Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It’s just the sixth expulsion in the chamber’s history

The vote to expel was 311-114. As it became clear that he would be expelled, George Santos shook hands with conservative members who voted against his expulsion and departed the House chamber. VIEW

Politics

FILE — A mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump climb the walls outside the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to publicly release thousands of hours of Capitol security footage from Jan. 6, 2021, has fueled a renewed effort by Republican lawmakers and far-right activists to rewrite the history of the attack that day and exonerate the pro-Trump rioters who took part. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times) XNYT0062 XNYT0062

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Local News

The massive 520 lid project at Montlake takes shape, seen from the air looking east across Lake Washington, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 in Seattle. At nearby University of Washington, Kaylie Mattingly, a civil engineering student, has already found job offers from contracting firms with graduation still nine months away.

520 bridge closed all weekend to install Montlake lid utility lines

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Business & Tech

A communal floor, known collectively as one of the company’s “centers of engergy” inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office building Sonic, seen during a tour, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.

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Britain’s Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, participate in The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit “Mental Wellness in the Digital Age” as part of Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) NYAK201 NYAK201

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Health

FILE – Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on July 28, 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, said it was advising people to stop eating precut cantaloupe if they don’t know where it came from due to a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning that continues to grow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) NYAB401

Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

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