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• AI to help hunt for missing Americans from conflicts

  18-09-2026 23:54 via washingtontimes.com
  New artificial intelligence technology is being used in the hunt for missing Americans in past wars, an investigative group announced Friday on National MIA/POW Recognition Day.
  
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• Holdout juror in Clancy trial denies ever wavering on guilt

  18-09-2026 23:48 via washingtontimes.com
  The lone juror whose refusal to join the other 11 jurors resulted in a deadlocked jury and mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case has broken his silence, disputing claims from fellow jurors that he showed doubt about the prosecution's case during deliberations.
  
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• Joe Rogan calls Trump supporters 'rabid' in podcast chat with Ron White

  18-09-2026 23:08 via washingtontimes.com
  JOE ROGAN calls Trump supporters "rabid" and "f---ing nuts": "He represents something other than just a person to them."
  
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• N.C. Dem stays on ballot despite party's disavowal over Nazi comparisons

  18-09-2026 22:53 via washingtontimes.com
  A North Carolina Democrat running for a competitive state House seat, Shelly Headen, remains on the November ballot even after her own party publicly cut ties with her over a string of inflammatory social media posts, including one calling for an attack on U.S. soil. In one post, she wrote that the "MAGA cult may be more destructive and evil than the Nazis."
  
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• Portland women's sports bar clash draws police after 'XX-XY' shirt dispute

  18-09-2026 22:28 via washingtontimes.com
  Two crowds faced off outside a Portland bar dedicated to women's sports, prompting a police response, after the venue had ejected a group of patrons days earlier for wearing shirts from a brand that advocates organizing women's sports on the basis of sex rather than gender identity.
  
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• All 50 states sign up for Trump's program to reduce Medicaid drug prices paid

  18-09-2026 22:21 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump announced that all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have agreed to participate in his most-favored-nation drug pricing plan for Medicaid, the government insurance for the poor.
  
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• Bills fans pay steep price for beer, food at Highmark Stadium opener

  18-09-2026 22:10 via washingtontimes.com
  Buffalo Bills fans got their first regular-season look at the team's new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium on Thursday night, and they got a look at just how much a beer and a bucket of popcorn now costs.A 16-ounce Labatt beer paired with one of the stadium's new souvenir beer horns ran $30 apiece.
  
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• AI actress Tilly Norwood glitches mid-interview, speaks Chinese

  18-09-2026 21:45 via washingtontimes.com
  Tilly Norwood, the AI-generated performer that Hollywood unions and A-list actors have spent the past year condemning, hit a very public snag: Mid-sentence during a live interview with Piers Morgan, she stopped speaking English and spoke Cantonese.
  
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• DOJ says 18-20-year-olds can't be barred from buying handguns

  18-09-2026 21:33 via washingtontimes.com
  The Justice Department released a new opinion Friday saying federal laws prohibiting the sale of handguns to adults under age 21 can't be squared with the Constitution and can no longer be enforced.
  
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• Trump bans CNN, MSNOW, Politico from White House for their 'fake news'

  18-09-2026 21:22 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump announced he has banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from covering the White House, saying they've been reporting "fake news."
  
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• Trump to announce all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model

  18-09-2026 20:31 via washingtontimes.com
  President Donald Trump is set to announce Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide most favored nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices paid in certain other countries.
  
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• Newsom orders review of AI kill switch for advanced models

  18-09-2026 20:28 via washingtontimes.com
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday to rein in artificial intelligence, including potentially imposing an emergency kill switch for cutting-edge AI models.
  
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• U.S. deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say

  18-09-2026 20:21 via washingtontimes.com
  Two men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested after police covered their heads with a bag, beat them and held them at gunpoint in a hotel-turned-detention center, their lawyers and rights groups said on Friday.
  
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• Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

  18-09-2026 20:11 via washingtontimes.com
  Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant's roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like typical soybean plants.
  
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• Meryl Streep confirmed as voice of lion Aslan in Netflix's 'Narnia' film

  18-09-2026 20:04 via washingtontimes.com
  MERYL STREEP will voice Aslan, the messianic lion of C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia," in Greta Gerwig's long-gestating Netflix adaptation "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew."
  
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• Vance stumps in Iowa as GOP faces close races in unlikely places

  18-09-2026 20:03 via washingtontimes.com
  Vice President J.D. Vance urged Iowa voters to stay in the GOP column this midterm season, saying Democrats can't be trusted to safeguard farmland, cut taxes and secure the U.S. border.
  
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• Celebrating chai: Bringing centuries of spice and tradition to the table

  18-09-2026 20:02 via washingtontimes.com
  The world celebrates National Chai Day every Sept. 21, a drink with centuries of history behind every cup. While the global appetite for tea continues to rise, chai keeps attracting new audiences.
  
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• Macron orders protections for infrastructure, citing a growing Russian threat

  18-09-2026 19:45 via washingtontimes.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he had asked his government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure, including sensitive defense industry sites, against drone attacks and cyberattacks amid what he described as an intensifying Russian hybrid threat.
  
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• Pentagon: Military reports recent sightings of UFOs in Mideast

  18-09-2026 19:39 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. troops reported seeing an unidentified flying object in Middle Eastern skies in late 2024 and another last year, including an incident in which video footage shows "six small spherical objects" rapidly changing direction and moving at nearly 500 mph.
  
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• Most Republicans are staying quiet on Trump's Iran war -- and polls show why

  18-09-2026 19:35 via washingtontimes.com
  Most Republican candidates are avoiding or defying President Trump's pitch for the Iran war as polls show nearly two-thirds of likely voters oppose the conflict. As crude oil tops $100 a barrel and gas prices surge, down-ballot Republicans are keeping their distance or voting to curb executive war powers to safeguard their midterm prospects.
  
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• The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops

  18-09-2026 19:19 via washingtontimes.com
  The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about the need and efficacy of such a program.
  
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• Nigerian police use tear gas during protests over the deaths in custody of 37 miners

  18-09-2026 19:02 via washingtontimes.com
  Nigerian police fired tear gas Friday at crowds who gathered in protest against the deaths of 37 miners being held in custody.
  
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• Texas shuts down company that coached Chinese on birthright citizenship

  18-09-2026 18:58 via washingtontimes.com
  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that his lawsuit has shut down a "birth tourism" company that specialized in helping Chinese women game the immigration system and travel to the U.S. to have babies for automatic citizenship.
  
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• Florida woman charged with felony over alleged sex act with dog

  18-09-2026 18:48 via washingtontimes.com
  A Punta Gorda, Florida, woman is facing a second-degree felony charge after Charlotte County investigators said home surveillance video appeared to show her engaging in sexual activity with the family dog, an allegation she has denied.
  
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• Vance courts NYC conservative Jewish radio host in White House sit-down

  18-09-2026 18:47 via washingtontimes.com
  Conservative New York City talk radio host Sid Rosenberg, a critic of Vice President J.D. Vance's stance on Israel, said he's more optimistic about him after their White House meeting on Thursday.
  
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• Kim Kardashian's esophagitis diagnosis stirs fears of father's cancer

  18-09-2026 18:40 via washingtontimes.com
  Kim Kardashian revealed in a trailer for the eighth season of "The Kardashians" that she has been diagnosed with esophagitis, a health scare that reopened old wounds tied to her father's death from esophageal cancer more than two decades ago.
  
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• 13-year-old Long Island prodigy set for NYU master's program

  18-09-2026 18:29 via washingtontimes.com
  BOY GENIUS: A 13-year-old from Long Island is on track to begin a graduate program at New York University next fall, a milestone most Americans don't reach until their early 30s.
  
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• Senate to grill CEOs of Flock and other surveillance camera networks

  18-09-2026 18:20 via washingtontimes.com
  The heads of top surveillance companies will face a Senate panel Wednesday headed by Sen. Josh Hawley, a leading critic of spy cameras.
  
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• Wall Street drifts lower as bond yields rise and oil prices swing

  18-09-2026 18:13 via washingtontimes.com
  Wall Street is drifting lower toward the finish of an up -and- down week on Friday, and U.S. stock indexes are mixed as bond yields rise and oil prices swing.
  
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• New Jersey man's pizza comeback after 25-day Sweetgreen diet leaves him feeling sick, he says

  18-09-2026 18:03 via washingtontimes.com
  A Hoboken, NJ, man who ate nothing but Sweetgreen for 25 straight days said his celebratory return to normal food didn't go as planned, leaving him nauseated after just one slice of pizza.
  
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• Trump refers to Black man from racially offensive 1988 campaign ad while stumping in North Carolina

  18-09-2026 17:57 via washingtontimes.com
  As President Donald Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he's digging into the country's political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes.
  
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• Sophie Cunningham: The WNBA world is overreacting to Sydney Sweeney's Novig ad

  18-09-2026 17:44 via washingtontimes.com
  SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM on Sydney Sweeney gambling ad: "Why are girls mad? That is literally what she does. Why is anyone mad? It is a gambling ad: men, sports, naked women. Of course, that's going to draw attention."
  
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• Judge tosses lawsuit accusing Jewish couple of getting Muslim lawyer fired over anti-Israel posts

  18-09-2026 17:19 via washingtontimes.com
  A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a defamation lawsuit from a Muslim attorney who accused a Jewish couple of conspiring to get her fired by publicizing her anti-Israel social media posts.
  
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• 'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson says studios pressured him to curb political remarks

  18-09-2026 17:09 via washingtontimes.com
  "Reacher" star ALAN RITCHSON says Hollywood execs told him to curb political talk: "You know how many phone calls I get from studios like, 'Would you shut the f--- up, please? Stop talking in public.'"
  
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• Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and 'Spring Awakening' composer, dies at 56

  18-09-2026 16:58 via washingtontimes.com
  Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 1996 hit "Barely Breathing" who later found his creative home on Broadway as the Tony Award-winning composer of "Spring Awakening," died Thursday in Manhattan.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy holdout juror relocates

  18-09-2026 16:01 via washingtontimes.com
  The lone holdout juror in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial moved to an undisclosed, secure location in a rural area of Northern New England.
  
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• 5 questions about the hunt for a serial killer targeting women in South Africa

  18-09-2026 15:03 via washingtontimes.com
  A ninth woman's body has been found east of Johannesburg as police hunt for whoever is behind a string of killings that has gripped South Africa in fear.
  
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• Why the closing prayers of Judaism's holiest holiday focus on repairing relationships

  18-09-2026 15:02 via washingtontimes.com
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• Why public service loan forgiveness denies most people who apply

  18-09-2026 14:37 via washingtontimes.com
  From a 99% rejection rate to $90 billion in forgiven debt: how paperwork mistakes derailed Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what borrowers need to know to qualify now.
  
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• Retail politics: Trump tariffs rattle Republicans' usually reliable business vote

  18-09-2026 14:29 via washingtontimes.com
  The Retail Association of Nevada has yanked its endorsement of Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican it backed in the 2022 election, saying someone needs to pay a political price for President Trump's tariffs that are walloping the business sector.
  
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• Oil tanker hit by unidentified projectile in Strait of Hormuz

  18-09-2026 14:12 via washingtontimes.com
  An oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile while traveling in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after Iran said its forces struck a ship attempting to "illegally" pass through the waterway, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency reported Friday.
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy welcomes leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit

  18-09-2026 13:17 via washingtontimes.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed leaders and representatives from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation on Friday, as overnight Russian strikes in multiple regions sparked fires and caused several deaths and injuries.
  
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• Preparing to leave office, U.N. chief talks of a way forward with world beset by problems

  18-09-2026 13:08 via washingtontimes.com
  The world is deeply divided, and the U.N.'s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts. But there's a way forward. So says the United Nations' top official.
  
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• Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, a post he has held since 1970

  18-09-2026 13:00 via washingtontimes.com
  Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years.
  
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• Bombing at mosque near police offices in Pakistan kills at least 15

  18-09-2026 12:38 via washingtontimes.com
  A powerful bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near a building housing police offices in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 15 people and wounding 56 others, police and rescue officials said. The attack came as violence has surged in the region with security forces targeting militants.
  
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• LISTEN: Inside the race to build solid rocket motors

  18-09-2026 12:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Chris Spagnoletti, CEO of the company Ursa Major, joins the show to talk about the race to build more solid rocket motors and the defense industry's long-term outlook.
  
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• F-16 fighter jet crashes during training in Michigan; pilot ejects safely

  18-09-2026 05:12 via washingtontimes.com
  An F-16 pilot safely ejected before the fighter jet crashed Thursday in rural Michigan, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering temporary evacuations for nearby residents after police said hazardous chemicals spilled from the wreckage.
  
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• Virginia AG Jay Jones says DHS may have violated state election law

  18-09-2026 04:14 via washingtontimes.com
  Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters.
  
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• Anthropic says Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

  18-09-2026 03:51 via washingtontimes.com
  Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday.
  
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• Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop

  18-09-2026 01:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Alabama executed a man by lethal injection on Thursday for a 1998 double murder, three months after a judge's ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas.
  
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