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Navy SEALS amend their grueling training regimen after a recruit's death

9:05am December 08, 2022

After a recruit died earlier this year, Navy SEALs have modified their notoriously grueling basic training. But some families worry the changes don't go far enough.

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5:02am December 08, 2022

Germany arrests dozens suspected of plotting a violent coup against the government. Xi Jinping visits Saudi Arabia. Democrats shake up the party's presidential primary calendar.

Concerns arise over the DNC's new primary calendar

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

After input from President Joe Biden, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws commitee greenlit a new primary calendar, led by South Carolina. But both states and individual party members are raising concerns.

A divided approach to primaries could be chaotic for voters

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Clay Masters

As the DNC publicly debates the future of its presidential primary cycle, Republicans settle into the status quo, leading with the Iowa Caucuses.

In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif.

These are the words, movies and people that Americans searched for on Google in 2022

1:47am December 08, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Google compiled data on the people, entertainment and current events that Americans searched for the most in 2022.

Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022

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Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

11:39pm December 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2022.

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Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani is sentenced to nearly 13 years for his role in Theranos fraud

7:41pm December 07, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes' former business and romantic partner guilty in July on all 12 felony counts of defrauding Theranos investors and the patients that used the company's faulty blood tests.

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The Supreme Court considers the 'independent state legislature' theory

6:13pm December 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court considered whether to endorse the "independent state legislature" theory, which could strip state courts of the power to strike down election laws enacted by state legislatures.

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Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sheriff vehicle after attending federal court in Boston, on June 30, 2011.

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DOJ watchdog finds missteps by prison officials ahead of Whitey Bulger's killing

5:06pm December 07, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.

Gov. Larry Hogan said Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in the state's executive branch of government.

Maryland is the latest state to ban TikTok in government agencies

2:53pm December 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in its executive branch. It's the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.