McDonald’s E Coli Outbreak Declared Over

Federal health agencies closed their investigations into the bacterial outbreak that sickened 104 people and was linked to onions on the fast-food chain’s signature Quarter Pounders.

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Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds

Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

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Eric Adams Suggests the Biden Pardon Proves He Was Also Targeted

The mayor has argued that he was indicted because he criticized border policies. He also said that he has rights that migrants do not because “the Constitution is for Americans.”

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Thirman Milner, Hartford Mayor Who Broke Race Barrier, Dies at 91

He grudgingly transitioned from civil rights to politics and became the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England.

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Trump Team Signs Agreement to Allow F.B.I. Background Checks for Nominees

President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead.

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Grandmother Looking for Cat May Have Fallen Into Sinkhole, Authorities Say

The authorities in Pennsylvania said they had been searching the sinkhole for the 64-year-old woman, and would continue until she is found.

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Georgia Republicans Seek Fani Willis’s Testimony and Records in Trump Case

Ms. Willis, who charged Mr. Trump in connection with his efforts to cling to power after the 2020 election, came under scrutiny over her relationship with a lawyer she hired to lead the case.

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Sheriff Chad Chronister, Trump’s Pick to Lead D.E.A., Withdraws

The announcement by Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff with virtually no experience in the kinds of complex international investigations the agency handles, comes just three days after his selection.

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Retired Louisiana Priest Pleads Guilty to Rape and Kidnapping Charges

Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday just before jury selection for his trial was set to begin.

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Morton I. Abramowitz, Diplomat Who Made Refugees a Priority, Dies at 91

As ambassador to Thailand and Turkey, and later as president of the Carnegie Endowment, he pushed for making human rights central to foreign policy.

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