Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted

Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
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NPR's Lauren Frayer arrived in London after years in India, and she's been covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view.
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The crew will spend the next eight months conducting experiments to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
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With the win, Stolz joins Eric Heiden as the only skaters to take gold in both the 500 and 1,000 at the same Olympics.
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The U.S. military says the strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
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In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands say Navalny was poisoned by Russia with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs.
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A Ukrainian athlete was disqualified from competition this week by the International Olympic Committee because his helmet had images of other Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia's war on his country.
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Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
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Some of these power couples span multiple sports, while others compete in the same discipline — or even on the same team.
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People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past celebrations.
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ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi faced pointed questions on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers continued to press the Justice Department about its decision to redact certain information.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies.
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The sprawling agency saw its baseline funding expire after lawmakers left town for a week-long recess, but without a deal to rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.
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Malinin, undefeated since 2023, stumbled and fell multiple times, landing far off the podium. Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold in an upset that shocked even himself.
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Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
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After the fall of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan regime promise amnesty and reconciliation — but for hundreds still jailed and thousands facing charges, justice remains uncertain.
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Power companies say they're better prepared for extreme weather, but challenges remain to electricity production as the state's demand grows
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The FBI describes the armed man caught on Nancy Guthrie's camera as 5-foot-9-inches to 5-foot-10 and of average build. The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie has been missing since Feb. 1.
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The ruling allows an April election where voters can let the legislature draw a new congressional map. It could help Democrats win more House seats. Republicans might still fight it in court.
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A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.
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U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill.
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In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."
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The four people are set to dock with the I.S.S. on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member.
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Under President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges.
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Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks.
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A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing despite a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The pattern is increasingly familiar.
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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