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Judge rejects Trump administration's bid to toss lawsuit challenging Guantánamo migrant detentions

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan denied the federal government's motion to dismiss the case and has set a hearing for next week for the parties to discuss next steps in this case. President Donald Trump in January announced his administration would use a detention center at Guantanamo to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens,” as part of his wider i

Trump will award medals to the Kennedy Center honorees in an Oval Office ceremony

Inside Trump’s transformation of the Kennedy Center

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Big 12's Brett Yormark says college athletics needs legislation that's stalled in Congress

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football. “Let me be clear about this,” Yormark said Saturday before the Big 12 championship game between No. 5 Texas Tech and 11th-ranked BYU at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. “The House of Representatives must do what is right for over 500,000 student-athletes and pass the SCORE Act. We must protect their future, their well-being and their fair treatment. The

Trump administration plays up pipe bomb suspect's arrest. Jan. 6 violence goes unmentioned

How an Olympic snowboarder became one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives

Detroit reflects on Mike Duggan's tenure as his final days in the mayoral office near

When Mayor Mike Duggan announced his plan to run for Michigan governor, he did so from a tower in the iconic but aging Renaissance Center overlooking Detroit. It's not the same city that Duggan inherited in January 2014. No longer defined by blocks of vacant houses, empty downtown storefronts, rampant crime and scores of broken streetlights, many believe Detroit is finally experiencing its renaissance. “I wish he would stay,” 40-year-old plumber Thomas Millender said of Duggan, who will step down in January after serving three terms as mayor.

Netflix has a big unanswered question. That may kill its Warner Bros. deal

Bangkok is the world’s most visited city. But badly behaved tourists are creating problems in Asia

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2026 World Cup schedule: See where, when and who your team plays

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw was an entertaining, colorful and, at times, somewhat baffling ceremony. But when the dust settled, soccer fans knew which group their country would play in for the opening stages of the tournament.Now, FIFA has released the full schedule of games, so supporters know where their national teams are heading on particular days and what time they will play.Scroll down to find out when, where and who your country plays. All times are listed in Eastern Time.Note: The real venue names will be changed to reflect host city names during the tournament. United States (Group D

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Brown scores 30 points, Celtics cruise to 126-105 win over Lakers team missing James, Doncic

Jaylen Brown had 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and the Boston Celtics cruised past Los Angeles 126-105 on Friday night, with the Lakers playing without LeBron James and Luka Doncic. Derrick White had five 3-pointers and added 19 points, and Jordan Walsh finished with 17 points for the Celtics, who have won four straight and six out of seven. Boston hit a season-high 24 3-pointers and had 31 assists. The Lakers lost for just the second time in 10 games. James sat with sciatica, which kept him sidelined for the first 14 games this season, and left foot

Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversy

National Park Service overhauls free admission days to include Trump’s birthday

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911 calls from Texas floods reveal chaotic and desperate pleas for rescues

In an instant, frantic voices overwhelmed the two county emergency dispatchers on duty in the Texas Hill Country as catastrophic flooding inundated cabins and youth camps along the Guadalupe River. A firefighter clinging to a tree who watched his wife be swept away. A family breaking through their roof, hoping for rescue. A woman calling from an all-girls camp, waters swirling around and unsure how to escape. Their panic-stricken pleas were among more than 400 calls for help across Kerr County last summer when unimaginable floods hit during the overnight hours on t

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Federal judge in Florida orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts and records in Epstein probe

A federal judge in Florida ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and other records in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, paving the way for the public release of those documents.In a two-page order, Judge Rodney Smith granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts and modify a protective order following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law last month. Earlier this year, the judge denied the unsealing request because of strict grand jury secrecy laws, known as Rule 6(e).“The Act applies to unclassified records

GOP state senator on calling out Trump for using ‘r-word’

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

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Iran to play at least one World Cup game on U.S. soil

Iran will play at least one of its World Cup matches in the United States though the tournament draw on Friday avoided a group-stage clash between the geopolitical rivals. The Iranian team, representing a country targeted by U.S. airstrikes in June and whose citizens are subject to a travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, will open its World Cup campaign against New Zealand in Seattle or Inglewood, California, on June 15. Iran’s next two games could be played across the Canadian border in Vancouver or in Inglewood and Seattle. FIFA will

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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers

The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.According to intelligence collected by US forces, the struck boat planned to “rendezvous” with the second vessel and transfer drugs to it, Adm. Frank Bradley said during the briefings, but the military was unable to locate the second vessel. Bradley

Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says

A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats

Netflix’s $72 billion Hollywood bet: What you need to know

This is a David and Goliath story – with a twist. Almost exactly 15 years ago today the owner of Warner Bros. and HBO pushed back on Hollywood and Wall Street hype about a streaming upstart named Netflix.The 2010 quote from Jeff Bewkes in The New York Times is now infamous: “It’s a little bit like, is the Albanian army going to take over the world? I don’t think so.”Well, as LightShed Partners analyst Rich Greenfield said Friday, “the Albanian army just took over the world.”Here’s what you need to know about Netflix’s $72 billion deal for Warner Bros. and HBO.What’s the dea

How an Olympic snowboarder became one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives

Competing for Team Canada, Ryan Wedding finished as the 24th-best parallel giant slalom snowboarder in the world at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Over two decades later, he’s now part of another distinctive group: The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.“Make no mistake about it: Ryan Wedding is a modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar. He’s a modern-day iteration of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in November, referring to the notorious drug lords.Wedding’s current whereabouts, believed to be somewhere in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel, are now the fo