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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group’s request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, saying the organization failed to show that “irreparable harm” would be caused if the project moves forward. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said he expects to issue his decision within a day. Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom large enough to accommodate 999 people in its place at an estimated cost of $300 million in private funding. The National Trust for Historic Preservation went to court…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health sued the Trump administration Tuesday, saying she was illegally fired for warning that abrupt research cuts were endangering patients and public health.The NIH has cut billions of dollars in research projects since President Donald Trump took office in January, bypassing the usual scientific funding process. The cuts included clinical trials testing treatments for cancer, brain diseases and other health problems that a recent report said impacted over 74,000 people enrolled in the experiments.Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is a well-known HIV expert who led NIH’s National Institute of Allergy…

To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent’s production back in November.The U.S. Mint sold 232 three-cent sets for a whopping sum of $16.76 million at an auction last Thursday hosted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. The 232nd set — containing the last three pennies ever made — sold for $800,000. That bidder also got the three dies that struck those Lincoln cents.John Kraljevich, director of numismatic Americana at Stack’s Bowers, said…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Tuesday he’s optimistic that a pretrial hearing will end this week in Luigi Mangione’s New York murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.“Hopefully we wind up on Thursday,” Judge Gregory Carro said at the hearing, which is in its third week of testimony.Mangione, 27, is seeking to exclude items seized during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, including a gun and notebook that prosecutors say tie him to Thompson’s shooting five days earlier in Manhattan.Prosecutors have called more than a dozen witnesses so far, with at least one…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Like many Australians strolling at Bondi Beach on long, warm summer evenings, Ahmed al Ahmed just wanted a cup of coffee with a friend. Around him, a bloody massacre erupted as two gunmen targeted Jews during Hanukkah festivities at a park close to the shore.Soon al Ahmed was creeping, bent over, between two parked cars, before barreling directly toward one of the unsuspecting shooters. In footage that has been viewed millions of times around the world, the 44-year-old father can be seen tackling one of the gunmen, wrestling the man’s shotgun from his grip and…

Xabi Alonso has backed Florentino Pérez’s call for “justice” in the Negreira investigation, with the Real Madrid coach saying that “for the good of football, we need to find out the truth of what happened.”Barcelona president Joan Laporta — as well as former coaches Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde — gave evidence as witnesses on Friday to the judge leading the inquiry into over €7 million ($8.2m) of payments made by Barça to former referees’ committee vice president José María Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018.On Monday, Madrid president Pérez criticised Spain’s referees and Spanish football’s governing bodies in a…

Wilfried Nancy has insisted he has “nothing to prove” despite a winless start as Celtic manager.The Frenchman has suffered the worst start of any Hoops boss, losing three games in his first week in charge. After missing the chance to replace Hearts at the top of the table, they were beaten by Roma in the Europa League before failing to defend their League Cup title as they lost to St Mirren at Hampden Park. Wednesday 17th December 7:00pm Kick off 8:00pm Ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Dundee United, live on Sky Sports, Nancy was not concerned about his start in…

The 54-year-old received 31 charges after driving his car into supporters in the city centre towards the end of the club’s Premier League title parade.More than 100 people, including children, were injured as a result of the incident on Water Street.At the outset of the trial last month, Doyle admitted guilt to all counts of dangerous driving, affray, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, causing GBH with intent, and wounding with intent.He has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison.Liverpool FC would like to remind supporters that a variety of free resources are available…

Dec 16, 2025, 08:09 AM ETThe driver who plowed through crowds at Liverpool’s victory parade, injuring 134 supporters, has been jailed for 21 years and six months.Paul Doyle, 54, was traveling into the city center to collect friends on May 26 when he “lost his temper” and drove his Ford Galaxy directly into supporters making their way home from the Premier League title celebrations.Dashcam footage from the vehicle, played in court, showed the shocking moments when fans were thrown onto the hood of the car or fell underneath as he accelerated down Water Street, which had been closed to traffic,…

Social media erupted after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood for the deadly attack in Sydney – a claim that many online called illogical and a politicisation of tragedy.  At least 15 people were killed after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, while multiple others were wounded. Netanyahu said he had previously warned Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before Australia recognised Palestine that his government’s policy “was promoting and encouraging antisemitism”. “I wrote: Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire,” he continued. “It…