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A uranium mine in Neopalymivka, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has unveiled a revised draft peace plan, developed with the United States, portraying it as Kyiv’s best effort to end the war with Russia. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times).

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Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine

An entrance at the Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in St. Thomas, on Feb. 4, 2020. The executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate faced a civil suit filed here in 2021. Documents from the suit released in December 2025 included some that were not properly redacted digitally. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/The New York Times)

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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

Images of Candace Owens speaking to an audience projected on screens in a room

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Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement’s Frankenstein Monster

A Fresno County driver who fled a Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, hit-and-run crash involving moderate injuries surrendered to CHP the next day and was booked into jail. (CHP)

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Fresno County Hit-and-Run Suspect Surrenders to Authorities

Donell Lucian Denton is Valley Crime Stoppers' Most Wanted Person of the Day for Dec. 24, 2025. (Valley Crimes Stoppers)

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Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Donell Lucian Denton

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Clovis Police Arrest Armed Suspect After Gun Disturbance

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