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Police Chief Placed Millions in Bets as He Embezzled, Investigators Say

Karl R. Jacobson was arrested and accused of stealing from city coffers as he placed $4.5 million in online bets. He resigned in January, when the accusations first surfaced.

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New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson is charged with two counts of larceny in the first degree by defrauding a public community, according to the state’s attorney.
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Court Clears Way for Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms

A federal appeals court vacated a temporary block on the 2024 law, tossing a previous decision that called it “plainly unconstitutional.”

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Liz Murrill, the Louisiana attorney general, speaks alongside Gov. Jeff Landry during a news conference regarding the state’s Ten Commandments in Baton Rouge, La., in 2024.
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After Supreme Court Loss, Trump Plans to Impose Global Tariffs Using Different Laws

The administration has been preparing for months for the possibility that the Supreme Court would rule against the president and developed contingency plans.

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Using different legal authorities, President Trump plans to impose a 10 percent global tariff and open investigations into certain, unspecified countries’ unfair trade practices.
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Epstein Scandal Leaves Some Young Trump Voters Feeling Betrayed

Drawn to President Trump for his pledge to take down the political elite, some of his young constituents say he has failed them.

© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

As President Trump and prominent right-wing voices try to downplay the revelations of the Epstein files, some young conservatives are losing faith in the Make America Great Again movement.
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A Once Prominent American Statesman Faces Fallout From the Epstein Files

George Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader credited with bringing peace to Northern Ireland, is under renewed scrutiny over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

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George Mitchell, shown in 2010, when he was special envoy to the Middle East, has come under renewed scrutiny for his ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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US military strike kills three in second alleged drug boat attack this week

Move brings total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148

The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” US Southern Command, which oversees operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, said on Twitter/X.

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© Photograph: U.S. Southern Command via X

© Photograph: U.S. Southern Command via X

© Photograph: U.S. Southern Command via X

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