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Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

President Donald Trump is making full use of his pardon power. This year, Trump has issued roughly 1,800 pardons, or nearly six times the number he issued during the four years of his first term. Granted, about 1,500 of them involved individuals charged for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on Congress. Still, the pace of Trump’s pardons this year have been nearly unprecedented. That is, until you remember his predecessor. Joe Biden, at the end of his term, issued a full and sweeping pardon to his son Hunter for gun and drug charges. This was an unprecedented action by a president to

Farmers and politics threaten to put EU's free-trade deal with South America on ice

Spain fines Airbnb $75 million for unlicensed tourist rentals

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Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives?

The holiday season sparks a significant increase in consumer spending. This year, Black Friday alone saw consumers shell out a record US$11.8 billion. It’s the time of year when many Americans make purchases to decorate for the holidays — lights, ornaments and Christmas trees. If you bought a Christmas tree in Denver this year, you may have noticed a pretty steep price tag. It turns out that all festive products are getting more expensive, and that includes Christmas trees, both freshly cut and artificial. I study the psychology of consumption at the University of Denver. I’ve always

Court battle begins over California's new congressional map designed to favor Democrats

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

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Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy protection; will be taken private under restructuring

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn't expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process. IRobot, which became well known for its robotic vacuums, has struggled of late, dealing with increased competition, layoffs and a declining stock price. In 2022 Amazon announced that it had agreed to buy iRobot for about $1.7 billion, but that deal was called off last year. Amazon blamed “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles” after the European

US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

Iran's rial currency plummets to new low, sparking fears of higher food prices

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Jury resumes deliberations in the murder trial of Brian Walshe

The jury considering Brian Walshe’s fate in his murder trial resumed deliberations in Dedham, Massachusetts, Monday morning.The panel of six men and six women deliberated for nearly four hours on Friday. When the judge asked if they wanted to stay late to continue, the jurors opted to go home for the weekend.Walshe is accused of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, on January 1, 2023, hours after ringing in the new year and with their three young children still in the house. Prosecutors say Walshe dismembered her body and disposed of her remains in area dumpsters near their home in Cohasset, Massac

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As Jews celebrate Hanukkah, America’s Jewish community is on edge in wake of antisemitic attack in Australia

Members of the Jewish community across the world woke up Sunday to yet another fatal attack — something that has become all too common for those of the faith.The attack Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist incident, has left at least 15 people dead and 40 hospitalized in what police say was an incident targeting Jewish people.The shooting took place as hundreds gathered to celebrate the first of eights nights of Hanukkah, a holiday which takes place close to the winter solstice during the longest nights of the year. A millennia-old tradition, it celebrates th

‘I locked eyes with him’: Teaching assistant recalls moment Brown University shooter entered his classroom

CNN analyst details what we know about the detained person of interest

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Police release man detained as a person of interest in Brown University shooting

Saying the “evidence now points in a different direction,” law enforcement officials late Sunday released a man they had detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, which left two dead and nine injured.“This is what these investigations look like,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha at a news conference. “Sometimes you head in one direction and then you have to regroup and go in another and that’s exactly what has happened over the last 24 hours or so.”Neronha said “there was a quantum of evidence which justified detaining this person as a person of

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As DOJ seeks to recharge Comey, judge deprives prosecutors from accessing key evidence for now

In a major win for former FBI Director James Comey in the Justice Department’s continued attempts to prosecute him, a judge is depriving federal investigators from accessing central evidence in the case for the foreseeable future.The federal judge’s ruling late Friday says investigators must return electronic data they kept from Comey’s friend and former lawyer Daniel Richman immediately, calling the search that led to the data “manifestly unconstitutional.”The evidence was first gathered more than five years ago in a leak investigation that resulted in no charges. Judge Colleen Koll

Mahomes tears ACL as Chargers eliminate Chiefs from playoff contention with 16-13 victory

Democrats want to win back Congress. First they need to weather their primary battles

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.Self-made billionaire Lai, 78, is one of the highest-profile critics of Beijing charged under a sweeping security law imposed on the semi-autonomous city in 2020 following months of huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests.He founded Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid newspaper known for its blistering broadsides against the Chinese Commun

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House Oversight Committee report alleges DC police chief manipulated crime data

A new House committee report alleges the former DC police chief pressured officers to manipulate crime data to create the appearance of a safer city.The report, released Sunday by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, claims there was an active effort to downplay crime in the nation’s capital and that Chief Pamela A. Smith fostered a “toxic management culture.”The report comes as President Donald Trump has sought greater control over law enforcement in the district, citing a public safety emergency in August. Trump deployed National Guard troops and put the police department “u

Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

Another campus, another night of terror: Brown University shooting traps students in a familiar nightmare

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‘Heroic’ bystander who wrestled gun from Bondi Beach attacker is son of refugees and father to two

A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media.Ahmed, a 43-year-old father to two girls, risked his life by tackling an alleged shooter and seizing the gun during Sunday’s attack, prompting a wave of donations from members of the public to support him and his family.He was later shot by one of the two gunmen, a father and son duo whose beachside rampage targeting a Jewish gathering and beach-goers killed

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Australia’s gun laws were already among the world’s toughest. The Bondi massacre could spark even tighter controls

Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed.Restrictions were tightened almost 30 years ago after a lone gunman armed with semiautomatic weapons killed 35 people at the Port Arthur historic tourist site in Tasmania.The massacre shocked the government of the day into action, and within two weeks, new laws dictated tough rules on who could and couldn’t own a gun.Australia’s swift action has been held up as an example that change is p