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A house was on fire. Two strangers ran in to rescue a tiny dog.

Dillon Harris was enjoying a day off with his family last week, celebrating his son’s 5th birthday. The family of four had just wrapped up a Grinch-themed lunch when, on their way home, Harris’s wife spotted smoke rising from the roof of a house in Madison, Ohio.
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This mall Santa still loves his job after 40 years

You hear Santa before you see him. “Ho, ho, ho!” he bellows as he descends the escalator. “Merry Christmas!” On this Saturday morning at the Tysons Corner Center mall in Virginia, children and adults smile at the sight of the bushy-bearded man in the red suit.
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Peter Arnett, Pulitzer winner who covered wars in Vietnam and Iraq, dies at 91

Peter Arnett was already an accomplished combat correspondent in 1966 when he embedded with an American infantry battalion tasked with routing out enemy snipers from a tunnel system near Saigon. Arnett was standing next to the unit commander when bullets tore through the map the officer was holding, hitting the colonel in the chest.
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Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in Venezuela

President Donald Trump said he was ordering a “TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS” going into and leaving Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas amid a U.S. military buildup in the region and the threat of land strikes.
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Rob Reiner’s son Nick charged with murder in parents’ deaths

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors on Tuesday announced murder charges against Nick Reiner, days after his parents — Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — were found stabbed inside their Brentwood home. Prosecutors filed two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances against Nick Reiner on Tuesday afternoon. Reiner, 32, also faces a special allegation ...
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After briefings, lawmakers say boat strike endgame remains hazy

WASHINGTON — Closed-door briefings on the Trump administration’s military campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats provided lawmakers with little clarity on the overall strategy of the operation and whether the ultimate goal is to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. After separate House and Senate briefings Tuesday from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco ...