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NYC Council member Chi Ossé arrested while blocking police during Brooklyn eviction

New York City Council Member Chi Ossé was thrown to the ground and arrested by NYPD officers in Brooklyn on Wednesday after he physically blocked police carrying out a court-ordered eviction, according to video of the incident and a detailed…
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Iran's parliament speaker abandons negotiating team as IRGC interference fractures Tehran's diplomacy

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has reportedly walked away from his country's negotiating team in Islamabad, Pakistan, where Tehran and Washington have been locked in high-stakes talks aimed at ending the Iran war. The departure, attributed to interference by…
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New Yorkers slam wealthy writer's shoplifting confession on 'microlooting' podcast

A New Yorker staff writer who owns a $2.5 million Brooklyn brownstone went on a New York Times opinion podcast and casually described the "several" times she stole lemons from Whole Foods, then told listeners she "didn't feel bad about…
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Elderly California woman dies after venomous snake bites her three times in Mendocino County

A 78-year-old woman from Redwood Valley, California, is dead after a venomous snake bit her three times while she walked through a rural area of Mendocino County on April 8. Her family rushed her to a hospital, but she was…
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Washington, D.C., metro area leads the nation in job losses as federal workforce shrinks

The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area shed roughly 103,900 jobs between January 2025 and January 2026, the largest year-over-year employment drop of any metro region in the country, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released Tuesday show. The 3.1 percent decline dwarfs…
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Illegal immigrant who stole Kristi Noem's purse at D.C. restaurant draws three-year prison sentence

A 50-year-old Chilean national living illegally in the United States was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison for swiping then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's Gucci handbag, and for a broader string of thefts targeting women at Washington, D.C.…
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Virginia circuit court blocks certification of redistricting referendum, declaring vote unconstitutional

A Virginia circuit court judge blocked certification of the state's redistricting referendum on Wednesday, ruling that both the vote and the underlying amendment process were unconstitutional, a decision that throws a major wrench into Democratic plans to redraw the commonwealth's…
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Speaker Johnson backs DeSantis plan to redraw Florida congressional map after Virginia redistricting loss

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday that he wants to see Gov. Ron DeSantis push through a new congressional map for Florida, hours after Virginia voters narrowly approved a referendum that will redraw that state's districts heavily in Democrats'…
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George W. Bush reflects on friendship with Michelle Obama and the Altoids moment that went viral

Former President George W. Bush sat down with Today to talk about an unlikely friendship, and a small gesture at a funeral that captured the country's attention. In a wide-ranging conversation, Bush described his bond with former First Lady Michelle…
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Trump expects Supreme Court loss on birthright citizenship, says court is "already packed" for Democrats

President Donald Trump took aim at Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices Wednesday morning, accusing them of handing Democrats repeated victories and predicting the court will rule against his administration in the birthright citizenship case, a decision he warned would "cost America…
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