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The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for public help to identify three suspects who allegedly broke into a historic Washington church building twice and stole equipment. trib.al/XiTxDFw
Police release photos of three burglars hitting church building in Sha

Police release photos of three burglars hitting church building in Sha

The Metropolitan Police Department is looking for three "persons of interest" in burglaries of a church building in the 1700 block of Eleventh Street NW on back-to-back nights.

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A federal jury in Virginia convicted a U.S. Jamaican dual national of orchestrating a murder-for-hire scheme to eliminate child support payments. trib.al/NYmAAnd
Virginia jury convicts man for murder-for-hire plot that killed his ch

Virginia jury convicts man for murder-for-hire plot that killed his ch

A U.S.-Jamaican dual national will be imprisoned for life after a federal jury in Virginia convicted him Wednesday of a 2016 murder-for-hire plot.

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2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike @WashTimes trib.al/9QjFcuJ
2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike

2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike

Two Colorado college students have been found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains last weekend when a heavy snowstorm hit, authorities said.

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Israelis await final election results as claim of foreign interference emerges @WashTimes trib.al/JaRML1I
Israelis await final election results as claim of foreign interference

Israelis await final election results as claim of foreign interference

Israelis on Thursday waited for final election results to confirm what they see taking shape: No majority of parliament seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies, nor for the array of

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Iran says 3 oil tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz @WashTimes trib.al/F6Pd5nU
Iran says 3 oil tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran says 3 oil tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran says three tankers struck mines and exploded while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorized route.

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Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite Trump's pressure @WashTimes trib.al/Nme7bqf
Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despit

Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despit

The Senate is unlikely to act before the end of the year on a House-passed bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, defying President Donald Trump and dashing the hopes of Americans who do

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Pete Hegseth fires top military planner Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia @WashTimes trib.al/iMfvzax
Pete Hegseth fires top military planner Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia

Pete Hegseth fires top military planner Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as Preside

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The Justice Department filed notice Wednesday night that President Donald Trump's announcements that there are plans for renovating the East Potomac Golf Course and there are plans to close the park beginning Nov. 15 are accurate. “On Friday, October... trib.al/dxnmzTP
Justice Department announces Trump plans for golf course are in the wo

Justice Department announces Trump plans for golf course are in the wo

The Justice Department filed notice Wednesday night that President Donald Trump's announcements that there are plans for renovating the East Potomac Golf Course and there are plans to close the p

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The Metropolitan Police Department is looking for three "persons of interest" in burglaries of a church building in the 1700 block of Eleventh Street NW on back-to-back nights. Images and surveillance video uploaded online by the police on Wednesday... trib.al/HNzlrdi
Police release photos of three burglars hitting church building in Sha

Police release photos of three burglars hitting church building in Sha

The Metropolitan Police Department is looking for three "persons of interest" in burglaries of a church building in the 1700 block of Eleventh Street NW on back-to-back nights.

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King tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both U.S. coasts @WashTimes trib.al/9X2aSv8
King tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both

King tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both

King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the Carolinas.

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U.S. warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation after elections, AP sources say @WashTimes trib.al/LNS9y9k
U.S. warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation af

U.S. warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation af

U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week's midterm elections in the United Stat

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Indiana governor is urged to let death sentence proceed against man who killed 2 kids in fire @WashTimes trib.al/7C60FcV
Indiana governor is urged to let death sentence proceed against man wh

Indiana governor is urged to let death sentence proceed against man wh

A death sentence for an Indiana man who killed his girlfriend's two children in a house fire should remain in place, the state parole board recommended Wednesday, just days before a Nov. 5 execut

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A Maryland elementary school closed for the rest of the week after 48 students and 16 staff members fell ill with flu-like symptoms. Princeton Elementary School in Camp Springs will undergo a deep cleaning before reopening. trib.al/nEMRmAd
Princeton Elementary School in Camp Springs closed due to increasing c

Princeton Elementary School in Camp Springs closed due to increasing c

Princeton Elementary School in Camp Springs was closed Wednesday for the rest of the week after students and staff got sick with an unspecified illness.

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Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud @WashTimes trib.al/uZriRhs
Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food

Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food

A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in a sprawling scheme to collect millions of dollar

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A U.S.-Jamaican dual national will be imprisoned for life after a federal jury in Virginia convicted him Wednesday of a 2016 murder-for-hire plot. Antwan Denetrick Hue, 42, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison and is due to be sentenced on... trib.al/yqYyivc
Virginia jury convicts man for murder-for-hire plot that killed his ch

Virginia jury convicts man for murder-for-hire plot that killed his ch

A U.S.-Jamaican dual national will be imprisoned for life after a federal jury in Virginia convicted him Wednesday of a 2016 murder-for-hire plot.

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Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states @WashTimes trib.al/RowjoSL
Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm v

Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm v

President Donald Trump's campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack

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How the Champagne harvest could impact your New Year's Eve @WashTimes trib.al/JTtXpsf
How the Champagne harvest could impact your New Year’s Eve

How the Champagne harvest could impact your New Year’s Eve

With this year's Champagne harvest at nearly half of last year's size, will there be a Champagne shortage for New Year's Eve? There are toasting alternatives for holiday celebrations, b

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Georgia's Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black women battling political barriers @WashTimes trib.al/HnNPlHP
Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black

Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black

Keisha Lance Bottoms talks a lot about the policies she would pursue as Georgia governor. The Democratic nominee is less likely to talk about the history she would make by winning the job.

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Cornell faculty to begin voting on no-confidence measure over handling of sexual assault allegations @WashTimes trib.al/M65zJGR
Cornell faculty to begin voting on no-confidence measure over handling

Cornell faculty to begin voting on no-confidence measure over handling

Cornell University faculty will meet Wednesday to conclude debate and begin voting on a proposed no-confidence resolution in the university's administration following widespread frustration over

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Federal Reserve likely to skip rate hike despite elevated inflation @WashTimes trib.al/aK9mDbW
Federal Reserve likely to skip rate hike despite elevated inflation

Federal Reserve likely to skip rate hike despite elevated inflation

The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday even though inflation has accelerated in the past couple of months as the Iran war has caused spikes in oil and gas prices.

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