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John Amantea / Reuters A Fake Bomb at 30,000 Feet
For the third time in just over a month, an Air France flight was diverted over a potential threat.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Dilemma Facing Democratic Voters
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Randall Hill / Reuters Taxpayer Funds and the Walter Scott Settlement
North Charleston residents will cover the majority of the $6.5 million payment in the wrongful-death shooting caught on video earlier this year.
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LucasFilm When a Record-Breaking Box-Office Opening Isn't Enough
The new Star Wars flick has already shattered movie-ticket records, including the highest single-day sales. But on the day of its release, Disney shares dropped.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Bernie Sanders and the DNC Make Peace for Now
Following a breach of Hillary Clinton’s data, the Democratic National Committee had blocked the Sanders campaign from accessing a key voter file.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Sanders Campaign and Clinton's Voter Data
The presidential candidate tangled with the Democratic National Committee Friday over a data breach.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Obama's Christmas Clemency Cavalcade
The president pardoned two prisoners and commuted the sentences of 95 others in his largest use of clemency yet.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Gaffe Track: Skipping a Vote in Order to Cast It
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Seth Wenig / AP Exit, ‘Pharma Bro’
Turing Pharmaceuticals announced that Martin Shkreli, who was arrested Thursday, has resigned as CEO of the company.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters The Ideology Behind the Putin-Trump Bromance
The Republican presidential frontrunner returned the Russian president’s effusive praise on Friday—and raised more eyebrows.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Congress Ends Its Age of Austerity
In bipartisan votes on Friday, the House and Senate pass both a $1.15 trillion spending bill and a $622 billion package of tax breaks.
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Mustafa and Aziza / Flickr The Ugly Fight Over Arabic in Augusta County
Schools in one Virginia district are closed Friday following an uproar over the teaching of Islam’s profession of faith.
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David Moir / Reuters He’ll Take the Low Road: Trump’s Tortured History With Scotland
Though he’s now on the outs with the government and people, the mogul spent years trying to win over his mother’s homeland.
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In Photos: The Year in Justice and Policing
Moments that will be hard to forget
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Jayanta Shaw / Reuters Mother Teresa’s Path to Sainthood
Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to recognize a second miracle attributed to her, paving the way for her canonization.
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Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters The First Criminal Charges in the San Bernardino Shooting
Federal prosecutors have announced charges against the man who purchased assault weapons for the shooters in the deadly attack.
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Craig Ruttle / AP Who Is 'Pharma Bro'?
Martin Shkreli captures headlines again on Thursday after he was arrested on securities-fraud charges.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Case for Hamilton as Album of the Year
This is music that wants to do everything, and succeeds.
