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WASHINGTON — Veteran police officer Jeffery Carroll will take over as interim chief of Washington’s police force, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, after it was announced earlier this month that the department’s leader was stepping down.Carroll, who joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2002, takes over as a federal law enforcement surge is underway in the nation’s capital, launched by President Donald Trump in August. Trump’s Republican administration says the operation is meant to tackle crime rates that for years were surging but had been on the decline. In his current role as executive assistant chief of specialized operations, Carroll…

A Gary man avoided prison Wednesday after he left a loaded gun out, then went to sleep. His cousin’s son, 5, found it and fatally shot himself in the head. Jacorri Danzy, 34, pleaded guilty last month to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony. Citing a lack of criminal history, no intent to hurt the child, and Danzy’s ill mother, Judge Samuel Cappas sentenced Danzy to one year in Lake County Community Corrections and one year on probation. Edan Johnson, 5, of Chicago, was pronounced dead Aug. 30, 2023 at Methodist Hospitals Northlake in Gary. Danzy stayed at his aunt’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia’s goals in Ukraine are unchanged and will be accomplished either through negotiations or by further military advances if diplomatic efforts fail.Putin, speaking at an annual board meeting of the country’s Defense Ministry, touted Russia’s military progress on the battlefield and technological advancements as his war in Ukraine grinds on into a fourth year.”The goals of the special military operation will undoubtedly be achieved,” he said, using the Kremlin’s term to refer to Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion.”We would prefer to accomplish this and address the…

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Three years into their low-key relationship, Brad Pitt and his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, are “still going strong and are very committed” to each other, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Ines has no interest in being in the spotlight, and that is what Brad admired about her when they met,” the insider shares. A second source concurs that the couple have been “keeping a low profile on purpose” and “try to be as normal as possible” during their time off from work. Since they were first linked in late 2022, Pitt, 61, and de Ramon, 32, have taken several…

The state of Texas is taking on Chinese tech companies.This week the office of controversial Texas attorney general Ken Paxton filed lawsuits against TV manufacturers Sony, LG, Samsung, TCL, and Hisense for allegedly using Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology to covertly screenshot what users are watching for data collection purposes. According to Paxton’s press release, ACR captures a screenshot from TVs every 500 milliseconds, and transmits that data back to the manufacturer without the user’s knowledge or consent. There’s no way for us to know if these companies are guilty of what Paxton is accusing them of doing right now.…

Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Joe Lavorgna discusses President Trumps Trump accounts for children, tackling affordability and more on Making Money. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday announced new details about the creation of so-called Trump accounts that were created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and launched a website for the initiative. Bessent spoke at the Treasury Department and said that with the rollout of the investment accounts, “An entire generation of Americans is about to learn in the most life-changing way possible how even small contributions can become generational wealth, and it’s all thanks to President Trump.”Trump accounts…

Former Vice President Harris said in a new interview that members of her party were “very much stuck in the past” and suggested Democrats “give a lot of lip service to listening to people” but don’t actually engage. “In some ways, we are very much stuck in the past, and so we’re not speaking in…

Jake and Romy Reiner, the children of renowned Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, are speaking out for the first time after their brother, Nick Reiner, was arrested for allegedly killing their parents.”Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day,” Jake and Romy Reiner said in a statement released by a family spokesperson on Wednesday. “The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience. They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends.”Rob Reiner, Michele Singer, Romy Reiner,…

The entertainment industry’s most well-known awards show is heading to streaming. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced that the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, will exclusively air on YouTube starting in 2029. The new deal means the awards show is abandoning its long-time partnership with ABC (owned by frequent Oscars heavyweight, The Walt Disney Company), though the Oscars will continue to air on the network through its 100th anniversary in 2028.The Academy Awards will be joined by other Academy events and programming on the Oscars YouTube channel, including “the Governors Awards, the Oscars Nominations…