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A federal judge in New York has cleared the way for the release of grand jury transcripts from the 2019 sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein.

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District Judge Richard Berman says there are no new revelations in the material.

He initially ordered the data to remain sealed, citing a new law requiring the government to open its files on Epstein and his imprisoned accomplice, Galen Maxwell.

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A federal judge in San Francisco is ordering the Trump administration to

to end its deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

Judge Charles Breyer's ruling is the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the administration's efforts to position troops in cities that are being led by Democrats.

Archaeologists in Britain say they found the earliest evidence of humans making fire.

As NPR's Neat Rot reports, the findings suggest that humans started making fires 350,000 years earlier than previously thought.

South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating an illegal delivery at Lee Correctional Institution.

A package containing steak, crab legs, cigarettes, and weed was delivered by a drone to the prison yard.

Flying a drone near a prison is a misdemeanor in South Carolina with a penalty up to 30 days in jail.

But dropping illegal substances into a state prison is a felony, and that's punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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President Trump has announced plans to spend $12 billion on one-time payments to help U.S.

farmers hurt by his trade war with China.

Many farmers say they're struggling to sell their crops and will have to go out of business unless they get help.