<p>Georgia’s Court of Appeals has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her case against Donald Trump </p>

Trump on Trial

DA Fani Willis booted from Trump’s election interference case in Georgia

LiveRape Trial

Gisèle Pelicot ‘never regretted decision to go public’ as sobbing ex-husband jailed for 20 years

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Trump and Musk send DC in tailspin with spending bill attacks as government shutdown nears

Trump demands government shutdown after Musk rants over funding bill

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Democrats blast influence of ‘President Elon Musk’ over Trump amid spending deal row

<p>Donald Trump says House Speaker Mike Johnson’s job is ‘safe’ for now </p>

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Trump backs Johnson amid calls for his ouster over shutdown debacle

School Shooting Wisconsin

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Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow ‘received texts’ from man plotting government building attack

<p>Striking workers picket outside of the Amazon DAX5 warehouse, in City of Industry, California, U.S., December 19, 2024</p>

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Amazon’s labor strife puts Christmas delivery in question as strikes launched across nation

<p>Longtime Fox News anchor is leaving the network after 28 years. </p>

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Longtime anchor Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News

<p>Andrew Cuomo claims he was smeared by a former aide who accused him of inappropriate behavior and now plans to file a lawsuit against her </p>

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to sue accuser for defamation over sex harassment claims

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Luigi Mangione’s prison fan club: Suspect has received 87 pieces of mail and 163 donations while behind bars

<p>Luigi Nicholas Mangione leaves at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on Thursday</p>

<p>Police issued a stark warning to Orange City residents on Monday </p>

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Police warning as ‘really big’ monkeys spotted roaming around Florida community

<p>Oysters and other shellfish harvested in Washington state have been recalled by the FDA over potential contamination with norovirus </p>

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Oysters recalled over possible contamination with infectious norovirus

<p>Tshey Ronaie Bennett (left) went missing December 14 – now her alleged killer has been charged with first-degree murder and possession of child pornography </p>

Crime

Reality star and escort found dead in pond as police arrest active duty Marine in connection with her murder

<p>Richard Dewayne Chambers, 42, of Oklahoma City, was taken to the Pontotoc County jail in connection with the death of two senior citizens and one woman </p>

Crime

Oklahoma cops arrest suspect who killed elderly couple then tie him to another homicide from hours earlier

<p>Lay’s Classic potato chips recalled over possible ‘life-threatening allergic reaction’</p>

Lay’s Classic potato chips recalled over possible ‘life-threatening allergic reaction’

<p>George Stephanopoulos with Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey discuss "Build The Life You Want" at The 92nd Street Y in New York City in 2023. He has now reached a new deal with ABC despite a recent settlement with Donald Trump over comments Stephanopoulos made on-air </p>

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George Stephanopoulos signs new ABC News deal amid backlash over Trump settlement

Real Housewives star Karen Huger faces two-year prison sentence after DUI conviction

<p>The 2025 Golden Globes gift bag doubled in value from last year </p>

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<p>President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16. He recently met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at the club. </p>

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Next in line: Trump meets with Bezos and Musk in latest meeting with billionaires visiting Mar-a-Lago

<p>Donald Trump has issued various threats against his political opponents and those he deems enemies, leading a group of anti-Trump advocates to form network </p>

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Network of lawyers and advocates being built to support those targeted by vengeful Trump

<p>U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks alongside family members of gun violence victims during a press conference on gun violence prevention at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 12, 2024 in Washington, DC</p>

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Democratic senator says Trump’s plans to undermine democracy have already begun

<p>Names are reportedly being floated to challenge Speaker Mike Johnson following anger over his stop-gap funding support </p>

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Johnson could be challenged for speaker role as alternatives ‘floated’

<p>Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner praised Donald Trump’s hat hair, describes it as the “winds of winning” </p>

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Fox News anchor gushes over Trump’s new hairdo, calls it ‘the winds of winning’

Politics

ICE’s $230 million budget shortfall might delay Trump’s mass deportation plans

<p>Matt Gaetz hinted that he could expose lawmakers he claims made ‘me too’ payoffs with public funds </p>

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Gaetz hints he’ll expose lawmakers who made ‘me too’ payoffs

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<p>Natalie Rupnow, 15, seen here four months prior to gunning down multiple classmates and a teacher. She defied the typical numbers associated with school shooters in several ways </p>

How Natalie Rupnow defied the typical descriptions of a school shooter

<p>Rubi Patricia Vergara, pictured here, has been named as the student who was killed in Monday’s school shooting in Wisconsin </p>

Madison shooting

Student killed in Wisconsin shooting ID’d as Rubi Patricia Vergara

<p>Erin West, a substitute coordinator at Abundant Life Christian School, was fatally shot in Monday’s shooting</p>

Madison shooting

Teacher killed in Wisconsin school shooting ID’d as Erin Michelle West

APTOPIX School Shooting Wisconsin

Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting

<p>Giséle Pelicot, pictured arriving for the trial verdict in Avignon, was drugged and raped by her husband and dozens of strangers over a decade </p>

Coco: The chat site that enabled the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot

The unimaginable horror Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter is dealing with

Gisèle Pelicot: Inside the rape trial that shocked the world

Men were ‘puppets of Dominique Pelicot’, says mass rape trial lawyer

Unruly Royal Caribbean passenger stands shirtless in the hallway of cruise ship while trying to break down a door

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‘Drunk’ cruise passenger dies after staff detained him over outburst

<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales have released their Christmas card. </p>

Royal Family

Prince William and Kate Middleton release poignant Christmas card after ‘brutal’ year

<p>Pecos City declared a major accident after a cargo train derailed </p>

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One dead and four injured as train derails after hitting tractor in Texas

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Number seeking unemployment drops right before holidays after big jump a week ago

<p>A Washington state Department of Agriculture worker holds two of the dozens of Asian giant hornets</p>

Buzzed off: The murder hornet has finally been eradicated from the US, experts say

<p>Grin and bear it: Emma Thompson puts on a brave face in ‘Love Actually’</p>

What your reaction to a bad Christmas gift says about you

LiveNews

New Jersey airspace closes to drones as officials try to slow number of sightings

<p>The social media app has steadily grown its user base, despite being banned or partially banned in certain countries and regions </p>

How TikTok became the world's most controversial app

<p>Everett, Massachusetts, mayor Carlo DeMaria speaks to the press after announcing a $1.1 million settlement with a local newspaper he accused printed false stories. </p>

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A 139-year-old newspaper closing after false stories on mayor

<p>The oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 115-pounds and approximately 1,500 years old</p>

Ten Commandment tablet that was used as paving stone sells for millions

<p>Joseph Corcoran was convicted of murdering four people, including his brother, in 1999</p>

Crime

‘Let’s get this over with’: Final words and last meal of executed Indiana inmate revealed

News

Will you have a White Christmas? Snow already causing delays as travel plans for millions threatened by storms

<p>A teacher at Eldridge Junior Senior High School in Sullivan County, New York, is under fire for a question she supposedly asked students </p>

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Teacher under fire for asking Black students if they were ‘pure-bred’ in front of their classmates

<p>The FDA has raised alarms over potentially deadly dog treats recently recalled from shelves</p>

FDA issues recall on popular dog treat sold in 19 states that can kill pets

A researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in an Iowa research facility last July.

California declares bird flu state of emergency after Louisiana patient suffers first severe case

<p>Staff prepare octopus dumplings at Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, an Edo Period-themed hot spring complex on media preview event at Toyosu Market Monday in Tokyo</p>

From Takis to sour cherries: The six food trends set to explode in 2025

Ukrainian servicemen conduct tactical medicine exercise in the Donetsk region

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North Korea says it can produce missiles for Russia ‘in months'

<p>WhatsApp users can chat to ChatGPT by adding OpenAI’s AI chatbot to their contacts</p>

ChatGPT now lets you call it up for a conversation

Investigation

The A-Word: Watch the Independent TV documentary on abortion and America’s war on women

Inside Politics

Politics

Trump’s former chef reveals how he would trick the president to eating and drinking healthier items

<p>President-elect Donald Trump has forged a power alliance with richest-man-in-the-world Elon Musk </p>

Americans view both Musk and Trump equally favorably, new poll finds

<p>The judge overseeing the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes said the prospect of a Trump pardon is ‘frightening’ </p>

Politics

Pardoning Oath Keepers founder would be ‘frightening’ for democracy, judge says

<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he does not fear Trump’s retribution. </p>

Politics

As Trump makes fresh threats against Liz Cheney, Republican senators look the other way

Politics

Gaetz says he ‘partied, womanized, drank and smoked’ when he was younger but his life is different today

<p>Donald Trump settled with ABC News on Saturday for $15m, with the network also agreeing to pay attorneys’ fees. It has sent shockwaves through newsrooms </p>

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Trump’s $15m settlement with ABC shook the First Amendment’s foundation. It’s just the beginning

ABC’s Trump settlement happened in hours as Disney feared backlash

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<p>US President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, December 4, 2019</p>

Politics

Canada wants joint police force with US to patrol the northern border

<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida</p>

Politics

Trump and his cronies will look to attack unfavorable non-profits, watchdog warns

<p>Robert F Kennedy Jr has some health experts excited, while others are fearful of what he could do </p>

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Health experts excited yet fearful about RFK Jr’s impact on health

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<p>Co-anchors Tyler Butler and Carsyn Currier wear pink during broadcast in honor of their late colleague </p>

Arizona news anchor emotionally announces sudden death of ‘beloved’ 28-year-old colleague live on-air

<p>Dan Friedkin is closing in on a buyout of Everton</p>

Soccer

Who is Dan Friedkin, Everton’s new American billionaire owner?

<p>Kelvin Roberts (left) was arrested Tuesday for his alleged role in a violent homicide, alongside Charles Fulforth (right) and arrested a week earlier. Investigators said the two men targeted the wrong house for a robbery </p>

Crime

Suspects who executed man in home invasion went to wrong house looking for guns, DA says

<p>Marines transfer a person at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 </p>

News

More terrorists are being shipped out of Guantanamo Bay after admitting to their roles in Asian bombing

<p>Hannah Kobayashi has returned to the US nearly a month after she was reported missing </p>

Crime

Hannah Kobayashi breaks silence to claim she ‘was unaware’ of huge firestorm over her disappearance

<p>Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams</p>

NASA tells astronauts stuck on space station they must wait even longer for return home

'We’re done talking’: Kevin Costner shuts down question about Yellowstone co-star Luke Grimes’ recent dig

<p>Phil Collins revisted his old drumkit for a new documentary</p>

Phil Collins revisits his drumkit for the first time in years: ‘It just feels so strange’

<p>Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with the murder of a seventh woman, is the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island. He appeared in Judge Tim Mazzei's courtroom for a hearing in October </p>

Crime

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect charged with seventh murder

Rex Heuermann has pleaded not guilty in all seven murders

<p>A black bear takes advantage of spawning salmon in a creek. A man in Virginia was killed in December 2024 when a black bear his hunting party illegally shot fell out of a tree and crushed him </p>

News

Hunter killed when bear shot in tree falls on him

<p>MSNBC host Katie Phang hosts her weekend show on December 14. Phang lost in the key 25-54 demographic to much smaller cable news rival NewsNation.</p>

News

More bad news for MSNBC as they hemorrhage viewers and are now losing to NewsNation in weekend ratings battle

Trump Shooting Attempt

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Florida pursues charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt for a crash after his arrest

<p>The mastodon jaw pokes out of the ground in a New York backyard. The discovery is the first such finding in the state in 11 years </p>

New York homeowner makes groundbreaking dino discovery – the first in over a decade

<p>Kimberly Williams-Paisley says she ‘felt trapped in her own body’ amid vocal cord issues </p>

Health

Kimberly Williams-Paisley details ‘terrifying’ struggle with health condition that left her unable to speak

<p>Head of an Ubaid culture anthropomorphic figurine</p>

Mysterious alien-like statues unearthed from ancient Stone Age settlement

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