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President Donald Trump issued full and unconditional pardons Wednesday to two Washington, D.C., police officers who were convicted for their roles in a deadly chase of a young man on a moped in 2020 and subsequent cover-up, a case that led to protests in the nation’s capital. Trump granted clemency …

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls. A statement issued by the office of chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said investigators found reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that aired Thursday night that Ukraine should not have fought when Russia invaded it. “Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have …

The teenager who fatally shot a student at a high school in Nashville, Tennessee, livestreamed part of the incident, according to the platform he used, and he was influenced by internet content that authorities described Thursday as “harmful and objectionable.” The 17-year-old gunman, who wounded a second student before he …

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters gained more ground Thursday on a fast-moving brushfire that erupted north of Los Angeles the day before and within hours exploded to thousands of acres amid high winds, officials said. The Hughes Fire, which started near Castaic Lake, was 24% contained and had burned more than 10,000 …

A 12-year-old boy was shot Wednesday night after he threw a snowball at a car in Hartford, Connecticut, police said. The boy and an 11-year-old child were throwing snowballs when a snowball hit a car, police said. The car “looped the block” to chase the kids and “fired rounds at …

Many who work in the federal government knew that an incoming Trump administration would take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion jobs within their ranks. It was just a matter of when and how far he’d go.  For most employees, it happened at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, when they got …

An artificial intelligence-powered weapon detection system failed to pick up the handgun a 17-year-old Nashville student used in a school shooting Wednesday that left a 16-year-old girl dead. The software, called Omnilert, failed to detect the gun because of where cameras were located inside Antioch High School, Metro Nashville Public …

UnitedHealthcare on Thursday tapped company veteran Tim Noel as its new CEO following the targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan in December.  Noel was the head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S. It is the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, …

A Colorado crime lab analyst is facing more than 100 criminal counts in connection with allegations that she altered reports in sexual assault cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods was charged with 52 counts of forgery, 48 counts of attempt to influence a public servant, one count of first-degree perjury and one …