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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ actor Nicholas Brendon dies at 54

Nicholas Brendon, an actor best known for his role as a loveable underdog sidekick on the hit television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has died. He was 54. Brendon's family announced the death in a statement posted on his social media accounts Friday. They said he died in his sleep of ...

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies

WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's ...

Newly discovered Whitey Bulger writings show former FBI agent was framed, lawyers allege

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Attorneys are drawing on statements from a handwritten manuscript by the late mobster James "Whitey" Bulger in an effort to overturn a former FBI agent's murder conviction, saying the crime boss's own words show that the agent was framed. Lawyers for former FBI agent ...

Pulse nightclub is demolished to make way for memorial to 2016 mass shooting

Crews began demolishing Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday to make way for a memorial that will pay tribute to the 49 people killed in the attack at the LGBTQ-friendly club nearly a decade ago. Construction workers began tearing down walls in the long-shuttered venue that were ...

Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security funding

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president's nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues Wednesday to resolve the impasse. Democrats, for more than a ...