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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens during a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Jonathan Majors’ accuser recounts night of assault, actor’s …

Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for his domestic assault trial, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. Majors was charged last spring for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend during an argument. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane’s …

FILE - Joseph Emerson, left, is arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oct. 24, 2023, in Portland, Ore. The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 83 charges of recklessly endangering another person and one charge of endangering an aircraft. However, Emerson is no longer charged with attempted murder. The district attorney in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, announced the grand jury's indictment Tuesday, Dec. 5 Emerson is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, Pool, File)

Atmospheric river soaks Pacific Northwest with record-breaking …

Heavy rain causes high water and flooding along Highway 101 in Tillamook, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house …

A home is seen exploding from a distance, Monday night, Dec. 4, 2023 in Arlington, Va. Arlington County Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday. The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home and that an explosion happened. Arlington is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp …

Yimara Pajaro of Venezuela carries cots into the Chicago City Life Center, Nov. 29, 2023, in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Tuesday, Dec. 5 announced it is scrapping construction of the temporary winter camp for migrants, citing the risk of contaminants at the former industrial site. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school …

FILE - Darryl George, left, a 17-year-old junior, and his mother Darresha George, right, talks with reporters before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after Darryl served a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Mont Belvieu. George will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. A referral given to George Tuesday, Dec. 5, said his hair is “out of compliance” with the dress code at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

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Families of 3 Black victims in fatal Florida Dollar …

FILE - Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside the Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store's owner, operator and security contractor on Monday, Dec. 4, for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Midwest mystery: Iowa man still missing, 2 weeks …

This undated family photo shows David Schultz with his two sons. Schultz’s semi-truck was found two weeks ago on a rural highway in northwest Iowa, its trailer still filled with baby pigs he was transporting. Schultz’s wallet and phone were inside, and his jacket was on the side of the road. But Schultz was nowhere to be found, and his Nov. 21, 2023 disappearance outside Sac City remains a mystery. (Family photo via AP)

U.S. imposes new round of sanctions over Russia’s …

FILE- The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The U.S. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, imposed sanctions on a Belgian involved in procuring electronics for the Russian military, his companies and a group of Belarusian firms and people tied to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Memorials to victims of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting …

Snow accumulates outside a restaurant at a makeshift memorial for the victims of last month's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. With winter approaching, officials began removing memorials to the 18 people killed. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue …

FILE - Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside the Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store's owner, operator and security contractor on Monday, Dec. 4, for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, …

Fire and police officials walk around the scene of a house explosion as an Arlington County Fire Department ladder truck sprays water down on the remains of the building on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: …

A Wicomico County police car appears on display during National Night Out, Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. Data from the sheriff’s office shows that over the past eight years, children have been taken from Wicomico County schools to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations at least 750 times. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)