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Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. Garland said Friday he was naming as the special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware. Weiss has been probing the financial and business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son. The move is a stunning development from the typically cautious Garland and comes during a pair of sweeping Justice Department probes into former President Donald Trump. The newly appointed special counsel says plea deal talks have broken down in the Hunter Biden tax and gun case. Hunter Biden’s attorney hasn't returned messages seeking comment.

Florida’s Department of Education, under recently revised standards to its Black history curriculum, requires middle school students to learn how the enslaved developed skills for their personal “benefit.” High school students also will be taught about the 1920 Ocoee Massacre, including “violent acts committed against and by African Americans.”

DALLAS — For how many weeks (or perhaps it was months) were SMU fans led to believe they were on their way to the big time in the form of the Pac-12? Well, Bill Walton’s beloved “conference of champions” is now a conference of yesteryear, so excuse me for not buying in immediately to the notion that SMU is bound for the ACC. The latest reports have indicated the Mustangs are even willing to ...

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Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people heading from north Africa to Italy sank in the central Mediterranean, killing hundreds, relatives are still frantically searching for loved ones among the missing and dead. As many as 750 people are believed to have been on board. Only 104 survived and 82 bodies were recovered. By early August, around half the recovered bodies had been identified through a painstaking process combining DNA analysis, fingerprints and interviews with survivors and relatives. For some still searching for lost relatives, the lack of a body to bury means they still hold out hope, however improbable, that their loved one is alive.

HanesBrands Inc. confirmed Thursday it has eliminated at least 250 U.S. corporate jobs, sending the work to international operations as part o…

WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States edged up in July after 12 straight months of declines. But excluding volatile food and energy cost…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in exchange for billions of dollars frozen i…

HARTFORD, Conn. — As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they're often focusing first on…

LUDLOW, Vermont — The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. That was before a storm dropped 8 inches of rai…

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