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Plea agreement hearing set for ex-CIA officer found with gold bars

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WASHINGTON — A plea agreement hearing in federal court has been set for Tuesday in the case of an ex-CIA officer found with 303 gold bars worth $40 million at his home, according to court records.

Rush was placed on leave sometime before his arrest and eventually fired from the CIA. Court records show that the hearing Tuesday afternoon has been set before U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff in Alexandria, Virginia.

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2 dead, multiple injured in school bus crash with children on board

A school bus filled with children rolled over in a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning in central Florida, killing two and injuring multiple others, according to authorities. The bus was traveling to a high school and carrying 39 passengers, including 37 high schoolers, the bus driver and the driver's 9-year-old daughter, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a press conference Monday morning. Two people died in the crash, including a tenth-grade girl on the bus and an individual in a Jeep involved in the crash, Judd said.

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Karoline Leavitt joining Fox News as a contributor

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor, the cable news network announced Monday. She begins Nov. 1, and will provide commentary across shows, Fox News said in a news release. "I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House press secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox's millions of viewers across their many platforms," Leavitt said in a statement.

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US book bans in public schools reach record annual high of 12,000

Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America finds The US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America . In a report released on Monday, PEN America said that there had been 34,000 instances of book bans since the organization started tallying the increasing “book censorship crisis” across US schools in 2021.