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Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as 'bait'
A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him…
Source: Washington Times
Death toll in Pakistan shopping plaza fire rises to 67, officials say
The death toll from a devastating fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi jumped to 67 on Thursday after police and a hospital official confirmed that the remains of…
Source: Washington Times
Millions of Americans prepare for potentially catastrophic ice storm. Here's what the numbers show
Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and knock out power for days, while Washington, D.C.,…
Source: Washington Times
Zelenskyy slams European response to Russia's war as Ukraine is caught in its own 'Groundhog Day'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent's slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia's invasion nearly four years…
Source: Washington Times
Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. tender offer, again
Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight.
Source: Washington Times
Netflix cancels Meghan Markle's lifestyle series; Duchess found the show exhausting
Meghan Markle's Netflix lifestyle series "With Love, Meghan" will not return for another season, according to sources who told Page Six that the Duchess of Sussex found elements of the show extremely…
Source: Washington Times
U.S. stocks climb again after Trump calls off his tariffs for Greenland
The U.S. stock market is ticking higher Thursday and regaining more of its losses for the week following the latest walkback by President Donald Trump from tariffs he had earlier threatened.
Source: Washington Times
Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder
Two teenage girls died Thursday of their injuries in this week's school bus crash in South Africa's Gauteng province, raising the death toll to 14, authorities said, as the bus driver was charged with…
Source: Washington Times
Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review
Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday.
Source: Washington Times
Jack Smith tells Congress Trump was guilty 'beyond a reasonable doubt'
Former special counsel Jack Smith told Congress on Thursday that President Trump is a criminal worthy of conviction, brushing aside Republican accusations that he ran an unethical prosecution in…
Source: Washington Times
Barron Trump aids woman last year after witnessing assault by phone video, calling police
Barron Trump, the president's youngest son, contacted police in London after witnessing a woman allegedly assaulted last January by a former boyfriend, a court has heard.
Source: Washington Times
Colombia imposes tariffs and halts energy sales to Ecuador as trade feud escalates
Colombia announced Thursday that it will apply a 30% tax on a group of products from Ecuador and will suspend the sale of energy to that country, in response to a matching tariff announced the…
Source: Washington Times
Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending a key inflation measure shows
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated.
Source: Washington Times
Trump says emerging Greenland deal gives U.S. full access to the island
President Trump on Thursday said the Arctic deal under negotiation will give the U.S. "total access" to Greenland for the foreseeable future.
Source: Washington Times
Health insurance CEOs on the hot seat: Premiums up 90% since Obamacare launched 16 years ago
Health insurance premiums have skyrocketed roughly 90% on average since Obamacare launched in March 2010, and the price of health care remains stubborn against political efforts to control it.
Source: Washington Times
Big Macs, pizzas and politics: Trump prefers fast food to state dinner meals
The cuisine served at White House state dinners apparently doesn't satisfy the appetite of President Trump, who usually devours a burger before the fancy banquets begin, Yahoo News reports.
Source: Washington Times
American history up for auction as nation marks 250 years, rare founding documents up for grabs
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Christie's in New York is offering Americans a chance to own pieces of the nation's founding.
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U.S. special envoy for Syria meets with Syrian Democratic Forces chief amid rising tensions
U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack met Thursday with the leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after days of clashes between Syrian troops and the SDF.
Source: Washington Times
Denmark says its sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump's Greenland about-turn
Denmark's prime minister insisted that her country can't negotiate on its sovereignty on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed on a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security…
Source: Washington Times
'Sinners' makes history, setting Oscars nomination record
Ryan Coogler's blues-steeped vampire epic "Sinners" led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.
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