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• Disturbing image on Epstein’s desk in newly released batch of photos prompts calls for files full release: Live updates

  12-12-2025 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats have received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with 19 posted online Friday
  
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• Rob Reiner’s son charged with two counts of first-degree murder as more troubling details emerge of hours surrounding killings

  16-12-2025 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rob and Michele Reiner’s youngest son was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder
  
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• Elon Musk’s X Corp sues social media startup over effort to claim ‘Twitter’ brand

  16-12-2025 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and rebranded the social media platform to X
  
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• Nick Reiner charged with first-degree murder in parents’ Rob and Michele stabbing deaths: Live updates

  16-12-2025 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after parents fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home Sunday afternoon
  
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• President Trump expands travel ban to include five more countries

  16-12-2025 22:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The administration also fully restricted travel for people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents
  
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• MIT professor dies after being shot ‘multiple times’ at his Brookline home

  16-12-2025 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  He had been with the prestigious college since 2016
  
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• Who is Don Jr’s fiancée Bettina Anderson?

  16-12-2025 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eldest Trump son was previously married to Vanessa Trump and later engaged to MAGA personality Kimberly Guilfoyle
  
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• Nick Reiner reportedly behaved oddly during Bill Hader interaction at holiday party hours before parents’ murders: Live updates

  16-12-2025 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after parents fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home Sunday afternoon
  
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• US sends Cubans to naval station at Guantanamo Bay, NYT reports

  16-12-2025 21:51 via article.wn.com
  Dec 16 - The U.S. government...
  
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• Trump’s approval rating slips to 39%, economy weighs, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

  16-12-2025 21:51 via article.wn.com
  A 38 per cent reading in mid-November was Mr Trump’s lowest rating this year. ......
  
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• Trump has ‘alcoholic’s personality’, chief of staff Susie Wiles says in bombshell interview

  16-12-2025 21:51 via article.wn.com
  Ms Wiles swiftly dismissed the Vanity Fair article as a “hit piece”. ......
  
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• Canada plans to open consulates in Greenland and Alaska to strengthen Arctic presence

  16-12-2025 21:51 via article.wn.com
  OTTAWA, Dec 16 - Canada plans to...
  
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• US alerts tourists of 'unpredictable security situation' in popular holiday destination

  16-12-2025 21:48 via article.wn.com
  As tensions increase between Thailand...
  
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• 10-year-old girl, Holocaust survivor among victims of deadly Australia Hanukkah attack

  16-12-2025 21:48 via article.wn.com
  The deadly terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, left at...
  
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• The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalates

  16-12-2025 21:46 via article.wn.com
  By MANUEL RUEDA, Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them. The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo, which is based in Colombia, has been listed both as a foreign and a global terrorist group, calling it a “violent and powerful criminal organization”
  
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• Desperate search launched for cat allegedly stolen from Californian home by Amazon driver

  16-12-2025 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video appears to show a driver grabbing the cat by the neck and walking back to their car
  
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• This teacher just had a chilling realization about the 2026–27 school year

  16-12-2025 21:43 via article.wn.com
  One December evening, Kayla Manigault, a sixth-grade teacher in Baltimore, was typing up her lesson plans when she glanced at the school year on her template and froze. Next year: 2026-2027. She screamed — so loudly that her boyfriend, also a teacher, came running. Was she hurt? Had she received bad news? Sort of. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Manigault had just realized that a viral classroom chant was about...
  
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• Mustapha Kharbouch: Brown University takes down student's profile as search for suspect intensifies

  16-12-2025 21:42 via article.wn.com
  The December 13 (Saturday) shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island's Providence has proven to be a conundrum for investigators. Three days have passed, and the Providence Police Department and the FBI are yet to zero in on a suspect. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence PD, projects an image of a "person of interest" in the December 13 mass shooting at Brown University.(AFP) On Monday, the FBI released fresh videos and photos of a possible person of interest in the shooting that killed two
  
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• Donald Trump signs proclamation to restrict entry of foreign nationals from Syria and 6 more ...

  16-12-2025 21:42 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation which restricts the entry of foreign nationals from seven additional countries on Tuesday. As per the official statement from the White House, the total number of countries has now increased from 12 to 19. US President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation which restricts the entry of foreign nationals from seven additional countries on...
  
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• Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi

  16-12-2025 21:41 via article.wn.com
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• FIFA responds to World Cup ticket backlash with new pricing tier

  16-12-2025 21:39 via article.wn.com
  FIFA responded to backlash over high ticket costs for the 2026 World Cup by introducing a new $60 pricing tier on Tuesday. Tickets are being made available at that reduced price for all 104 matches at the 48-team tournament taking...
  
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• Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump

  16-12-2025 21:37 via article.wn.com
  Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein case and defended the president's aggressive second administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday. ......
  
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• Bondi suspects reportedly trained where Islamist separatists have been for years

  16-12-2025 21:37 via article.wn.com
  Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the terror attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach was "motivated by ISIS ideology." ......
  
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• Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

  16-12-2025 21:36 via article.wn.com
  Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military. He told reporters Tuesday that it was meant to ......
  
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• Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they will withdraw from seized city in eastern Congo

  16-12-2025 21:36 via article.wn.com
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the strategic city in eastern Congo seized last week, as fighting in the region escalated despite a U.S.-mediated peace deal. ......
  
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• Authorities say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor ...

  16-12-2025 21:36 via article.wn.com
  BROOKLINE (AP) — Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at his home. ......
  
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• 11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion

  16-12-2025 21:36 via article.wn.com
  SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. ......
  
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• Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others

  16-12-2025 21:35 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration is expanding...
  
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• Officers say at trial of Milwaukee judge her actions made their job more dangerous

  16-12-2025 21:35 via article.wn.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors worked Tuesday to paint a Milwaukee judge accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest as rudely approaching federal officers and making it more dangerous for them to do their jobs. ......
  
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• How Saudi Arabia is building the future today: Why the world can't afford to ignore (or miss) the Kingdom

  16-12-2025 21:35 via article.wn.com
  Across desert, coastlines and historic cities, Saudi Arabia is undertaking one of the most ambitious infrastructure transformations of the 21st century.Think boldness. And think vision, one that looks beyond years, into decades and scores Also In This Package Saudi Arabia partners with Archer to launch air taxis Neom is still top choice for Saudi home buyers Saudi launches Ceer EV with iPhone maker Foxconn Jeddah Tower hits 80 floors, to overtake Burj Khalifa Under Vision 2030, the Kingdom is no
  
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