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Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE

A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 's announcement Wednesday night came just over a week after the ...

Suspect in Brown, MIT shootings found dead, AP source says

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The man was found dead Thursday ...

Retired NASCAR driver and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash

STATESVILLE, N.C. — A business jet crashed Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after takeoff, killing all seven people aboard, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family, authorities said. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit ...

Handpicked board votes to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that made Democrats fume, saying the board had overstepped its legal authority. Congress named the center ...

In recorded message, Rob Reiner urges resiliency for Holocaust survivors

JERUSALEM — In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to "be resilient" during difficult times. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death Sunday at their home ...

Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the attack in the hopes it might help investigators identify the person, believing the attacker may ...