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Jimmy Lai Faces Up to Life in a Hong Kong Jail After Guilty Verdicts

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Alexandra Stevenson and David Pierson
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, was convicted of national security charges on Monday after spending decades supporting the city’s vanquished pro-democracy movement.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.

U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows

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Riley Mellen
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.

© Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters

A U.S. Air Force air-to-air refueling tanker took off from an airport in St. Croix in late November. A similar type of aircraft nearly collided with a JetBlue flight on Friday over the Caribbean, according to air traffic control radio communications.

House Republicans Accuse D.C. Police of Manipulating Crime Statistics

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Minho Kim
The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement and the National Guard deployment in the capital city.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The committee said interviews with the city police’s seven district commanders showed the department’s leadership had put an aggressive emphasis on lowering crime numbers.

Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry

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Annie Karni
Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.

© Melina Mara

For months, the Clintons have been engaging with Mr. Comer far more than was previously known to respond to his requests and avoid having to appear on Capitol Hill.
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