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Month: December 2025

FCC leader says agency is no longer independent as he’s grilled by Democrats over Kimmel controversy

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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. The FCC chairman refused to disown his

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Fani Willis counterattacks as Republican Georgia senators question her Trump prosecution

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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The showdown between Fani Willis and a Republican-led Georgia state Senate committee over her conduct while prosecuting Donald Trump had loomed for months, and when it finally arrived Wednesday, Fulton County’s Democratic district attorney was ready to fight. “You all want to intimidate people from doing the

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Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss

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By ANDREW DALTON and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple’s other two children made their first public statement

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2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

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By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions. The

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2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

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By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions. The

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2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

10:55 pm

By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions. The

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Candace Owens speaks at the Turning Point USA at Clemson University event titled "All Lives Matter" in Memorial Auditorium in Clemson in April 2023.

Candace Owens won’t take back conspiracies about Charlie Kirk’s death after meeting with Erika Kirk

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By Elle Reeve, CNN (CNN) — In her first podcast episode after what she described as a 4.5-hour conversation with Erika Kirk, conservative podcaster Candace Owens said Tuesday that she still does not believe that the person charged with murder for Charlie Kirk’s death is solely responsible. Erika Kirk’s efforts to tamp down on speculation

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All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and Kansas City Royals finalize $57.5 million, 5-year contract

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals finalized a $57.5 million, five-year contract on Tuesday. Kansas City scheduled a Wednesday news conference to discuss the deal, which includes a team option for 2031. The agreement essentially buys out his arbitration years and potentially his first two years

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