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House Armed Services Committee member backs Trump’s airstrike in Nigeria

Don’t miss the full story from our staff writers, whose reportage is the basis of this article. Rep. Mike Turner defended the Trump administration’s Christmas Day airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Nigeria during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” asserting the operations align with U.S. foreign policy and are essential for combating global […]

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$91M LSU Coach Lane Kiffin Says He Took Basket Home to Avoid Paying Grocery Bag Fee

Louisiana State University football coach Lane Kiffen, who recently signed a $91 million contract, says he took home a grocery store’s basket because he objected to paying the grocery bag fees. Kiffen, the second highest-paid coach in college football, is taking heat for a TikTok video posted Thursday by his daughter, Landry, which shows the […]

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Storm threatens to bring blizzards and ice to parts of the U.S., hampering holiday travel

A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, rain and severe weather expected to affect much of the country. Snow and strengthening winds spread across the Upper Midwest on Sunday, where the National Weather […]