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Charelle Ferguson, a manager at the Metropole condos, said the gunman confessed to shooting five people while on the phone with her.

“The only way people will pay attention, you have to do something,” she recalled him saying. https://t.co/JOT9wUVsJ3

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A raccoon became an unlikely celebrity last year after breaking into a Virginia liquor store, helping itself to 14 bottles of alcohol and passing out.

The local shelter has since raised more than $290,000 by capitalizing on the raccoon's antics. https://t.co/kRZ81PB956

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The U.S. government managed more than $12 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue in a U.S. Treasury account established after the capture of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, according to a report released by the State Department. https://t.co/GR6fkeRQjj

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Column by Michelle Singletary: As voice cloning and app fraud drive record losses, proposed legislation would create a central hub to monitor bad actors.

Here’s what to know about how lawmakers are making it easier to report dating app scammers: https://t.co/TIwRETkheP

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Bobby Pulido, a Democrat who recently won a U.S. House race in Texas, has scored another win: a Latin Grammy.

Pulido — a Tejano singer — defeated Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in a closely watched House race. https://t.co/raOkJHr1pq

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The first snow of the season is expected in parts of the interior Northeast and in a small sliver of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan into Saturday.

Several inches are possible in the season’s first accumulating snow. See the forecast here: https://t.co/DqRButf3I6

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Staffers at Washingtonian magazine voted to strike, according to the labor union that represents them, after a five-year effort to negotiate a contract with the publication’s management.

The magazine’s guild is asking for a $60,000 minimum salary. https://t.co/PSYY3Pv3UZ

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Breaking news: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) said he is challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) to be majority leader in the next Congress, triggering a power struggle barely a week after Democrats recaptured the Senate in the midterm elections. https://t.co/FuBn0xyWAo

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The Department of Health and Human Services will invest millions to research and develop psychedelic drugs as mental health treatments, a growing interest for the Trump administration, officials announced. https://t.co/e3yodW1eTQ

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Congressional Democrats are expanding their probe of whether donors were promised special access or other favors in exchange for gifts to President Trump’s White House ballroom and other projects. https://t.co/R4uIBJk7ut

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It’s picture day at the U.S. Capitol.

New House members, who will be sworn in on Jan. 3, stepped off their buses bright and early this morning to climb the House steps and pose for their class photo. https://t.co/KrU3HYxMRM

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The housing market slumped further as U.S. home sales fell again, hitting the lowest level in over 16 years.

Mortgage rates soared past 7 percent while home prices stay stubbornly high, keeping buyers on the sidelines and discouraging would-be sellers. https://t.co/Q12dBihmQJ

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After home prices and interest rates spiked in recent years, millennials found themselves facing higher mortgage payments than boomers did at a similar age.

“The pandemic really changed everything,” said Chen Zhao, Redfin’s head of economic research. https://t.co/nVGr3HSGFX

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The U.S. rebuffed requests from Singaporean authorities to assist with its investigation into Alice Huang, the alleged Chinese espionage asset whose affair with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has raised national security concerns, Singapore's government said. https://t.co/BxaO3xFNrA

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Donald Trump Jr. is leaving his role as an adviser to the prediction market platform Kalshi, the company announced, citing his investment firm’s increased stake in its competitor, Polymarket. https://t.co/n7ehN0hmeR

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The gunman who killed one person and injured four others in D.C. appeared to link the attack to a condo dispute.

Matt Lambert, who two officials identified as the shooter, had complained about mold and water damage and sued his condo association in 2025. https://t.co/XLwOfZk3Gu

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The historic SS United States has sunk. The ship, which holds the record for fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner, went to its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef, a long-planned, $13.5 million project.

Read more: https://t.co/C98FTmhxhB

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Republican Paul LePage, a former two-term governor, has won the House race in Maine’s 2nd District, defeating Democrat Matt Dunlap, the state’s auditor, according to the Associated Press. https://t.co/xa8evAJkLV

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San Francisco, a crusading city for gay rights and sexual liberation, closed its last legal bathhouses during the AIDS epidemic.

Now, for the first time in nearly 40 years, the city has authorized a new one. https://t.co/TH5SgEb1Nf

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A judge in Alaska denied Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign access to information about voters whose absentee ballots were rejected.

The campaign had sued state election officials for the voters’ names and reasons their ballots were rejected. https://t.co/V9JVpbSDj3

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Consumers used to begin holiday shopping after Thanksgiving, but these days, deals commonly pop up throughout November for people eager to get a head start.

Here’s what some retail industry experts suggest for savvy shopping this season: https://t.co/eIGungzbgD