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We were there: Hearing gunfire and ducking for cover at the D.C. dinner shooting
WASHINGTON — Directly outside the Washington Hilton ballroom, as the yearly White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner got underway Saturday, a Times reporter had just entered the men’s room when he heard a handful of loud pops ring out. “Shooter!” someone shouted. “Get down! Shots fired!” Inside the ballroom, thousands of journalists and politicians began to duck for
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Turnover-plagued Lakers fail to pull off sweep in Game 4 loss to Rockets
HOUSTON — The Lakers still have control of this first-round series even after the blow they took from the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. As ugly as their 115-96 loss was, the Lakers still hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series. All the Lakers have to do is win Game 5 on Wednesday night
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Man, 26, stabbed to death outside NYC bar after argument turns bloody: sources
A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a Brooklyn bar after an argument turned deadly predawn Sunday, according to police and law enforcement sources. The victim, identified as Manhattan shelter resident Amare Simmons by cops, was knifed in the abdomen and slashed in the face while another man, 28, sustained a slash wound to
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13 malnourished sloths rescued from bankrupt Florida tourist trap after 31 die in its care
Over a dozen sloths were rescued from a bankrupt Florida tourist trap after 31 died in its care before the embattled business could even open. The 13 sloths were saved from Sloth World Orlando on Friday and are now safely in the care of expert veterinary staff at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens,
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Shocking video shows Florida pickup truck crushing $250K Lamborghini driver bought just 5 months ago
Shocking video shows a Florida pickup truck running over a $250,000 Lamborghini — with the driver still inside. The Lambo driver, Ramon Ferrer, said he’s lucky to be alive after his supercar was crushed under the weight of the truck during Wednesday’s terrifying incident in a Lake Nona gym parking lot. Wild cellphone footage shows
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Orange County’s Carbon fire now 71% contained; evacuation warnings lifted
Containment of a vegetation fire burning in an unincorporated area adjacent to Brea reached 71% by Sunday evening, and all evacuation warnings were lifted as crews continued to make gains, according to Orange County fire officials. The Carbon fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in northern Orange County near Carbon Canyon Road and
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Baby fever could take over Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz as popstar ‘really wants’ a kid: sources
Disco daddy? People around Harry Styles suspectthat he and Zoë Kravitz will have kids sooner rather than later, Page Six hears. A while before the couple got engaged, sources had already been telling us that the “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” singer was dead set on having a child, even if it was on
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Trump calls ‘60 Minutes’ host ‘disgraceful’ for reading WHCD suspect Cole Allen’s alleged manifesto on air
President Donald Trump berated CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell and “60 Minutes” Sunday night after reading from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect’s alleged manifesto. Trump sat down for an interview after authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Allen, of Torrance, Calif., adding that he prepared a manifesto outlining his intent and shared anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric
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Palestinian authorities call local elections in Gaza and the West Bank a success
JERUSALEM — Palestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the Israeli-occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood. The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the U.S.-drafted ceasefire
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Observers raise red flags after ‘desparate’ war proposal leaks: ‘Totally unrealistic’
Political analysts and observers raised red flags on Sunday after a new proposal to end the war in Iran was shared with the press. Axios reported, citing “a U.S. official and two sources with knowledge,” that Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for kicking talks about the country’s enriched uranium