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New York's attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling. State Attorney General Letitia James said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York state court that games such as Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 illegally charge users for the chance to win rare items held in the virtual containers. In Counter-Strike, the process even resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that eventually rests on a selected item,

New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

Meet the man Trump picked to pursue his war on fraud at the Justice Department

Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld

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Team USA captain calls President Trump’s White House invite a ‘distasteful joke’

United States Olympic women’s hockey team captain Hilary Knight called President Trump’s invitation to the White House “a distasteful joke” on Wednesday during an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter.The invite came after Trump extended a welcome to the men’s team via a phone call on Sunday, as celebration ensued in the locker room following their 2-1 gold medal overtime win against Canada.“I must tell you, we’re gonna have to bring the women’s team — you do know that,” Trump said over a speakerphone held by FBI Director Kash Patel, who was videoed celebrating with the team.

Texas grand jury rejects indictments in fatal shooting of US citizen by federal immigration agent

Cuba says it killed 4 people aboard Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on soldiers

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Bill and Hillary Clinton, battle-tested, gear up for another Washington fight

For some of their conservative critics, this is the scandal that could finally topple them. Their resistance to testifying proved futile. And now, staring down another epic fight, they're harnessing their considerable political skills to try and turn the table on their accusers. For Bill and Hillary Clinton, the 1990s are back. The Clintons are slated to testify Thursday and Friday in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a deal with Republicans after it became clear that Congress — with the help of some Democrats — was on track to hold them in c

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

UN sanctions 4 commanders in Sudan's paramilitary force accused of atrocities in Darfur

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Secretary Noem threatens to again suspend TSA PreCheck amid DHS shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security may again suspend TSA PreCheck by prioritizing “standard” security lanes at the airport amid the partial government shutdown, Secretary Kristi Noem told CNN.It comes after the department walked back its decision over the weekend to pause TSA PreCheck, which allows travelers to get through airport security more quickly, amid an ongoing DHS shutdown. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program remains paused.“As we go forward and without funding for DHS, if we end up in a situation where these TSA officers have to go get other jobs and provide

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FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home

The FBI served search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its leader, a former Superintendent of the Year who was knighted by Spain for his work. Federal officials would not give details of the nature of the investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school district and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home. The district said in a statement that it “is cooperating with the investigation and we do not have further information at this time.” The FBI also searched a third location near Miami, where Carval

Army pilot wounded in Maduro raid gets Medal of Honor during Trump's speech

2 Missouri sheriff's deputies fatally shot, 2 others wounded, authorities say

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Supreme Court justices sit in silence at State of the Union as Trump slams their tariffs decision

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to slam the Supreme Court’s decision against his sweeping emergency tariffs, repeatedly calling the ruling “unfortunate” even as he suggested his administration would quickly move past it.With four justices sitting mere feet away, their hands folded over their robes, Trump touted what he described as a vast economic benefit from the global tariffs before lamenting the “unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme Court.”“It just came down,” the president said. “Very unfortunate ruling.”Though it was likel

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Trump to present Medal of Freedom to Team USA men's hockey star Connor Hellebuyck

��s hockey team Tuesday, spending roughly six minutes of his State of the Union address celebrating their victory after meeting with the team in the Oval Office earlier in the day.His recognition of the team marked one of the few bipartisan moments of the speech, receiving lengthy, raucous applause and chants of “USA” — and proving that sports, even in a time of intense political polarization, can bring people together.It came after some controversy following the team’s historic 2-1 Olympic victory over Canada. Trump regaled the men’s team by phone Sunday as the athletes celebrated i

Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews

CNN tracked how long Trump’s record-breaking speech ran

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The strategy behind the new $1 million reward in the Nancy Guthrie investigation

As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into its fourth, desperate week, her family has offered up to a million dollars for information leading to her return.The staggering reward is, in some ways, a tacit admission that the investigation is entering a new phase as DNA evidence that once seemed promising hits roadblocks, and investigators acknowledge they still do not have a suspect in the kidnapping case.Even as she said her family is “blowing on the embers of hope” that the 84-year-old will make it safely home, Savannah Guthrie acknowledged a sobering truth:“We also know that she may

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Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled

A “mass escape” took place last month from Syria’s al-Hol camp that holds families linked to the Islamic State following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces, according to Syrian TV, amid reports thousands of people may have fled.Nureddin Baba, a Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson, was cited as saying that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the camp without coordination with the Syrian government or the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.The SDF rejected the Interior Ministry’s “misleading” statements as a means to evade responsibility

Astronaut whose medical issue prompted NASA’s first early return from the ISS speaks out

‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota

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US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’

The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.The announcement on Tuesday said consular offices would provide “routine passport services” to American citizens in the settlement of Efrat, south of Jerusalem, in a one-day event on Friday. The embassy said the outreach effort was part of the “Freedom 250” initiative to reach all American citizens.This move appears to signal further US legitimization of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which is considered by much of the international co

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K-pop in Colombia: Inside a global phenomenon

Music cuts and restarts inside a dance studio in the country’s capital, as dancers count out loud, refining precise transitions late into the night.V14 is one of many dance studios in the city known for training urban styles like Reggaeton. But tonight, the choreography filling the room comes from halfway across the world.Empire, a seven-member co-ed dance group, is rehearsing K-pop routines, part of a growing movement of Colombian dancers who are training, competing and building communities around Korean pop music.Across Latin America, that connection has expanded rapidly, even though it or