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Four killed in Northern California helicopter crash

The helicopter went down northwest of Sacramento in Colusa County, authorities said.
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U.S. passes 35 million Covid cases as California tops 4 million

Florida reported 21,683 new cases Friday, its highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.
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Some police step out to show support for George Floyd demonstrators...

The viral video of New York police kneeling with demonstrators Sunday dramatically documented the cracks that have formed in the thin blue line of America’s law enforcement agencies as some officers denounced the death of George Floyd and sometimes joined the protests. A white former Minneapolis police officer is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after Floyd, an African American man, died pleading for his life as the officer pinned his neck to the ground for more t…
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Border Patrol chief Carla Provost, first woman to lead agency, to s...

Carla Provost, one of the longer-serving members of President Donald Trump’s administration, is stepping down as chief of U.S. Border Patrol, a spokesperson for the agency said Tuesday. There was no immediate indication who will replace Provost, a 25-year veteran who is the first woman to lead the agency, officials said. Her departure was first reported by the Washington Examiner. Border Patrol, the law enforcement arm of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is part of the Department of Homeland…
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LSU smothers Clemson, 42-25, to seize college football's national c...

LSU and its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Joe Burrow, comfortably beat defending champions Clemson, 42-25, on Monday night to win the College Football Playoff national championship and cap off one of the more remarkable transformations in the sport’s recent history. No. 1 LSU’s victory — in a Battle of the Tigers played in LSU’s backyard at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans — was no small feat. No. 3 Clemson came in having won 29 straight games — which included a 44-16 trouncing o…
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D.C. Fontana, who helped shape 'Star Trek' as its first woman write...

D.C. Fontana, the pioneering TV writer who significantly shaped the “Star Trek” universe, in particular the character of Spock and his home planet, Vulcan, has died at 80. Fontana died Monday night after a brief illness, the American Film Institute, where Fontana was a senior lecturer, said in a statement. CBS Studios and the “Star Trek” production company confirmed the announcement. No further details were made public. Dorothy Catherine Fontana — she used her initials, “D.C.,” so producers dur…
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Winter weather blamed for seven deaths heads for the Northeast - NB...

The ugly winter weather already blamed for at least seven deaths across the country continued Monday, bringing the first snow accumulations of the season to major cities such as Philadelphia and Boston and delaying millions of travelers. The National Weather Service forecast heavy snow for the Northeast and freezing rain over the region through Tuesday, especially in the northernmost areas of New England. Fifty-three million people are facing winter weather alerts from West Virginia up thorough…

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Shelley Morrison, Rosario the maid on 'Will & Grace,' dies at 83 - ...

LOS ANGELES — Shelley Morrison, a beloved character actor known for memorable roles on two classic TV sitcoms, “The Flying Nun” and “Will & Grace,” died Sunday at 83 after a brief illness, her husband confirmed. Morrison died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center from heart failure, the filmmaker Walter Dominguez, her husband of many years, with whom she adopted three sons and three daughters, said in a statement. Morrison, the daughter of Spanish immigrants to New York City who primarily spoke Spanish…
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Man killed Chicago student because she ignored his catcalls, police...

The man charged with strangling Chicago honors student Ruth George did so because he was angry that she was ignoring his unwanted advances, prosecutors said in court documents. Ruth George, 19, of Berwyn, a suburb of Chicago, was found dead in her car at a campus parking garage at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Nov. 23. Donald Thurman, 26, of Chicago was arrested the next day and is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. Thurman was released from prison on paro…
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Thor the bulldog wins National Dog Show, drops hammer on 2,000 othe...

It’s Thanksgiving Day. Of course the National Dog Show was won by a short round dog that looks like it just swallowed a full turkey — the bulldog. Diamond Gold Majesu Pisko Bulls (but you can call him Thor) beat out more than 2,000 other dogs for Best in Show at the Kennel Club of Philadelphia’s National Dog Show. The competition took place on Nov. 16 in Oaks, Pennsylvania, but the results were kept in strictest secrecy until the show aired Thursday on NBC. “I love this dog,” trainer Eduardo Par…
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Gallagher case reveals Trump's ignorance of the military, fired Nav...

Richard Spencer, who was fired as secretary of the Navy for resisting President Donald Trump’s advocacy of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder, said Wednesday that he had personally asked the president to stay out of the case but was rebuffed because the president doesn’t understand the military. In an op-ed column in The Washington Post, Spencer wrote that from the start, Trump personally involved himself in the case of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, who was convicted in July of posin…