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Trump says he’s not sure if ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is really dead: ‘I’d have to ask the lawyers’

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President Donald Trump injected fresh uncertainty over the status and future of the “anti-weaponization” fund Wednesday, a day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department would no longer pursue the $1.8 billion fund, which has sparked bipartisan blowback. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more

NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study the red planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December after … Read more

California standoff suspect dead, hostages freed

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A man who took several people hostage at a California bank building is dead and all hostages have been freed, police said Wednesday following a roughly 15-hour standoff. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The suspect had barricaded himself inside the building on Chester Avenue and … Read more

Cruise ship passenger found dead on Caribbean island after vanishing during hike

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The body of a cruise ship passenger was found dead Monday on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis, after disappearing last week during a hike, local authorities said. Chinese national Wang Zyuan, 33, was last seen May 27 while hiking the Mount Liamuiga hiking trail, according to police. They confirmed in a … Read more

Lab worker who vanished last year found dead in New Mexico national forest

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Remains found in a New Mexico national forest have been identified as those of Melissa Casias, a worker at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who disappeared last year, authorities announced over the weekend. New Mexico State Police said the remains were discovered by a hiker last week in the McGaffey Ridge area of the Carson … Read more

Over 40 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda

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Over 40 people have died in a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, where government and international aid organizations are struggling to cope with the spread of the disease. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The current strain of Ebola, … Read more

3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska’s Mount McKinley are dead; 1 rescued

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Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group announced Friday. A fourth climber was rescued. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The four were members of a Latvian mountaineering expedition, the … Read more

An eclectic, off-grid Hawaii haven, 3 dead men and a suspect caught on surveillance video

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HONOLULU — For residents of Puna, a remote and eclectic part of Hawaii’s Big Island, the killings of three men known for embracing the community’s off-grid, free-spirited lifestyle became a startling reminder of its struggles too. Nearly 24 hours after Jacob Baker was arrested, residents were struggling to understand what happened and were eager for … Read more

Dead voter allegation fuels concerns about voting safeguards as blue state official turns herself in

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illinois GOP Chairman Bob Grogan is calling on a Democratic Waukegan city official to resign after prosecutors said she submitted her dead mother’s vote-by-mail ballot, a case conservatives say exposes broader concerns about mail-in voting and voter-roll safeguards even though the ballot was caught before it was … Read more