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Atlantic City mayor indicted for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims that he abused her
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has been indicted on a witness tampering charge for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims she made to law enforcement officials that he abused her, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said the indictment was handed down Tuesday by a grand jury. Small, 50, is accused of asking his daughter to claim that a head injury she sustained on Jan. 13 occurred when she tripped and fell in her bedroom.
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Stone tablet engraved with Ten Commandments sells for $5 million
A stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for $5 million at auction on Wednesday, Sotheby's announced.The New York auction house had expected it to sell for $1-2 million.
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Wisconsin police go quiet on school shooting as search for answers continues
Wisconsin police did not plan any public updates Wednesday into the extremely rare religious school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others, a day after the city’s mayor chastised reporters and urged them to leave victims alone. Police have been tight-lipped about why a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian Christian School shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday, before shooting herself. Madison’s police chief released the name of the shooter, Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, hours after the shooting on Monday.
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19 detained for alleged home invasion at apartment Trump claimed Venezuelan gang took over
Nineteen people were detained for a home invasion at an Aurora, Colorado apartment that Donald Trump said was being taken over by a Venezuelan gang.
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House Republicans say Liz Cheney should be investigated over Jan. 6 committee work
A Republican chairman said the FBI should investigate former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., over her involvement in the probe from the last Congress of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
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Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5M
The New York-based auction house said the final price exceeded the presale estimate of $1 million to $2 million and followed more than 10 minutes of “intense bidding” during the global competition. “A tangible link to ancient beliefs that have profoundly shaped global religious and cultural traditions, it serves as a rare testament to history,” the auction house said.
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The fate of the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council is uncertain in Trump's administration
During the transition period between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, there has been at least some coordination on West Wing affairs. The first-of-its kind office was an effort to drive policy that would make life better for women and girls in the U.S. and in the world. It was formed through an executive order by Biden in September 2021, and members of his Cabinet have representatives on the council.
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Former New Orleans priest, 93, is sentenced to life in prison for raping boy decades ago
A judge sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest Wednesday to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage boy decades ago. Lawrence Hecker had pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree rape and aggravated kidnapping moments before jury selection was scheduled to begin in his trial this month. Hecker's sentence comes as the Archdiocese of New Orleans deals with fallout from a wave of sexual abuse lawsuits and allegations that church leaders had long ignored predatory priests, leading to a long-running bankruptcy proceeding.
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Kennedy ticks off easy wins in US Senate tour, tougher meetings on top health job ahead
Halfway through Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s two dozen meetings at the U.S. Senate this week, no Republicans have signaled their intention to block confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the top U.S. health job. Kennedy, whose nomination to run the Department of Health and Human Services has raised concerns among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers over his anti-vaccine stance, has met with some of Trump's closest allies in the Senate, seen as easier to win over than some more skeptical members of the party. The meetings have been "really productive, really good," Kennedy told reporters on Tuesday as he dashed through the Senate hallways from one meeting to the next.
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US Congress passes defense bill banning gender care for minors
The US Congress approved its mammoth annual defense budget on Wednesday, raising troops' pay while blocking funding of some gender-affirming care for transgender children of service members.But talks over the 1,800-page-plus text were complicated by a last-minute Republican intervention to prevent the military's health program from covering gender-affirming care for children of service members if it results in "sterilization."
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US issues fresh sanctions related to Nord Stream 2 pipeline
The United States issued fresh sanctions on Wednesday on several Russia-based entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the State Department said, including new measures against the operator of the project. The U.S. State Department said in a statement it was re-imposing sanctions on a number of entities involved in the construction of the pipeline that were already designated, as well as several new owners of vessels already under sanctions.
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First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm
A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe infection of avian influenza, authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the United States as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic. Last month, a teenager in Canada was also hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu.
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New York man pleads guilty in Chinese 'secret police station' case
A New York resident who prosecutors say operated a "secret police station" in the Chinatown district of Manhattan to aid Beijing's targeting of dissidents, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent. Chen Jinping, 61, entered the plea at a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court before U.S. District Judge Nina Morrison. In court, Chen admitted to removing an online article about the alleged police station on behalf of China's government in September 2022.
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Intentional foul: Charlotte Hornets apologize after taking back PlayStation 5 gifted to teen fan during game
Talk about an intentional foul.
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Demolition begins on former Chicago nightclub where stampede killed 21
Demolition has begun on a historic downtown building two decades after a stampede at the dance club it housed left 21 dead and nearly five dozen injured. A demolition crew moved in Tuesday after last week's emergency demolition order by the Chicago Department of Buildings, which declared the 114-year-old structure “constitutes an actual and imminent danger to the public,” according to local news reports. In the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 17, 2003, security guards at the crowded E2 dance hall used pepper spray to break up a fight, causing panic among patrons who rushed the front door.
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Texas man hopes to reunite with family after they were unexpectedly deported
Federico Arellano is a U.S. citizen and says three of his four children are too. He says the situation is a misunderstanding and that his family was misled before being deported.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up TikTok's appeal challenging a federal law that could ban the popular social media app by next month.
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UN experts urge three 'transformations' for nature
Human societies need a radical overhaul to stop the destruction of the planet, according to the UN biodiversity expert panel's "transformative change" report released Wednesday. The assessment, the second by the expert panel this week, says overconsumption in richer countries, a concentration of wealth and power, and a society increasingly disconnected from nature were driving ecological destruction.
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Incredible video shows shark feasting on crocodile in Australia
Alice Bedwell said she was at Town Beach in Australia when she recorded dramatic video of the encounter between the two powerful animals.
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UN humanitarian chief urges massive aid boost for Syria: AFP interview
Visiting UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called Wednesday for a massive aid boost for Syria to respond to "this moment of hope" after the ouster of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad."We have to get behind them and to respond to this moment of hope.

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