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Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation

12/13/25 1:50 PM ET CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ statewide public television network will end its affiliation with PBS starting in July 2026, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission announced this week. The station, formerly known as Arkansas PBS, will also rebrand as Arkansas TV. The commission cited a $2.5 million reduction in annual federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the cost of PBS membership fees as factors in its decision. A news release anno ...

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Active shooter reported near Brown University buildings; 1 in custody: school officials

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There is an active shooter near Brown University buildings on Saturday afternoon, according to alerts sent by school officials. The first BrownUAlert said a shooter was reported near the Barus & Holley Engineering in Providence, Rhode Island. A second alert said there is an active shooter situation near the Barus & Holley department. The alert says one person is in custody, but directed students to continue to shelter. ...

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Department of Labor hosts first-ever prayer service, including a message from a right-wing rabbi

Updated Dec 13, 2025, 2:55 PM ET PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2025, 4:06 PM ET The Department of Labor held its first-ever prayer service for its employees this week, in a highly unusual move that mirrors an initiative at the Pentagon. The service, which took place Wednesday morning in the auditorium of the department’s headquarters, included a speech by Yaakov Menken, a right-wing orthodox Jewish rabbi, who during his speech, disparaged gay marriage, transgender people and the fact that people use gend ...

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Trump reups threat to primary Indiana Senate Republicans for blocking redistricting efforts

President Trump early Saturday reupped his vow to support primary challenges against Indiana Republicans that opposed redistricting efforts, singling out GOP leader state Sen. Rodric Bray. “Republicans in the Indiana State Senate, who voted against a Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, should be ashamed of themselves,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Headed by a total loser named Rod Bray, every one of these people should be “primaried,” and I will be there to help!” “Indiana, which ...

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Peter Greene, a character actor known for role as the villain Zed in 'Pulp Fiction,' has died

Updated 9:50 AM CST, December 13, 2025 Leer en español NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Greene, a character actor best known for his role as the iconic villain Zed in “Pulp Fiction,” has died. He was 60. He died in his home in New York City, his manager, Gregg Edwards confirmed on Friday. His cause of death was not immediately released. “He was just a terrific guy,” said Edwards. “Arguably one of the greatest character actors on the planet; Has worked with everybody.” Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Gr ...

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Transportation Department threatens $73M for New York's highways over commercial driver's licenses

12/12/25 3:19 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) -- The federal government ordered New York to stop granting trucking licenses to foreign drivers or lose millions of dollars in highway aid. Transportation officials said their review found that the state is likelier to break the law than to follow it when issuing "non-domiciled" commercial driver's licenses (CDLs). Non-domiciled CDLs are special permits for those who live in other countries or have temporary legal status in the U.S. and dr ...

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Trump says 'starting' land strikes over drugs in latest warning

11h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said the US would be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin America, though again declined to provide details on when and where the escalation of his military campaign would actually begin, or if countries could still do anything to avert the threatened action. “We knocked out 96% of the drugs coming in by water, and now we’re starting by land, and by land is a lot easier, and that’s going to start happening,” Trump told reporters Friday ...

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The TSA is providing airline passenger data to ICE to aid Trump's deportation efforts, report says

Friday 12 December 2025 19:43 EST The Trump administration’s Transportation Security Administration is reportedly giving immigration officials details of all air travelers as part of the president’s push to carry out an unprecedented mass deportation campaign. As part of the program, the TSA shares the data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement multiple times per week, according to The New York Times. Individuals in the TSA data who were later found in ICE databases had a high rate of eve ...

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Senior US Democrats urge release of Venezuela boat strike video

December 12, 2025 4:06 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Democratic members of the "Gang of Eight" of U.S. congressional and intelligence committee leaders called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday to make public the full, unedited video of the September 2 strikes on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean. "As some of the few members of Congress who have seen the complete, unedited video of the strikes on September 2 against a ma ...

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Appeals court pauses contempt hearings over administration's AEA deportations

December 12, 2025, 7:58 PM A federal appeals court on Friday granted an emergency motion sought by the Justice Department to pause contempt hearings that were scheduled to begin next week over the Trump administration's deportation of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg last Monday ordered top DOJ attorney Drew Ensign and former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni to testify next week as part of an inquiry into why the administration continued to transpor ...

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Peter Greene, a character actor known for role as the villain Zed in 'Pulp Fiction,' has died

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Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation

15 hrs ago - 12/13/25 1:50 PM ET CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ statewide public television network will end its affiliation with PBS starting in July 2026, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission announced this week. The station, formerly ... (The Hill)

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