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Bill Clinton identified as ‘John Doe 36’ among 170 names to be revealed in Jeffrey Epstein files

Hundreds of documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are expected to be released this week, and among the names on the list is former President Bill Clinton.

If you build it, will they vote? Cities with noncitizen voting struggle to boost turnout

The District of Columbia is preparing for the country's biggest experiment yet with noncitizen voting, which has been on the books for nearly a year and will go live in its first election in 2024.

New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York being dropped off at N.J. train stations

A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the train station in his town and others in an apparent effort to evade an executive order by New York's mayor trying to regulate how and when migrants can be dropped off in the city.

Legal contortions keep President Biden’s unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

President Biden's ultra-liberal nominee to run the Department of Labor couldn't muster the votes last year to win Senate confirmation, but she's not going away.

Maryland county argues for power to create school board seat limited to illegal immigrant vote

Howard County, Maryland, says the 14th Amendment would allow it to create a school board seat that only illegal immigrants could vote for.

4.1 earthquake rattles Southern California

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California just hours after it rang in the new year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS reported Monday that the 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck about 12 miles south of Ranchos Palos Verdes just before 8:30 a.m. local time. The USGS also noted that the earthquake had a depth...

Steamboat Willie, Peter Pan among works to enter public domain in 2024

Jan. 1 each year is public domain day, welcoming a new batch of works that lose copyright protection. This year, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter the United States’s public domain and be free for copying, sharing and remixing. Long-awaited works entering public domain this year include Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” which features the...

Sikh militancy casts a shadow over U.S.-India relations

Khalistan is almost entirely a demand in the Sikh diaspora. The separatists constitute a small minority of the Sikh diaspora, but wage a strident campaign that seeks to sanctify violence.

Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

The Israeli Supreme Court struck down a key piece of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul Monday, after divisions over the reform were largely put on hold while the country focused on its war with Hamas. The controversial judicial reforms were passed over the summer by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. The measure would prevent judges...

Judge allows Mississippi to create state-run court in Black-majority capital city

Despite objections from the NAACP, a federal judge is allowing Mississippi to create a state-run court in Jackson — the state capital where the majority of residents are Black. Attorneys from the NAACP filed a lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and state officials last year, arguing that a new state-run court unfairly targets Jackson residents...

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