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NEW YORK (AP) — A 56-year-old woman has died after falling into an open maintenance hole on a busy New York City street. Police say she was exiting her SUV near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan when she fell into the hole late Monday night. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital. It remains unclear why the hole was uncovered. Con Edison is investigating the accident and has expressed condolences to the family. The woman's relatives told WABC-TV they were shocked and saddened by her death, and are seeking more information. The city's chief medical examiner's office will determine the cause of death.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal authorities say the teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque met online and shared a “broad hatred” toward different religions and races. Mark Remily of the FBI said Tuesday that authorities have uncovered writings by the suspects. Authorities have also recovered 30 firearms and a crossbow from two residences searched in connection to the investigation. Remily said authorities are still trying to uncover whether the shooters had broader plans.

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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — More than 17,000 people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire continues to threaten suburban homes in Southern California. The Sandy Fire in hills above Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles, had consumed more than two square miles of dry brush as of Tuesday. The fire is 5% contained, and the cause is under investigation. Evacuation orders and warnings are still in place for several neighborhoods in Simi Valley, a city of more than 125,000 people. Meanwhile, firefighters are battling a 23-square-mile blaze on Santa Rosa Island, off the Southern California coast. It has no containment.

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Trump Says Democrats Wants to Stop Negotiations with Iran

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WASHINGTON/DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. may need to strike Iran again and that he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it. Trump was speaking to reporters at the White House a day after saying he had paused a planned resumption of hostilities following a new proposal by Tehran to end the U.S.-Israeli war. "I was an hour away from making the decision to go today," Trump said on Tuesday. Iran's leaders are begging for a deal, he said, adding that a new U.S. attack would happen in coming days if no agreement was reached. "Well, I mean, I'm saying two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something, maybe early next week, a limited period of time, because we can't let them have a new nuclear weapon." In Tehran, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, said on X that pausing an attack was due to Trump's realization that any move against Iran would mean "facing a decisive military response". Iranian state media said Tehran's latest peace proposal involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of U.S. forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the U.S.-Israeli attacks. Tehran also sought the lifting of sanctions, release of frozen funds and end to the U.S. marine blockade, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as cited by IRNA news agency. The terms as described in the Iranian reports appeared little changed from Iran's previous offer, which Trump rejected last week as "garbage". BOTH SIDES 'CHANGING GOALPOSTS', SAYS PAKISTANI SOURCE Reuters could not determine whether military preparations had been made for strikes that would mark a renewal of the war Trump started in late February. He is under pressure to reach an accord that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz - a key supply route for global supplies of oil and other commodities. Trump has previously expressed hope that a deal was close on ending the conflict, and similarly threatened heavy strikes on Iran if it did not reach an accord. Trump said on Monday that Washington would be satisfied if it could reach an agreement that prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "There seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. If we can do that without bombing the hell out of them, I would be very happy," Trump told reporters. A Pakistani source confirmed that Islamabad, which has conveyed messages between the sides since hosting the only round of peace talks last month, had shared the Iranian proposal with Washington. The sides "keep changing their goalposts," the Pakistani source said, adding: "We don't have much time." The U.S.-Israeli bombing killed thousands of people in Iran before it was suspended in a ceasefire in early April. Israel has killed thousands more and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes in Lebanon, which it invaded in pursuit of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. Iranian strikes on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states have killed dozens of people. The Iran ceasefire has mostly held, although drones have lately been ?launched from Iraq ?towards ?Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and ?Kuwait, apparently by Iran and its allies. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they launched the war to curb Iran's support for regional militias, dismantle its nuclear programme, destroy its missile capabilities, and create conditions for Iranians to topple their rulers. But the war has yet to deprive Iran of its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium or its ability to threaten neighbours with missiles, drones and proxy militias. The Islamic Republic's clerical leadership, which had faced a mass uprising at the start of the year, withstood the superpower onslaught with no sign of organised opposition. Trump spoke on Tuesday shortly after his administration imposed sanctions on an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and what it said were front companies overseeing transactions on behalf of Iranian banks.

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WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday the United States and Iran have made a lot of progress in their talks and neither side wants to see a resumption of the military campaign. "We think that we've made a lot of progress. We think the Iranians want to make a deal," Vance told reporters at a White House briefing. Vance said he had just spoken to Trump, who stressed that the core issue for the U.S. is that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. If that happens, Vance said, countries around the Gulf would then want their own weapon, then other countries across the world would as well. "We want to keep the number of countries that have nuclear weapons small, and that's why Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," he said. The United States wants Iran to work with Washington on a process to ensure that the Iranians would not rebuild their nuclear weapons capacity in the years to come. "That's what we're trying to accomplish in negotiations," he said. Trump is under pressure to reach an accord that would reopen the Strait of ?Hormuz - a key route for global supplies of oil and other commodities. Trump has previously expressed hope that a deal was close on ending the conflict, and similarly threatened to renew military strikes ?on Iran ?if it did not reach an accord. When asked if Russia could take possession of Iran's enriched uranium, Vance said: "That is not currently the plan of the United States government. The Iranians have not raised it."

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ALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff. Paxton and Cornyn qualified for the May 26 runoff after a March 3 primary. Trump wrote on social media that Paxton is “a true MAGA Warrior.” Although the four-term Cornyn has backed Trump’s agenda in Washington, Paxton pitched himself as a political warrior for the Make America Great Again movement. Trump’s endorsement Tuesday puts him at odds with his party’s establishment, which is convinced Cornyn is the better candidate for November’s general election. The runoff had been shaping up as a bitter and expensive battle for the future of the Republican Party.

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Shooting in San Diego Caused by Islamophobia? 

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Dems Run NJ Candidate Who Was Close With 9-11 Co-Leader

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Border Czar Tom Homan Joins The Scott Jennings Show

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Graham Platner is not a Normal Human Being

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Steve Hilton joined the show today to discuss his campaign for California governor and his plan to restore affordability, cut government waste, and challenge decades of one-party rule. The former strategist, author, and TV host says his “Cali-fordable” agenda focuses on lowering costs, reducing bureaucracy, and bringing major change to a state where many voters feel frustrated with the current direction.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump argue that Rep. Thomas Massie has repeatedly broken with key Republican priorities, leading many conservatives to believe a vote for him is ineffective.

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A federal judge in New York has ruled that immigration agents can no longer make arrests in or around three Manhattan immigration courthouses without exceptional circumstances. The decision ends a practice that led to numerous arrests of people appearing for immigration proceedings. The judge said federal agents may still make arrests in cases involving serious public safety threats or other extraordinary situations. Immigrants’ rights advocates praised the ruling, while federal officials have not publicly commented on the decision.

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The World Health Organization is warning about the rapid spread of a rare Ebola variant in eastern Congo. Health officials say more than 500 cases and at least 131 suspected deaths have been reported as the outbreak continues to grow. The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which currently has no approved treatment or vaccine. Officials say the virus has now spread into urban areas, raising fears of additional deaths and possible international spread amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region.

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Luigi Mangione Supporters Cheer On CEO's Murder

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MSNBC Rips Into Speaker Johnson's America 250 Prayer

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Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman has died at the age of 74. Fuhrman became a key figure in the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson after reporting that he found a bloody glove at Simpson’s home. His credibility later came under scrutiny when recordings surfaced of him using racial slurs after he denied doing so under oath during the trial. A coroner in Idaho says Fuhrman died May 12 after living in the state for several years.

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