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Pollard done with parole in US, free to relocate to Israel
Jonathan Pollard, the former Navy intelligence analyst who served 30 years in prison for selling secrets to Israel, has completed his parole, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week
President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week.
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Complaints against Wisconsin officer who killed 3 dismissed
A suburban Milwaukee police and fire commission has voted to dismiss the complaints filed against a police officer by the families of three men he shot while on duty over a five-year period.
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Harvard petition demands scrutiny of ex-Trump officials
A petition circulating at Harvard University demands new accountability standards for former Trump administration officials who seek to work or speak on campus, an idea that has drawn outrage from prominent conservatives.
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3 former Missouri city officials charged in fraud scheme
Three former city officials in a small southeast Missouri town are facing felony charges after a state audit found more than $115,000 in fraudulent payments and purchases in a case that drew attention after records sought for the audit were destroyed in two suspicious fires.
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Pence pitches Georgia senators as last line of GOP defense
Vice President Mike Pence campaigned with Georgia's two Republican senators Friday, trying to hold off their Democratic challengers in Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine who controls the Senate at the outset of President-elect Joe Biden's administration.
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Lieutenant gov's flags fly in the face of some PA lawmakers
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, Democrat John Fetterman, may have gotten under somebody's skin.
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California officials announce takedown of Aryan Brotherhood
California authorities said Friday they have dismantled the senior leadership of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood as part of a statewide takedown of the notorious prison gang and its associates in the Fresnecks street gang in Fresno County.
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Wisconsin health agency says it's committed to vaccines
The leader of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services assured Republican lawmakers in a letter this week that the agency is committed to expanding the popular SeniorCare program to cover vaccines as required under a state law passed in April as part of a coronavirus relief package.
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Justices put off case over access to Russia probe grand jury
The Supreme Court is putting off upcoming arguments about whether Congress should have access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Business
3rd arrested Cincinnati official insists he is innocent
A Cincinnati City Council member — the third this year to be arrested on corruption allegations — insisted Friday that he is innocent.
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France postpones 'Black Friday' to help locked-down shops
France's government on Friday got supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms like Amazon to agree to postpone "Black Friday" promotions, responding to concerns that shops shuttered by the nation's coronavirus lockdown are hemorrhaging business and could be hurt further if they miss out on the consumer splurge.
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Defense bill in danger over Confederate-named military bases
An annual defense policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military bases, such as Fort Benning, that are named after Confederate officers.
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Florida's Sen. Scott has coronavirus, 'very mild symptoms'
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was isolating at home with "very mild symptoms."
Business
Sen. Mitt Romney slams Trump efforts as 'undemocratic'
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Biden says he's decided on treasury secretary nomination
President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that he has decided whom to nominate as his secretary of the Treasury Department.
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Man accused in trooper assault arrested at St. John's following manhunt
A man accused of assaulting a state trooper in Stearns County and leading law enforcement officers from 16 agencies on a manhunt has been arrested, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
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