In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a sailor who shoots an albatross is forced to hang it around his neck as penance, with the bird becoming a heavy burden and a ...

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A group of Llano County, Texas, residents asked the county's library commissioner to remove 17 books from circulation in 2021. The books covered topics including transgender issues and slavery. A ...

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The Justice Department on Friday started publishing documents from the Epstein files in its possession regarding the life, death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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This live blog is now closed. Full report: Long-awaited cache of Epstein files released Photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files FBI notes detail grim demands Epstein made for procurement of underage ...

A dentist's chair. Cartoonish masks of old men. A landline phone with men's first names on speed dial. The images House Democrats released on Dec. 3 of Jeffrey Epstein's private island are making a ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly zeroed in on FBI deputy director Dan Bongino as the likely fall guy over the Epstein files fiasco. Bongino, 51, “could be out any day,” according to Rachael ...

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The Department of Justice will not be releasing all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by Friday’s deadline, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday morning. In an ...