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• DOJ charges 17 in Iran-linked Mabna Institute university hacking case

  19-08-2026 19:15 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A 14-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 17 alleged members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company, with participating in a years-long cyber-intrusion campaign targeting 144 U.S. universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S. private-sector companies, at least 11 foreign companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two nongovernmental organizations, according to the Justice Department.
  
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• Illegal immigrant who entered U.S. under Biden is behind deadly Fairfax County stabbing, feds say

  19-08-2026 20:40 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Federal authorities said the 19-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman to death in Fairfax County, Virginia, is an illegal immigrant who came to the U.S. under the Biden administration.
  
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• Ukraine's ousted defense minister challenges Zelenskyy with call for wartime elections

  19-08-2026 20:38 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's recently ousted defense minister and one of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's longest-serving political allies, has called for wartime elections, signaling his clearest break yet with the administration that launched his political career.
  
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• Royce White files formal WNBA Draft declaration with Matt Gaetz as counsel

  19-08-2026 20:30 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Former NBA player Royce White has officially filed paperwork to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, with former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz signing on as his legal counsel in the notice sent to the league office this week.
  "We have a right to be included and follow our dreams," White said.
  
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• Bronx man charged with hate crimes in Manhattan synagogue attack, DOJ says

  19-08-2026 20:27 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, has been charged with two federal hate crime counts and one count of damage to religious property resulting in bodily injury following an alleged attack during Shabbat services at a Manhattan synagogue, the Justice Department announced.
  
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• Cunningham answers Toronto boos with hot shooting in Fever win

  19-08-2026 20:11 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was repeatedly booed by sections of the Toronto crowd Tuesday night, but her play and her response afterward turned heads.
  
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• Chinese man accused of illegally voting in landlord's name to ruin his immigration status

  19-08-2026 19:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Federal prosecutors charged a Chinese man on Wednesday with a bizarre and dastardly plot to try to ruin his former landlord's immigration status by registering and casting a ballot in his name in Massachusetts, then reporting him to Homeland Security for it.
  
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• Trump nominates White House aide Heidi Overton to lead FDA

  19-08-2026 19:40 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A White House aide, Dr. Heidi Overton, has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Trump announced Wednesday.
  
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• More Tomahawk cruise missiles used against Iran than in any U.S. conflict

  19-08-2026 19:13 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The U.S. has fired more Tomahawk cruise missiles in military operations against Iran than during any other conflict.
  
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• Customs agents at BWI seize mounds of khat stimulant

  19-08-2026 19:10 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Customs agents at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport intercepted shipments of the drug khat weighing over 400 pounds.
  
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• Jimmy Gomez's accuser rejects his 'consensual' defense in House ethics probe of sex assault

  19-08-2026 19:06 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A former staffer for Rep. Jimmy Gomez told the House Ethics Committee that he sexually assaulted and harassed her, her lawyers said Wednesday.
  
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• 'Dune: Part Three' IMAX ticket rush crashes AMC, Fandango sites

  19-08-2026 19:04 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Fans trying to lock down premium seats for "Dune: Part Three" ran into a wall of site crashes and server errors Tuesday as a new wave of IMAX 70mm tickets went on sale for the film's December opening.
  
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• Socialist notches shocking Senate primary win in deep-red Sunshine State

  19-08-2026 18:56 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Florida's Democratic voters picked a socialist candidate for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's primary, advancing state Rep. Angie Nixon, who wants to close prisons and calls drag shows "wholesome entertainment" suitable for children.
  
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• Terrorist deportation court sets first-ever public hearing on DOJ request to detain Afghan woman

  19-08-2026 18:42 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Alien Terrorist Removal Court has scheduled a first-of-its-kind public hearing for next week to determine whether Afghan citizen Nazira Haji Zada should be detained while her deportation case is decided.
  
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• Trump signs marble slab as part of new White House helipad

  19-08-2026 18:32 via washingtontimes.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday signed a marble piece that will be part of the new South Lawn helipad he says will be operational this month.
  
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• Kentucky charcoal company owner pleads guilty to faking emissions data

  19-08-2026 18:15 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The owner of a Kentucky charcoal production company pleaded guilty to falsifying air emissions data, the Justice Department announced.
  
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• David Krumholtz takes indefinite break from acting

  19-08-2026 18:02 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Actor David Krumholtz, best known for playing Bernard the elf in "The Santa Clause" franchise, announced this week that he is stepping away from acting indefinitely, citing burnout with Hollywood's current pay structure: "Frustrated, fed up, fried."
  
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• Pedestrian crashes in D.C. area see 5 killed within days of each other

  19-08-2026 17:50 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Five pedestrians died in separate crashes throughout the D.C. region in the past week, with the District already surpassing the number of traffic fatalities from last year.
  
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• Police probe potential criminal conduct in Hayden Panettiere death

  19-08-2026 17:43 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Police are investigating whether criminal conduct played a role in the death of actress Hayden Panettiere.
  
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• Americans have elected only 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot

  19-08-2026 17:35 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Across 250 years, only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black - all Democrats and all men, including current Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.
  
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• Judge removed from Texas track meet stabbing case as defendant Karmelo Anthony seeks a new trial

  19-08-2026 17:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The trial judge who presided over the case of Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet was ordered removed from the case as the defendant seeks a new trial and appeals his conviction.
  
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• Deadly attacks on aid workers and contractors surge in South Sudan as U.N. urges protection

  19-08-2026 17:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  At least 36 humanitarian workers and contractors have been killed in South Sudan since January, surpassing the 31 killed in all of 2025, as violence persists in the country that's one of the most dangerous for aid workers, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator there said Wednesday.
  
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• Concerns about the New World screwworm have put Texas pet adoptions on hold

  19-08-2026 17:23 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm, an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years.
  
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• Alaska primary voters set stage for races down the stretch

  19-08-2026 17:15 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Alaska primary voters on Tuesday advanced Sen. Dan Sullivan and his Democratic foe Mary Peltola to the general election in a race that could decide the balance of power in Washington.
  
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• Marc Jacobs offers to style Luigi Mangione, calls him a trendsetter

  19-08-2026 17:08 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said he would be willing to dress Luigi Mangione for trial and called the convicted killer a trendsetter, during a sit-down for Vanity Fair's Lie Detector Test.
  
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• Helicopter crashes in a remote area of northern Kenya

  19-08-2026 17:08 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A helicopter carrying an unknown number of passengers crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, the country's aviation agency said.
  
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• Florida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators

  19-08-2026 17:07 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on the walls and the glowing light from the saltwater tanks.
  
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• What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola

  19-08-2026 17:04 via washingtontimes.com
  
  An Ebola outbreak in Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases, making it one of the largest outbreaks of the deadly disease ever recorded.
  
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• U.S. stocks look to halt their 3-day slide as pressure from the bond market eases

  19-08-2026 17:02 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. stocks are ticking higher Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department said it will buy more U.S. government bonds in a move that eased pressure on financial markets worldwide. Strong profit reports for the spring from Estee Lauder, Target and other U.S. companies are also helping to support the stock market.
  
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• Former and current D.C. police employees charged with overtime fraud scheme

  19-08-2026 16:59 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Federal prosecutors issued arrest warrants for six former and current Metropolitan Police Department workers accused of fraudulently claiming overtime and bilking taxpayers out of almost half a million dollars.
  
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