanted to see ‘eye candy’ from the women in Trump’s cabinet</p>

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Jesse Watters blasted after creepy ‘eye candy’ comment aimed at women in Trump’s cabinet

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<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas</p>

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<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci became a political pawn for Republicans and Democrats while evaluating the origins and government response to Covid-19 </p>

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Democrats blast Republicans for ‘fueling a political agenda’ with Covid report and push back on lab leak claim

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<p>MSNBC host Rachel Maddow delivers a monologue about President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter.</p>

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Rachel Maddow defends Biden’s pardon for Hunter because Kash Patel has a ‘hit list’

<p>First Lady Jill Biden speaks to National Guard families from across the country, who are the first members of the public to view the 2024 White House Christmas decorations Monday. Republicans are already bashing her holiday decorations on social media </p>

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Jill Biden’s White House decorations ripped by Republicans on social media

<p>President-elect Donald Trump speaks alongside Senate members including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) before attending a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket last month in Brownsville, Texas</p>

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Ted Cruz launches raunchy attack on ‘Morning Joe’ hosts over meeting with Trump

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Hundreds of turtles with hypothermia are washing up on along Massachusetts beaches

<p>Leah Seneng, 60, an art teacher who died after she was bit by a bat that flew into her classroom at her California school </p>

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Middle school teacher dies from rabies after getting bitten by bat she removed from classroom

<p>Debbie Nelson was the author of ‘My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem’s Mother’</p>

Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson dies at 69 after cancer battle

<p>Marlena Velez (pictured) was arrested a second time </p>

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TikTok influencer arrested for a second time for allegedly shoplifting at same Target

<p>Ruby Princess docked in San Francisco. A 72-year-old man is believed to have died after falling overboard </p>

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Cruise passenger, 72, feared dead after falling overboard just before arrival in San Francisco

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<p>A figurine pictured in front of a computer screen in Mulhouse, eastern France on 19 October , 2023</p>

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<p>Boys walk down a snow-covered side street in Erie, Pennsylvia, on Monday. More snow is forecast this week across the U.S. </p>

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<p>Kate Winslet admits an old acting teacher told her to ‘settle for the fat girl parts’ </p>

Kate Winslet breaks down recalling what Titanic critics said about her in 1997

<p>Hannah Kobayashi went missing on November 8 when she failed to board a connecting flight at LAX </p>

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A Maui woman missed her flight—then vanished. Police say she voluntarily crossed the Mexican border

<p>Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, (pictured) believes he was attacked because he is trans </p>

Crime

Three teens face criminal charges for beating of trans boy at Massachusetts party

<p>The mysterious 18-minute radio emitter, shown among the stars of the Milky Way as seen by a radio telescope</p>

Astronomers track down the source of a mystery radio signal from space

<p>Mamta Kafle disappeared in July. Now, her husband was charged with her murder</p>

Crime

Husband who googled how quickly you can remarry after spouse dies is charged with wife's murder

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<p>Donald Trump during a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in September </p>

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NATO chief warns Trump not to push Ukraine deal that would see Putin ‘high-fiving’ Iran

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<p>Kyrie Irving is widely considered to be a future NBA Hall of Famer </p>

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Man allegedly tries to shoplift from Virginia Walmart during annual ‘shop with a cop’ event

<p>Quantum computers offer processing power that is orders of magnitude higher than conventional computers</p>

Quantum computer-powered robots could soon match humans, scientists predict

<p>‘Sex and the City'</p>

Sex and the City star says fans grew to appreciate hated character

<p>Mikey Madison </p>

Mikey Madison is sorry she killed everybody’s favorite Scream character: ‘I didn’t write the script!’

<p>Beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. Nearly three decades after her murder, investigators say they are hopeful that solving her case is ‘within reach’ </p>

Crime

JonBenet Ramsey investigators are hopeful the case is 'within reach' of being solved

Inside Politics

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<p>President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford are among the presidents who have issued controversial presidential pardons</p>

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Jon Stewart on why he’s OK with Joe Biden pardoning his son

Voices: Joe Biden has just handed a tremendous gift to Donald Trump

<p>Trump pardoned conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D'Souza in 2018 </p>

Politics

Trump-pardoned Dinesh D’Souza flamed for attacking Biden pardon

Whoopi Goldberg says Republicans ‘pearl clutching’ over Biden pardon

<p>Justin Sun — who bought Maurizio Cattelan’s conceptual banana art and then ate it — has pumped $30 million into a Trump-backed crypto venture </p>

Politics

Crypto mogul who ate a $6.2 million banana gives Trump an $18 million payday

<p>RFK Jr, pictured at Turning Point US in Georgia on October 23, wants to ban fluoride from drinking water </p>

Politics

RFK Jr used to hawk bottles of water with high levels of fluoride. Now he wants to ban it

<p>Kash Patel, pictured speaking at a Trump rally in Arizona on October 13, has cashed in on his ties to the president-elect</p>

Politics

From ‘King Donald’ books to anti-vaccine pills : Kash Patel’s MAGA merch ventures

<p>President-elect Donald Trump (meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill after election victory) has warned ‘all hell to pay’ if hostages not released </p>

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Trump warns there’ll be ‘ALL HELL TO PAY’ if Israeli hostages aren’t released before he takes office

<p>Donald Trump’s 2024 victory broke my brain... and many of my predictions </p>

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<p>Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago for dinner on Friday to talk tariffs, among other areas of foreign policy </p>

politics

Trump joked Canada could avoid tariffs by becoming 51st US state, report says

<p>“No one is above the law except the Presidents [sic] nepo baby is a helluva partying message for democrats,” McCain tweeted. </p>

Politics

Nepo baby Meghan McCain complains about ‘nepo baby’ Hunter’s pardon

<p>Central to Trump’s global influence on women’s health is a policy called the Global Gag Rule</p>

Politics

Why Trump’s next presidency poses a new global threat to women’s health

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Nearly all Arctic sea ice could melt by summer 2027, scientists warn

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Woman sentenced for drunk driving crash that killed bride

<p>Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 (PA)</p>

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‘Fatally flawed’: Delaware judge rejects Elon Musk’s second bid to ram through $56bn pay package

<p>Chicago police responded about 2:10 p.m. and found that eight people had been shot during a “social gathering”</p>

Crime

Chicago house party turns deadly after shooting kills three and leaves five more wounded

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James Van Der Beek shares health update one month after announcing colorectal cancer diagnosis

<p>Stop Moanaing: The titular character of Disney’s new sequel </p>

The success of Moana 2 is nothing to be celebrated – there is a real crisis in animation

<p>A record amount of travelers used airports across the US this Thanksgiving </p>

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Record-breaking 3 million travelers screened at U.S. airports in a day

<p>A majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet-flavored vaping products </p>

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SCOTUS seemingly unconvinced that federal officials were unfair in blocking flavored vapes

<p>Destroyed buildings in the village of Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon</p>

Israel threatens to go deeper into Lebanon if Hezbollah truce fails

<p>New Zealand’s highest mountain Mount Cook</p>

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American and Canadian climbers missing in New Zealand’s highest peak

<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to reporters as she leaves a House Republican Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC</p>

Politics

MTG was mocked for weather-control claims. Now Florida has a new bill to ban ‘weather modification’

<p>A woman targeted Pervez Taufiq and his family with a racist tirade, according to a video the photographer shared on Instagram</p>

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Indian-American family subjected to racist tirade from fellow passenger on United flight

<p>Queen Camilla arrives at Buckingham Palace (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>

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Queen Camilla reveals battle with pneumonia after skipping part of Qatar state visit

‘The internet was once an illicit porthole into someone else’s life, rather than a proud declaration of their existence that might stoke enough engagement to get a sponsorship deal'

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<p>Christopher Collings, 49, is set to receive a single injection of the sedative pentobarbital at 6 p.m. CST for the 2007 murder of fourth-grader Rowan Ford</p>

Crime

Killer with ‘abnormal brain’ set to be executed for the murder of a 9-year-old girl

<p>Jayna Lang, 46, (pictured and inset her missing car) said she was going shopping but never returned </p>

News

A Colorado woman told her brother she was going shopping days before Thanksgiving. She never returned

<p>Cesar Hernandez, 34, (pictured) is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder</p>

Crime

Manhunt underway for convicted killer who escaped from prison van

<p>Bailey Peters, his wife Katherine, and their daughter Jane, look for a Christmas Tree at Carnes Farms in Pontotoc, Mississippi, last month. Christmas tree farmers are reporting losses this year after a massive drought and historic temperatures </p>

How climate change is impacting our Christmas trees

<p>Seuk Kim, 49, died after his plane crashed in New York while transporting three dogs to a no-kill shelter</p>

News

Family of pilot on animal rescue flight given remains of dog killed with him in crash

Lifestyle

Kendrick Lamar to co-headline 2025 tour with mega R&B star

<p>Tom Brady lost out to high school senior during YouTuber MrBeast’s football throwing challenge </p>

Tom Brady bested by high school quarterback in MrBeast’s $100,000 throwing challenge

<p>Why Ariana Grande will never return The Voice as coach</p>

Why Ariana Grande will never return The Voice as a coach

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s son Connor shares rare selfie

<p>Customers eat hot sausages at a traditional sausage stand (Wuerstelstand), which are named as intangible cultural heritage by the Austrian UNESCO Commission, in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)</p>

The Vienna snack that is suddenly much more than a tasty treat

<p>Mary and Sean Davies bought the Second World War water tower in 2018</p>

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Couple who bought WW2 tower for home run out of funds after tragedy

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