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Previous FBI interview: The teen was on the FBI’s radar last year and denied threatening to carry out a school shooting when authorities previously interviewed him about a social media post. Investigators said charges were not justified at the time. Details >
Football coach remembered: Aspinwall, a football coach who was killed in the shooting , was a pillar of the community and a proud “girl dad,” recalled head football coach Mike Hancock. Watch the interview >
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Ukraine aid: The U.S. announced it would provide another $250 million in security assistance to Ukraine. This comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed for more weapons during a Friday meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other military leaders in Germany. Zelenskyy stressed to the group that the U.S. should allow him to use provided weapons, so Russia is “motivated” to stop fighting. “We need to make Russian cities and even Russian soldiers think about what they need: peace or Putin,” he said. The latest >
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‘He beat us by a whisker’: Former President Donald Trump’s recent change in how he characterizes the 2020 election result may be good politics, but bad legal strategy, according to one former Justice Department official. “We got the most votes of anybody — of any sitting president in history, and he beat us by a whisker,” Trump said Aug 30. Tom Dupree, who was a deputy assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, said Trump’s comments “could have consequences.” Watch the interview >
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Hunter Biden: Hunter Biden entered a guilty plea Thursday in his federal tax case, meaning he will avoid what would have likely been a highly publicized trial. The tax trial , which was originally set to begin Thursday with jury selection, involved charging President Joe Biden’s son with a four-year scheme to avoid paying at least $1.4 million in taxes while pulling in millions from foreign business entities. A look at Hunter Biden’s legal saga >
Sentencing: Hunter Biden’s sentencing in the tax case is set for Dec. 16. Judge Mark Scarsi said Hunter Biden faces up to 17 years in prison and up to $450,000 in penalties. Read more >
Gun case: Hunter Biden is also facing potential prison time after a Delaware jury convicted him in June of lying on a 2018 federal form to buy a gun. Sentencing in that case is set for Nov. 13. He could face up to 25 years in prison, but as a first-time offender, he’s likely to receive less time or avoid prison entirely. Details >
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Border report: Deputies found 26 migrants locked inside a tanker attached to an abandoned semitrailer parked at an Eagle Pass, Texas, gas station on Wednesday. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said a deputy patrolling the area heard screaming and knocking coming from the trailer. After the migrants were removed from the tanker, they were processed on scene by Border Patrol agents. Read more >
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‘Likely alive’: Celebrity bounty hunter Duane Chapman, also known as “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” believes missing Tennessee teen Sebastian Rogers is still alive and plans to do whatever it takes to find him. “I’m gonna hunt these people down. … I think the boy is still alive,” Chapman said on NewsNation’s “Banfield.” Watch the interview >
Missing: Sebastian Rogers is described as being 5 feet, 5 inches tall with sandy blond hair. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants and glasses. Rogers was reported missing Feb. 26 in Sumner County, Tennessee. There is a $100,000 reward for information about the case. Anyone with information can call Chapman’s tip line at 833-835-5364, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office at 615-451-3838 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 800-TBI-FIND. Read more >
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Fentanyl lawsuit: An Oregon hospital is facing a lawsuit filed by more than a dozen families whose loved ones were injured or killed after a nurse allegedly stole fentanyl from intravenous drips and refilled them with tap water that caused bacterial infections. The lawsuit filed by 18 families accuses Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon, of negligence concerning a former nurse “prone to drug misuse,” according to court papers. It claims the hospital failed to “screen and monitor their employees for drug diversion” and failed to “monitor the medication dispensary.” Read more >
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No longer considered missing: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton announced it is no longer considering Lance Cpl. Bailey Cameron as a missing person. The 23-year-old, who is scheduled to exit the Marine Corps on Monday, was reported missing Aug. 25, a day after video shows him leaving Coyote Bar and Grill in California the night before without his backpack, sunglasses and phone. Since his disappearance, there have been unconfirmed sightings of him around the base. The latest >
Marine’s family: Cameron’s family believe their son is in distress. “The behavior is so foreign. It’s foreign to how we knew him before he was a Marine, and it’s foreign to all the Marines here. It’s not Bailey,” Cameron’s father told NewsNation affiliate KUSI when learning that his son lost contact with his command post, friends and has not returned to his barracks. Read more >
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A suspected Texas gang member faces charges after allegedly stealing more than $94,000 in a crime trend called “bank jugging.” What to know >
A widow in Alabama says a Florida doctor removed the wrong organ while performing surgery on her husband, leading to his death and prompting an investigation. Details >
A groom in Michigan faces up to life in prison after an argument at his wedding last weekend in Flint turned deadly. The investigation >
Country singer Jelly Roll performed at the Oregon State Penitentiary and visited with people incarcerated at the prison earlier this week. Read more >
Intel’s foray into Ohio could be short-lived, with reports the tech giant is considering what to do with its computer chip manufacturing arm as part of cost-cutting. The latest >
Prosecutors filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three federally licensed Maryland gun stores that sold to a straw purchaser, saying the shops are to blame for the majority of weapons used in crimes in the nation’s capital. Full report >
A man shot in Tennessee on Tuesday night escaped the gunman by jumping on the side of a garbage truck and screaming at the driver to drive away. Video >
A college library dean in Florida was fired after an investigation found she purged thousands of books without following proper procedures, and photos of the books in dumpsters sparked outrage on social media. Read more >
A black bear was recently seen swimming in Crater Lake in Oregon and exploring Wizard Island for the first time in “many decades,” the National Park Service announced. Watch the video >
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Age, they say, is just a number. And Gene Chidester doesn’t let his 75 years stop him from doing his dream job. For the past three years, he’s been a bat boy for the Salt Lake Bees. Why he says it keeps him young >
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